COMMON TCP/IP UTILITIES
This section demonstrates the use of some common TCP/IP utilities that every network user frequently uses. If you are an old-timer in the network world, you can safely skip this section.
The FTP command is used to transfer files from one host to another on a network. The Telnet client is used to log on to a remote host. The finger command is used to find information about a user on a local or remote host. Email is used to send messages to another user on a network. The following sections describe each of these.
Using FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a client-server system used to transfer files from one host to another host. A user connects to the FTP server using an FTP client. FTP clients can be a text-based command-line ...
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