I've always had my site on Unix servers, but have recently been looking at Win hosting

What is the equivalent to Telnet/SSH on Windows, if there is an equivalent. How would it be listed in the features list on a web host web site?

thanks.

There really is not equivelant... you could allways do something like pcanywhere or around that type, there are telnet emulators for windows servers but thats about as close as it gets as far as I'm aware of...

for windows there are various packages, most are graphical as most windows functions are carried out graphically.

some of the popular GUI ones are:

PCAnywhere
Win VNC
Microsoft SMS Server
Windows 2000 Terminal Services (Administration Mode)

there is also a Telnet server built into Windows 2000 that allows you to carry out DOS commands and some registry commands.

Windows also makes good use of MMC (Microsoft Management Console) Snapins which operate over RPC and a couple of other ports on the system, which i forget now.

But anyways, there are several ways, just do some searches on the above information.

It really depends on what you are looking for. You basically have three options:
* Remote Control software (PC Anywhere, WinVNC <- My Personal favorite, LapLink)
* Windows 2000 Terminal Services (or Windows NT Terminal Server)
* Windows 2000 Telnet Daemon

If you want to see exactly what you would see if you were standing in front of the computer, you need Remote Control software like PC Anywhere WinVNC (available for free at freshmeat.net) or LapLink (yes, LapLink does have Remote Control software). I believe some premium Web Hosting companies provide PC Anywhere, but you really need a dedicated server (not shared hosting), because only one person can be logged in at a time.

Windows 2000 Servers offer Terminal Server connections, where you can have multiple users logged in using their own "shell" which is more reasonable if multiple sites are being hosted by the same server. I believe that your session can have restrictions so that users cannot decide to reboot the server, etc. Citrix also provides software to make this connection easier and more transparent, but I doubt that any hosting company provides Citrix (it's pretty expensive).

Finally, you may just need some sort of command prompt. Yes, Windows has some type of Telnet daemon where you can telnet to the Windows 2000 server and get a DOS prompt. I know this because they are using it at UCLA. I have used it as an end user, but I don't have much experience setting it up. You may need to contact the hosting company to see if this is available.

I recommend Timbuktu.

It allows you to see the desktop of a remote PC as if you were there. Currently there are versions available for Windows, MacOS and MacOS X (BSD Unix).

Even if you're on a slow modem, it still works very well! :)

Thanks for the replies.

If I have web site with a database, shopping cart, ordering pages - would there be any reason for me to want to connect using these methods rather than just FTP?

If you use Windows 2000 Professional, you can right click My Computer, click Manage, then expand Services and Applications, then click on Services. Scroll through the window and you will see "Telnet" listed as a service. This service needs to be manually started. If you have access to another computer on your network, you should be able to telnet to your computer to test it out.

Originally posted by fox
If I have web site with a database, shopping cart, ordering pages - would there be any reason for me to want to connect using these methods rather than just FTP? It probably wouldn't be necessary. Generally you can set up and configure all of that through web interfaces.