Telnet Clients for MS Windows

Currently Teraterm is probably the best free client for Windows environment. It Is the only one that I know that understands middle mouse button. The product has non-intuitive configuration but generally functionality is very good. Hummingbird Connectivity Suite contains a good telnet client. It's not free.

Generally nothing prevent extending OFM manager to full telnet client and as such it would be much more powerful and interesting tool then a typical telnet emulator. But I know only one such attempt  ShellTelnet  from Rudenko Software. But unfortunately it is still in version 2.0 beta. Another attempt to merge terminal and file browser was done in SSH Explorer

SSH Explorer is a new generation SSH/Telnet client and terminal emulator that makes remote Linux server administration look like much more fun than it actually is. File View panel lets you navigate through and operate with remote directories and files as effortlessly as if they were on your home computer.

The integrated text editor and SFTP client are always at your fingertips when you need to edit or transfer files. SSH Explorer also includes a pack of useful Linux commands and allows you to create your own snippets so you don't have to remember and type them anymore. With SSH Explorer, the VT100 terminal emulation, SSH1, SSH2 and Telnet protocols are supported.

Notes:

• The right site to download the latest version of  Teraterm is Japanese SourceForge site: Teraterm Open Source Project  or LogmeTT site (logmett.com). The latter is probably is more convenient for the USA users. During installation you should generally avoid selecting Connect component (which provides tabs) as it does not work well.  LogmeTT itself is also mixed blessing and you might wish to avoid installing it too. See additional information at LogMeTT
• Many older and obsolete versions are still available on various sites and are displayed prominently by Google. The first site in Google search "teraterm" points to abandonware (3.1.3 called Teraterm Pro Web  from Ayera) and should be ignored

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  Please avoid downloading software package from the original site Tera Term Home Page  (http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html) Please avoid downloading  a version 3.1.3 called Teraterm Pro Web  from Ayera Technologies  (http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/).  This package ( ttpro313.zip) is an abandonware created October 8, 2002 and never updated since then....

NEWS CONTENTS

• 20110727 : PAC freshmeat.net ( PAC freshmeat.net, Jul 27, 2011 )
• 20110706 : WCTS - SSH Documentation ( WCTS - SSH Documentation, Jul 06, 2011 )
• 20110706 : Console telnet for Win32 ( Console telnet for Win32, Jul 06, 2011 )
• 20110706 : ShellTelnet ( ShellTelnet, )
• 20110706 : Dima Maloffs Telnet Project ( Dima Maloff's Telnet Project, )
• 20110706 : EasyTerm Home Page ( EasyTerm Home Page, )

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[Jul 27, 2011] PAC freshmeat.net

PAC provides a GUI to configure SSH and Telnet connections, including usernames, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, and macros. It is similar in function to SecureCRT or Putty. It is intended for people who connect to many servers through SSH. It can automate logins and command executions.

Tags	Perl GTK+ SSH Telnet GNOME Ubuntu Expect
Licenses	GPLv3
Operating Systems	Linux Ubuntu Debian
Implementation	Perl GTK+ Expect
Translations	English

[Jul 06, 2011] WCTS - SSH Documentation

MindTerm is an SSH client that will only function in browsers supporting Java (JDK 1.1); this includes all versions of Internet Explorer since 4.0 and all Netscape since 4.06 - in other words, it will probably work in your browser.

First, start MindTerm. The program will load in a few seconds, then prompt you with this: 'SSH Server/Alias: marcus.whitman.edu'. Ensure that your designated server is displayed on the screen, and then press <Enter>.

Important! Once you log off of the server, remember to close the browser in order to reset MindTerm - otherwise, someone may see who last used MindTerm.

[Jul 06, 2011] Console telnet for Win32

Current version is 2.0 .

Console telnet is a full screen (console) telnet client for MS Win32 environments. It can be run in full screen text mode (a DOS session) or in a graphic window. It supports ANSI colors, and has (almost) all the keys customizable. The latest version gets a score of 91 on vttest, which means you shouldn't experience any terminal emulation problems unless you're running a really weird application (compare: Windows 2000 Telnet gets a score of 39). You can also redirect the telnet session to STDIN and STDOUT for use with other programs. Telnet will communicate the number of lines and line width to the host, and can operate in any console mode.

Telnet Win32 is free software, released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. You are welcome to use and distribute the sources and/or the binaries under the conditions of the license.

Remember that console telnet is a group effort, and everyone who makes a contribution or sends in a bug report is important to the project. Thanks to everyone who has helped, and keep up the good work!

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ShellTelnet

Very interesting ideas and product from Rudenko Software. But unfortunately it is still in version 2.0 beta

ShellTelnet is a Windows telnet client intended for use with a Unix/Linux shell account.

In addition to the classic telnet functionality, ShellTellnet introduces a new way of browsing Unix hosts. ShellTelnet allows the user to browse files and folders on a remote machine using the Windows Explorer interface.

ShellTelnet includes a hidden FTP client. It makes possible to transfer files without a use of slow and archaic utilities like Kermit and zmodem.

