Tutorial - Configuring URL:Telnet Protocol

Have you ever gone to a trade wars site, seen a telnet link to a TWGS (eg telnet://twgs.fakesite.com) , clicked it and had either the wrong program load or have an error message pop up. I will discuss here how to configure your browser so that it will load the program of your choice when a telnet link is selected. Click [url="telnet://library.wpi.edu/"]Here[/url] to see how your browser responds. The two main browsers currently in use are the Netscape browser and Microsoft Internet Explorer (the more commonly used). I will discuss below how to configue your browser to properly work with telnet links.

To configure Internet Explorer

The configuration for IE does not require that you have the browser open. Follow the proceding directions :

1. Ensure that appropriate client software (this is the program you will be using) is installed on your hard drive or network.
2. Double-click on My Computer and select View/Options/File Types. (note: in some versions of Windows instead of "Options", "Folder Options" is present. This is what you need)
3. Check the displayed list to see if either Telnet or URL:Telnet Protocol is present. If it is all you need do is select it, click Edit, select the open action (if this does not exists, create it), click Edit again, and input the full path to the program you wish to use. If it wasnt present follow the instructions below :
4. Click New Type and fill out the form as follows :

Description of Type : URL:Telnet Protocol
Associated extension: : [Place a single space here.]
Content type (MIME) : text/URL

4. Below the Actions: box, click on New....
5. In the Actions box, type open. In the Application used ... box, type the complete path to the program you wish to use.
6. Click OK. Click Close, and then Close again


To configure Netscape Communicator (versions < 6.0)

The configuration for Netscape Communicator takes place in the actual browser. Follow the proceding directions :

1. Ensure that appropriate client software (this is the program you will be using) is installed on your hard drive or network.
2. Select Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Applications (or Options/General Preferences/Helpers in earlier versions of Netscape). NOTE: Check the displayed list to see if either Telnet or URL:Telnet Protocol is present.
3. If it is present simply select it, click on Edit and enter the full path of the program you want to use. If it was not present proceed to the next step
4. Click New Type and fill out the form as follows :

Description of Type: URL:Telnet Protocol
File extension: [Place a single space here.]
MIME type: text/URL
Application to use: Enter the full path to the program you would like to use



To configure Netscape Communicator (version >= 6.0)

After initial testing, it looks like Netscape's version 6 does not allow the Telnet Protocol to occur within its browser. To get around this you will either have to connect manually or click the hyperlink using Internet Explorer or an earlier version of Netscape.

Please Note:
If you configure the URL:Telnet Protocol to run your TW helper program, the helper might not load properly. This is greatly dependent on which one you are using. Try it out. If it does work, great. If not, consider using another helper that does work or one of the plethora of terminal programs such as telnet, PuTTY, SecureCRT, or ZOC


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