How To Connect

Here is my standard reply on how to get to Fishroom. If you have any suggestions on how to improve these instructions, please e-mail them to lisachromis at kent.net

There are several ways to gain access to FishRoom. One way is to use a mud program to reach Fishroom. There are a variety of mud programs available. Most Fishroomers recommend either Zmud or Gmud. Just Google to find it or check out the following locations for a mud program that suits your needs.

Winsock-L FTP Page
The Mud Connector

The address for the mud programs is as follows:
Host name: fishroom.seaplace.org
Standard Telnet Port 23

Another way is to telnet directly into the mud. That is usually done with a command similar to:

telnet fishroom.seaplace.org

Note that the old port 1025 portion is no longer needed.

We recommend that you download a telnet program as opposed to using raw telnet.

Once you have connected to Fishroom, you should see the following screen:

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%%% Performing Asynch DNS lookup on fishroom.seaplace.org
%%% Connecting to 66.128.118.35 on port 1025
%%% Connected to fishroom.seaplace.org on port 1025.
"Welcome to:

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// // // // // // // // // // // /// ///
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// // // // // // // // // // // // //
// // /////// // // // // //// //// // //

A discussion mud for Aquarium keepers, built using the DGD mudlib driver.

Notes: A response of 'q' or 'quit' to any login question
will terminate the login process.

Please enter the alias you go by:

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At this point, you should enter a name you wish to go by If you enter a name, and are prompted for a password, somebody else is already using that name. You should see a verification message saying that the name you entered is a new name and requesting if it is the one you really want to use.

After you confirm your name, just follow the prompts, and you will be in. It may seem like a hassle to fill out this information, but you only need to do this once!

If your system gives you a message about being unable to resolve fishroom.seaplace.org, try the telnet using fishroom's address instead.
That command would look like:

telnet 66.128.118.38

From that point on, the above should hold.

There are a FEW people who live behind corporate firewalls who are not allowed to telnet directly to non-standard port numbers like FishRooms port 1025. For those folks, I have an alternative access method. However, using it will result in a slower connection and more of a load on the server, so I discourage its usage unless the preferred method outlined above simply won't work.

The alternative method is to telnet directly into the server, login the special fishroom account, and have it connect you to the FishRoom mud. That session would look something like (less the #### lines):

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telnet fishroom.seaplace.org
Trying 66.128.118.35 ...
Connected to mail.seaplace.org

Linux 1.2.10 (mail.seaplace.org) (ttyp2)

mail login: fishroom
Last login: Thu Aug 3 23:21:06 from ppp01-12.net.uog
Linux 1.2.10. (POSIX).

Trying 0.0.0.0 ...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
Welcome to:

A discussion mud for Aquarium keepers, built using the DGD 1.0.9.1 driver.

Note: A response of 'q' or 'quit' to any login question
will terminate the login process.

Please enter the name you go by:

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There are also people who do not have telnet access at all. For these people we have
included a java applet on the web page to enable you to gain access. This method also
puts a drain on the server and is only recommended for those with absolutely no telnet access.

http://fishroom.seaplace.org/cupomud/fishroom.html

Of course you need a browser with Java capabilities in order for this to work.
The log in to Fishroom will the same as telneting into Fishroom via port 1025
and the first screen sample shown above will be what you will see upon logging in.

Finally, for those that use web browsers, if your browser has telnet
capability, you can use the address: telnet://fishroom.seaplace.org:1025

Once you are on Fishroom, you'll need a few basic commands to help you out.

Commands used in Fishroom

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