To use ShellTelnet you need a local Windows machine and a remote machine running Unix or Linux. It is assumed that the default shell on the remote machine is BASH.

Dima Maloff's Telnet Project

Abandonware

• Tn for Win32
• My termcap entry for TERM=AT386
• Downolad a set of tn configs by [email protected] for FreeBSD (LANG=ru_SU.KOI8-R; TERM=cons25r; plus ISO8859-5 <-> ALT)
• deco, should work with TN, Serge Vakulenko.

EasyTerm Home Page

Amabdonware. Current Version: 4.3 (03/02/2000)

• EasyTerm is an advanced sockets-enabled Telnet terminal program.
• EasyTerm supports many protocols besides Telnet, such as SMTP and POP3.
• EasyTerm emulates a DEC VT100 terminal and supports ANSI colors.
• EasyTerm's display can be resized in two ways:
  • You may choose the number of character rows and columns.
  • You may resize the Windows display to suit your preferences.
  • These sizing methods are independent of each other.
• EasyTerm supports 26 simultaneous keyboard macros.
• EasyTerm will log your entire session, supports clipboard transfers, and will print the current display.
• EasyTerm remembers up to 32 hosts and protocols.
• EasyTerm is entirely Y2K compatible (I had to add this -- people kept asking).
• Oh, I almost forgot the other good news. EasyTerm is CareWare -- that means no money, now or ever.

Tutorials

• Telnet Protocol
  • see also higher level page: TCPIP Networking Standards
• A PC Telnet Tutorial Oregon State University
• NACSE - Unix The telnet Command
• Windows and TCPIP for Internet Access
• Telnet Evaluation

Ewan-related

• Telnet Mini-Tutorial

• Telnet Setup and Tutorial

Using the EWAN Telnet Client for Windows 95

• Telnet lesson

• Telnet -- short tutorial. nothing interesting

• Using Your Telnet Program - a lot of broken links, almost useless

Terminal Emulation

• NetTerm keyboard customization

• VT100 Keyboard Table

• Smarterm

• HDSterm Key Translations Page

• Dave's TN3270 page

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NONAGS 32bit Telnet & Terminal Clients - Freeware

• Emuterm 1.0.2 for Win9x/NT4/ME/Win2k (344 kb)

Console telnet for Win32

Telnet - Focus on Windows NT - Net Links

Telnet for Windows 95

32bit.com - Telnet

Telnet Evaluation

NONAGS 32bit Telnet & Terminal Clients

Telnet -- 16-Bit Winsock Apps (Xiaomu's List)

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Clients for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95

HyperTerminal Personal Edition

This is an update to the applet supplied with Windows '95. The important addition is Telnet capabilities. The update is free and now you can have Telnet with ZModem downloading

HyperTerminal Private Edition

HyperTerminal Private Edition is a more powerful version of HyperTerminal, which comes in Windows 95, Windows 98, and NT 4.0.

Hilgraeve began providing "private editions" of HyperTerminal free for personal use shortly after Microsoft launched Windows 95, to satisfy end user requests and increase public awareness of HyperACCESS, its full-featured product from which HyperTerminal is derived. Businesses and individuals that learn of Hilgraeve and HyperACCESS in this way often purchase HyperACCESS. Businesses whose needs are met by HyperTerminal PE often purchase site licenses for this popular upgrade to HyperTerminal, which is free only for personal use.

HyperACCESS brings you these and many other benefits:

Download sites

• ZDNet Software Library - HyperTerminal Private Edition -- download

• Utah FTP

• Michigan Site

EWAN - free Telnet client

• Home page
• Free, good VT100 terminal emulation. EWAN stands for Emulator Without A good Name.
• Download
• New: Tektronix 4010 emulation for EWAN
• Author: Peter Zander

• EWAN, winsock terminal emulator

• Exercise 2 Install EWAN Telnet Client -- installation instructions...

• EWAN

• Student Terminal

• GWIS - Download EWAN

• Technical Resources

• Ewan

Trumpet Telnet

• Home page
• Free, basic telnet client, works great with web browsers
• Download
• Firm: Trumpet

SimpTerm

• Home page -- none
• Free for non-commercial use. A telnet/rlogin client, offers Kermit and ZMODEM file transfer function over a telnet or rlogin connection, with VT- 100/102/52, ANSI emulation. A unique feature is the build-in support for BIG5, HZ and GB encoded Chinese text. Other features include configurable screen size, and screen buffer up to 32760 lines. It even has Windows 95 style scrollbar and toolbar if run under Windows 95.
• Download
• Author: Jianqing Hu

Sterm -- Free Windows Terminal Server

Direct download link. This program provides telnet, rlogin and other internet services to serial terminals. STerm has support for SOCKS 4 firewalls.

QWS3270

• Version: 3.2e; 73,365 bytes
• Home page -- none
• Free TN3270 terminal emulation
• Download Now!
• Author: James Rymerson

Random Findings

Among shareware products that provide VT220 or higher emulation I would like to mention: CRT, EM320
E-term32 PC320 PC340

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