User guide

telnet

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telnet

Device support This command is supported in all devices.

Purpose Establishes a Telnet session with a remote system.

To establish a character sequence to escape or shell-out of a Telnet

session without killing the session, use the “set user” command’s

“telnetesc=character” option. The default Telnet escape character

sequence is ^] (Ctrl and right bracket).

Required

permissions

Anyone can use this command.

Syntax telnet {hostname|host ip addr} [tcp port]

Options hostname

The name of the host to which you want a Telnet session. DNS must be

configured on the device server to use this option.

host ip addr

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

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 a host name

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

host name. The default TCP port (23) is used.

#> telnet host1

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 named host-1.

#> telnet host-1 2004