Please read all the steps first before starting this hands-on
experiment.
Start the telnet
application. On UNIX use the
telnet command at the shell level. On Apple OS-X you
can access UNIX using the Terminal application in the
Applications/Utilities folder.
On Windows (DOS prompt)
run the telnet.exe (usually in C:\WINDOWS\system32\) as follows:
cd C:\WINDOWS\system32
.\telnet.exe
When you see the telnet >
prompt,
connect to eagle.cs.kent.edu
at port 80 by typing:
set logfile mytest.html
open eagle.cs.kent.edu 80
telnet displays Connecting To eagle.cs.kent.edu ... and
now perform the next step without first touching anything else
on the keyboard.
Type on the keyboard exactly (case sensitive)
GET /WEB/test.html HTTP/1.0
and hit ENTER
twice.
You should see many lines displayed. Now exit telnet
with the command quit.
Use your favorite text editor to open the saved file
mytest.html
. You'll see the HTTP response from the
server. Delete lines at the beginning of the file that are the HTTP headers
and leave the HTML code unchanged. Save the file and exit the editor.
Now open the mytest.html
file from a Web browser.
What did you get?