ckermit questions

[Linda Hanigan]

I have always used ckermit for file transfers between computers. If I
connect via modem to another computer with kermit everything works great
If I try and connect over an ethernet connection I get
  DNS Lookup .... Trying 192.168.1.3 ..... Failed
  Can't connect to computername:23
I have the computer in hosts.allow and in hosts. I can ssh into this
computer. Any ideas?
                     Thanks
                      Linda