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Grex Micros Item 49: ftp and the proper stranger
Entered by graham on Tue Mar 16 07:24:20 UTC 1993:

]Hmmm...  I wanted to read a rather large file on MTS, but didn't want to
run my account into the ground reading or downloading it.  Idea!  ftp it 
to grex and download it from there.  Never tried ftp from here before,
but I typed 'ftp <enter>' and there's the ftp> prompt.   Great.
Open um.cc.umich.edu  Grex replies to the effect that there is no such
host known to grex.  Grex must not get out much!

7 responses total.

#1 of 7 by bhall on Tue Mar 16 10:07:45 1993:

I don't think grex is on the net.  If it were, I would telnet here instead
of paying long distance!

#2 of 7 by remmers on Tue Mar 16 12:32:59 1993:

That's correct.  We've got the software (ftp, telnet, etc.) but not the
connection.  Internet mail works, though.

#3 of 7 by kentn on Tue Mar 16 17:11:18 1993:

graham, if I had to do something like that on MTS, I'd probably ftp
the file to a friendly on-campus Unix box and then ftp it home for
free.

#4 of 7 by mistik on Tue Mar 16 19:19:24 1993:

It is possible to use the dialout modems in Ann Arbor to access grex.
You need to have some kind of an account to have the call charged to it.
Merit does offer authorization accounts, and if you long distance access
costs you more than the cost of the account, that would be the way to go.

Basically, you would telnet to the dialout modem and type atd .... to dial.
You could dial any local number.

#5 of 7 by graham on Tue Mar 16 22:14:20 1993:

re: #3, I don't *have* a friendly on-campus unix account.  That's why
I thought to try from here.  Oh well.  Just a thought.

(Yeah, I know, for $7 a month I can join the UM computing club...)

#6 of 7 by power on Tue Mar 16 22:48:18 1993:

  U of M also offers some demo accounts, which can be used for FTP... there
was something about it in some newsletter that came out a while ago.  One of
my friends had one, and we ftped from it, so I can verify that it works :)...
sorry, though, I don't have many details - the demo account we used was on
the Church St. NeXTs, though, I believe...

#7 of 7 by kentn on Tue Mar 16 23:19:56 1993:

If you are one of the first 5000 students (I'm assuming you are a student,
graham) to get a uniqname and password, you can use the 611 Church NeXT
machines for free -- I use them to read Usenet and to transfer files.
Your disk space will be a part of the IFS project (you get 3 megabytes
for free, more than that you have to pay for).  Hopefully, faculty and
staff will know someone in their college that can provide some kind of
free Internet access (else they can buy IFS disk space).  Go to the
CRC on the third floor of the School of Educ. building and ask for an
IFS account.

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