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Telnet is a client-server protocol used to allow communication between computers in a network.

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Disable telnet service on routers?

I have found that the telnet service is running on a router. Telnet is publically known to be insecure. How does one turn off telnet service on adsl routers? Please advise how one can disable telnet ...
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last login info in telnet session

I am trying to print the last login info in a telnet session. how do i enable this? I want the telnet session to display something like this "Last login: Sun Dec 9 12:50:43 2007 from 192.168.0.6" ...
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telnet port 23 connection failed window 7

I'm using windows 7 and I'm trying to connect to my router with telnet: open cmd type telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Result is could not open connection to the host, on port 23:connection failed. What I ...
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Calling telnet from an ssh command

I am trying to figure out a problem, which I have to do in a certain way, unfortunately. When I ssh into a remote host and log in (this will require a login), it is successful. If I then telnet to ...
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How to configure telnet in Windows 8?

I want to use telnet to understand the working of web and networks. However, whenever I type telnet "URL" 8080, it shows Could not open connection to the host, on port 8080: Connect Failed. I work ...
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How to establish telnet connection between two macs via Wi-Fi?

I have Macpro (late 2013, Yosemite 10.10.4) and Macbookpro (mid 2010, Yosemite 10.10.4) connected to home network via Wi-Fi (using router Actiontech T1200H) I'm able to ssh both ways without any ...
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How to enable echoing in telnet.exe client

Can I somehow enable echoing in the standard telnet.exe client when connecting to the bat.org server? Is it possible at all? telnet bat.org When I'm connecting to this server via putty, echoing ...
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Telnet on Windows 7 doesn’t connect to any server

When I try to connect to a server with Telnet on Windows 7 x64, for example to Google: Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client Escape Character is 'CTRL+]' Microsoft Telnet> o www.google.com 80 ...
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How does one browse a website using Telnet?

When you connect to an open port 80 (HTTP) through Telnet, shouldn't the client display a plaintext version of the site? All I get is a blank screen, and then the client disconnects. I know you can ...
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How to pass commands noninteractively to running QEMU from the guest. QMP via telnet/SSH?

I'm running a virtualized Win8 (gaming) platform under Linux host. I use Synergy for keyboard and mouse sharing but I need to pass the usb devices occasionally. GPU is passed to the guest and I'm ...
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telnet: Could not open connection to the host, on port 23

I need to telnet, to localhost. I am on windows. Once I got the error 'telnet is not recognized...' I looked online and found that I should do pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient". I did, then telnet localhost ...
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set telnet to use NTLM with command

To set telnet to use NTLM authentication you type in telnet and press enter then type set NTLM How can I make it do this with a command. using telnet set ntlm for example does not work.
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Why Telnet protocol uses only 1 port on server while FTP uses 2 ports

I got this question in a job interview and I had no idea what to answer. Can someone please help me understand it? Why does telnet protocol use only 1 port while the FTP protocol uses 2 ports on the ...
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Mac OS X 10.7 can't ping/telnet localhost

I'm developing using django/postgresql on Mac OS X 10.7 and suddenly I am unable to access the test server through http://localhost:8000/. I can make it listen on 0.0.0.0:8000 and then it works... ...
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Telnet : How to get [user@hostname userFolder]$

I'm using ubuntu 14.04 LTS and i have successfully configured a telnet server. When i logging into telnet server i always get the path(int the terminal) as username@hostname:~/Folder_Name$ I ...
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how to make a batch file close automatically

I have a .bat file which its content is like this: @echo off nc x.x.x.x 23 < commands.txt exit in which nc is a .exe file in the same directory nc.exe known as NetCat. The commands.txt file has ...
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Duplicate IP address Telnet and ARP

I have 3 hosts (PC1, PC2, and PC3). I set the IP addresses for PC2 and PC3 to be 10.0.0.2 and PC3 to be 10.0.0.1. I telnet from PC1 to 10.0.0.2. I then am logged in to PC3. I can see in Wireshark that ...
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Is it possible to reboot a Samba NAS device (Cisco/Linksys NSS4000) using telnet?

I have a Samba NAS—Cisco/Linksys NSS4000—that I cannot connect to using UNC paths or drive mapping, and I cannot access the built in web application. But I can ping the device by it’s IP address as ...
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Save me from gibberish terminal

While logged in to a remote ssh session, sometimes I do cat to the wrong file (a binary or a diretory) and the display converts to gibberish. The only way out is to close the terminal and open a new ...
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Does closure of Terminal stop remote script execution?

I have NAS (running Linux) and Macbook. What if I start the OSX Terminal application, connect to my NAS thru telnet and execute there some script: python myscript.py > log.txt Will it continue to ...
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Changing the prompt in telnet

With some help from people on here, I was able to set a custom prompt in an ssh session (thanks!). Now I need to do the same in telnet, but I'm not sure of what syntax I could use for that. ...
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How to change the default port number for Telnet in CentOS 7?

I need to enable Telnet in a port number other than 23. I installed use telnet through following procedure. systemctl enable telnet.socket systemctl start telnet.socket I tried some procedure to ...
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How to save console output still showing it

I need to troubleshoot a telnet session and send save it's results to another person. When I use redirection I save the contents of my session, but I'm not able to see it on console. How to pipe ...
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Can telnet be used with any application level text protocol based on TCP/IP?

Can telnet be used with any application level text protocol like http or smtp?
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I want to automate rebooting most or all of the major routers remotely, will provide software to everyone for free [closed]

Does anyone know if we can use a tool or a method to remotely restart the router? Or even remotely restart the internet connection of the router? I know we can telnet into the router, but each router ...
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How do I copy data from a Ubuntu server using terminal by telnet?

