STerm

Commandline statements


TELNET

Description:
With Telnet you can login at a host and use programs remote from behind your terminal. The TELNET service of Sterm is implemented according to RFC 854. The default telnet port is 23, if you want to use another port you can enter the portnumber behind the hostname. You can change various options for telnet on the Telnet tabsheet.

Syntax
1. Telnet ip_number[:port]
2. Telnet ip_address[:port]

Example
STERM >>Telnet host.domain.com:23


PING

Description:
With ping you can send ping packets to an internet host. When the host is up you can see how long the round triptime is and how many packets are lost. Sterm wil stop pinging after sending 50 ping packets or when the user interrupts by pressing Esc.

Syntax
1. Ping ip_number
2. Ping ip_address

Example
STERM >>Ping host.domain.com


TRACERT

Description
With the Tracert command you can trace a host on the internet. With trace route you see the list of routing hosts.

Syntax
Tracert ip_number
Tracert ip_address

Example
STERM >>Tracert host.domain.com


FINGER

Description
Finger allows you to get information about users on the Internet. The finger service of Sterm is implemented according RFC 1288. The default finger port is 79, if you want to use another port you can enter the portnumber behind the hostname (hostname and portnumber are seperated with ':' ).

Syntax
1. Finger User@Host[:Port]
2. Finger @Host[:Port]

Example
STERM >>finger John@host.domain.com


GETMAIL

Description
With the Getmail command you are able to retreive the headers of the messages from your POP3 account. Getmail doesn't require any parameters. The neccesary information should be entered on the 'e-mail' tabsheet.

Syntax
Getmail

Example
STERM >>Getmail


LOOKUP

Description
With the lookup command you can get the official internet number and address of a host. The lookup command doesn't display any aliases/C-Names of the host.

Syntax
1. Lookup ip_number
2. Lookup ip_address

Example
STERM >>Lookup host.domain.com


HELP

With the help command you will get a list of all available commands.

Example
STERM >>Help


LOGOUT

When you give the logout command Sterm will disconnect the serial link. This command will do the same as the 'serial' speedbutton.

Example
STERM >>Logout

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This page was last updated at November 26th 1997 by Flipper
For comment/suggestions mail to:m.j.c.buchli@student.utwente.nl