Remote Terminal Login from a Microcomputer to the UNIX Operating System using ETHERNET as the Communications Medium.

Abstract

This thesis examines the viability of a microcomputer based process which allows its terminal to become a terminal to become a terminal to a remote host which utilizes the UNIX operating system. The means of communication to the remote host is an Ethernet local area network. The preponderance of the software to accomplish the remote login is PL/I thus enabling the software to be utilized by any combination of computer/operating system that supports PL/I. The Ethernet driver makes use of assembly language in order to program the Ethernet Controller Board and is therefore dependent upon the underlying microprocessor. Although the communications medium is the Ethernet, ARPANET Internet and Transmission Control protocols are also utilized. This is necessitated by the manner in which the UNIX operating system's remote login process operates and allows the far more general case where the remote host is part of the ARPANET. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA154963

Entities

People

  • J. D. Reeke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Assembly Languages
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Links
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Communications
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Transport Protocols

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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