I have one folder to copy that consists of PHP and similar files for creating a web site. How do I copy one folder from the server (Linux Ubuntu) to the client PC (Linux Ubuntu) using terminal? Could ...
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Telnet cannot connect to localhost on port 23

I am using bat file assigned with vbs script to change router configuration every 15 minutes through the day through telnet commands. It works as supposed for a while then it shows this message "Could ...
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Change DNS On Pace V2500 Router

I'm trying to change the DNS settings on my Pace V2500 router. There are no settings options within the admin interface so I will have to use telnet to make the changes. I cannot change the DNS per ...
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Is it possible to shutdown a remote computer running Windows 7 via Telnet?

I've successfully connected to my Windows 7 desktop over wifi via Telnet from an XP Home netbook. To login, I use the following command: telnet -l "win7desktop\win7user" win7desktop win7user in this ...
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Are there any SSH / Telnet clients for Windows that support tabs? [closed]

I currently use putty for SSH and Telnet on Windows. But the lack of tab support in Putty makes it difficult for me to keep multiple windows open at once (up 10 at a time). Does anyone know anything ...
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Configuring PuTTY for Windows 8 cmd shell prompt

Is there some recommended configuration / settings of PuTTY for Telnet connecting on Windows 8 shell/Telnet. I ask this because in default conf of PuTTY cursor behavior is little strange. e.g. with ...
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Ping/nslookup working but telnet/browser fails

Having a problem on several systems. Ping, nslookup and tracert all work as expected but the browser and other applications including telnet are unable to get any internet access. The problem is not ...
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How do I use the telnet interface to my Zyxel router to enable Wifi?

I have a pretty horrible Zyxel P-2812HNU-F1 router provided by my ISP which drops my Wifi some one to five times each day. It doesn't crash, it just decides to disable wifi. I can log in to the web ...
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Telnet: Could not open connection to the host on port 23 : connect failed

I've Googled it a lot and checked it on many forums, but still haven't been able to solve it. When I do a telnet from a Windows system 192.18.212.169 to an RHEL system on 192.18.212.124 I get the ...
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telnet - is there a maximum line limit?

I am working on several servers that use HTTP for transport of commands. What I have encountered is that some of the commands I am trying to issue by hand are very long GETs, several lines, and that ...
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Using Telnet: Port number

With using telnet I used port 25. Example: telnet x.x.x.x 25 I had another server today that used port 23 instead. For the future, how would one easily know which port to use? Does this port ever ...
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How can I get telnet to auto login to this piece of equipment?

where I work we login to a piece of equipment that has an unusual login prompt that I am not able to get Putty to recognize. Well more specifically I am using KiTTY. The login prompt is a ASCII box ...
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Redhat linux terminal garbage output when using telnet

I am using redhat-linux terminal to connect to a router device by means of 'telnet'. While the device boots, the characters are getting printed in garbage manner which is as follows, In terminal, If ...
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Giving a switch an IP Address so I can telnet into it

Right, so I've just reloaded my switch resetting the to complete default configuration. It's a Cisco Catalyst 3560. What I am trying to achieve is this: Giving the switch an IP Address, then telnet to ...
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Telnet trouble on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1

I'm trying to connect to a Telnet server. After typing 'telnet [server] [port]', I get a blank command prompt screen. I can then type Telnet commands, but everything I type is invisible. Replies sent ...
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Very strange behavior when I try to connect using SSH. Why it works only if I copy and paste the IP address?

I am experiencing a very strange behavior. The situation is the following one: I connect to my RaspBerry Pi from my Ubuntu Linux 12.04 using SSH So I do the following operation: I go into my router ...
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Sending email using Telnet

I saw many thread about sending email using Telnet, but I couldn't do that. I'm trying to connect to yahoo smtp server by : telnet smtp.mail.yahoo.com 25 The response from server is : Trying 98....
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How to run batch script on server which exists in different domain of your PC?

I am trying to execute a batch file residing on some server which lie in different domain w.r.t my pc. I tried: PSExec -> but its persistently giving error: Couldn't access 192.168.238.74: The ...
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Telnet into a linux machine using an RJ45-RS232 cable

my linux machine doesn't have a RS232 port, only an RJ45. I also have my grandpa's old pentium machine running windows 95 that has an RS232 port. The only means of interfacing these two computers are ...
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How to download a file through Telnet using HTTP request? [closed]

I need to download a file, for example: http://gensho.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/7.5.0/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-7.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso with usage of Telnet and HTTP request. How can I do that?
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Trying to reboot ADSL modem via expect script

I'm trying to create a Linux script which can reboot my ASDL Modem. Here is my rebootModem.exp file : #!/usr/bin/expect set userName admin set pass admin set command reboot #It is modem reboot ...
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Tshark is displaying "florence" and "eforward" rather than source/destination port numbers

I am running rawcap on windows7 loopback adapter. I have run telnet localhost 2181 15 Packets were generated. In order to view the output I ran wireshark\tshark -r \shared\pcap.pcap And here is ...
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LOCAL SERVER and telnet

Finally, after many attempts and days, I managed to connect 2 computers using the telnet client and the telnet server. The reason of so many attempts is because there are no complete guides for these ...
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Is it possible to spawn any kind of terminal on dedicated lan card before entering LVM volume passphrase?

I got IBM x3500 m2 server running Ubuntu server on encrypted LVM volume. This machine has one slower LAN card for service purposes. Is there any way to spawn some kind of console on it BEFORE ...
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How to update Thomson's TG585 v7 Firmware using Telnet

The Thomson upgrade tool isn't detecting my router, I tried many times by disabling the Firewall as suggested, but yet it's not being detected, it worked only once, I upgraded to 8.2.4.11, but I lost ...

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