Installation guide

telnet

148 Chapter 2 Command Descriptions

telnet

Devices

supported

This command is supported in all Digi Connect Family devices.

Purpose Used to make an outgoing Telnet connection, also known as a session

Required

permissions

Permissions must be set to “set permissions telnet=execute” to use this

command. See "set permissions" on page 86 for details on setting user

permissions for commands.

Syntax telnet [options] ip-addr [tcp-port]

Options options

The Telnet options for the command, which may be as follows:

binary={on|off}

Turns on or off Telnet binary mode.

crmod={on|off}

Turns on or off the replacement of the carriage-return character

sequence (\r) with the new-line character sequence (\n) on incoming

network data.

ip-addr

The IP address of the host to which you want make a Telnet connection.

tcp-port

The TCP port assigned the Telnet application on the remote system. The

default is 23, the port typically used for Telnet.

Examples Establish a Telnet session using an IP Address

In this example, the telnet command establishes a Telnet session using an

IP address. The default TCP port (23) is used.

telnet 192.192.150.28

Establish a Telnet session to a device server port from the LAN

In this example, a user on the LAN initiates a Telnet connection to port 4 on

a device server.

telnet 192.192.150.28 2004