dial up connection and hyper terminal

[radhikats]

Hi,
why can't i connect to the internet using a hyper terminal?
is it because the hyper terminal doesn't support TCP/IP or due to some other reason?
what is the difference between hyper terminal and dial up connection we use?

 

[InnoTech]

its not that it don't support tcp/ip (it does) it don't support RAS (Remote Access Service) this allows computers to make network connections to each other using telephone lines. a RAS connection running PPP can support the TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBEUI protocols simultaneously. you may browse a remote network and share files using NetBEUI, browse the internet using TCP/IP, and access a Novell netware file server using IPX--all over a single dial-up RAS connection.


hyperterminal is used, among other things, to send and receive text and data files to a remote computer. The status of the transfer is displayed in the Hyperterminal window during the transfer. you use your modem's AT commands to accomplish this. Hyperterminal is also used to configure certain devices through "console" and diagnos problems or set-up equiptment.

i hope that helps you understand it a little better. "Jack of all trades. Master of none."

 

[MaxPipeline]

Hyperterminal is an async connection. Your ISP's RAS has to be set up to accept an async call and then provide you with some sort of login prompt to perform PPP. Hyperterminal by itself does not have provisions to perform PPP (i.e. username/password).