Connecting via Windows Telnet - Windows 98
SSH (Secure SHell) is recommended over telnet as a more secure way of interacting with the server. A guide on setting up PuTTY, a stand-alone application that can do both telnet and SSH, can be found here.
If you are using Microsoft Windows9x you already have a telnet client installed on your computer and this quick tutorial will show you how to connect to your account via it. For a tutorial on using telnet on Microsoft 2000 / XP, please see Connecting Via Telnet - Windows 2000/XP.
1.  Click the Start button from your Windows taskbar.
2. Select and click on the Run option.
3. Type in the word telnet and click OK.
4. You should now have your telnet client open. Click on the Terminal option from the top menu then select and click on Preferences.
5. Configure your Preferences dialog box to appear as it does in this image then click OK.
6. Click Connect from the menu options and then select and click Remote System.
7. In the Connection dialog screen insert your own domain name (without the http://www. part) as the Host Name. Also make sure the port is set to telnet and the Term Type is set to vt100. Then click the Connect button.
8. Once connected to the server you will see a short welcome message that will also contain your server's name. In this image the server we are connected to is the TAZ server. It will ask you for your username. Make sure you type in your username correctly and then hit the Enter key.
9. Next it will request your password. You will not be able to see your password as you type it in so it is up to you to make sure you type it exactly as it should be. Once you have typed in your password, hit the Enter key.
You are now logged in to your account via telnet! You should be at the telnet prompt with the server waiting for you to tell it to do something. The prompt will look something like:
[username@FQ-Taz:~ ]$
Where username would be your own username and Taz would be the name of the server you are connected to.
Type cd ../www and hit Enter to change into your www directory. Type ls and hit Enter to see the contents of the directory you are in. You can find a list of other Common Unix/Linux Commands Used Via Telnet/SSH at:
http://www.aota.net/Telnet/commands.php4
Note: SSH (Secure SHell) is recommended over telnet as a more secure way of interacting with the server. A guide on setting up PuTTY, a stand-alone application that can do both telnet and SSH, can be found here.
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