TCP/IP connection with telnet

[Michael H]

Hi,

I'm new to this telnet controlling thing.
I run 3 computers on a home network so I want to play with girder on this network.

So the question is....what do i need to do this???

I know that i need the 'hardware' plugin for girder, but how do i set this up to get started?

As a start, i want to be able to start some tasks on my file-server through the network.

Do I need a telnet client or can i use the TCP/IP 'software' action plugin of girder??

Who can help me in the right direction?

Michael

[JayGuerette]

You need to enable the TCP/IP plugins in both the hardware and software plugin configuration tabs.

The 'hardware' plugin allows you to receive commands from the network, and the 'software' plugin allows you to create an action that sends a command to Girder on another host.

Accepting the defaults should be enough to get you started. At the very least, you need to specify allowed clients in the hardware plugin. For testing, at least put '127.0.0.1' as an allowed client. Verify the TCP/IP server is working by using telnet to connect to the port, default: 1024. That should get you started.

You also might want to check out the new v2.0 beta TCP/IP server plugin:
http://www.guerette.net/girder/