How to Install Tera Term Pro:
A Guide for Dave's Students

Introduction

This document will step you through the process of downloading and installing a freely redistributable telnet client called Tera Term Pro. It runs under Windows 95/98/NT and is much better than the telent client that comes bundled with those operating systems.

I have repackaged the original distribution into a self-extracting archive and customized the configuration file to support the needs of students taking one of my classes at the University of Florida. If you would prefer to download the original distribution or want more information about Tera Term Pro (and a free SSH extension) visit its homepage at:

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html

Step-by-step installation instructions

1. Point your web browser to:

   http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~dts/downloads/TeraTermPro23.exe

   It should ask if you want to save the file. Choose an appropriate directory and save it. NOTE: be sure that the file name ends with a .exe extension--some browsers have a bug that strips it off). The file is large (about 950KB).

2. Go to the directory in which you saved TeraTermPro23.exe and double click on its icon.

3. A dialogue window will popup--click on the unzip button on the top right.

4. A directory will be created named Ttp_temp--double click on its icon to go to that directory.

5. Double click on the icon labeled setup (or setup.exe)

6. A dialogue window will popup--English should be highlighted. Click the Continue button

7. Another dialogue will popup; click the Continue button.

8. Specify the path where you want the Tera Term Pro files to be installed (something like c:\TeraTerm), and click the Continue button.

9. A window will popup with a couple icons and a Tera Term Pro folder will be added to the programs section of your START button menu.

10. Delete the Ttp_temp directory--you don't need it any more.

11. Click on the Tera Term Pro icon.

12. A dialogue window will popup: it should be set to log you into grove--if you want to connect to a different system, specify it in the hosts section. Click the OK button.

NOTE: you can resize the window, so that you can see more stuff! You can also change the font size by selecting Font from the Setup menu.

NOTE: you can have multiple telnet sessions running at once--this would allow you, for instance, to edit in one window and do some other work in another window! Select New connection from the File menu to start an additional session.