10-20-2022, 12:30 PM
You DO "connect" to an IP address. That's how this functions.
There is no "FTP" here. This is an established TCP/IP connection.
You need a terminal program because that sends serial data to the WiModem, which in turn communicates with your router. The WiModem is solely responsible for handling the TCP/IP communications to/from the router.
You can use two computers (Macs, Amigas, PCs, Atari STs, etc), each with a terminal program and WiModem and they can communicate together just like they were hard wired together, but they both go through your router. If you have a static IP or DNS forwarding you can connect between computers located anywhere in the world.
Once the computers are connected, you can type on one and the other will have whatever you typed (and vice-versa). From a terminal standpoint, this is EXACTLY the same as using a modem. The WiModem takes the place of a regular modem (which used a phone line connection) and uses an Internet based connection instead.
There is no "FTP" here. This is an established TCP/IP connection.
You need a terminal program because that sends serial data to the WiModem, which in turn communicates with your router. The WiModem is solely responsible for handling the TCP/IP communications to/from the router.
You can use two computers (Macs, Amigas, PCs, Atari STs, etc), each with a terminal program and WiModem and they can communicate together just like they were hard wired together, but they both go through your router. If you have a static IP or DNS forwarding you can connect between computers located anywhere in the world.
Once the computers are connected, you can type on one and the other will have whatever you typed (and vice-versa). From a terminal standpoint, this is EXACTLY the same as using a modem. The WiModem takes the place of a regular modem (which used a phone line connection) and uses an Internet based connection instead.