telnet usage

muvendrann · 12-01-2009, 07:09 AM

Hi,
I am having windows xp in my laptop and oel5 in my desktop both are in a same network connection and all the necessory telnet packages where installed in my oel5
when i pink from win to linux it is pinking also
But my doubt is, IS it possible to make the connection from windows as follows.
in command if i provide
c:>telnet 192.167.34.120
the error occurs as could not open connection to the host connection failed

solution needed

how to check the firewall settings

centosboy · 12-01-2009, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muvendrann

Hi,
I am having windows xp in my laptop and oel5 in my desktop both are in a same network connection and all the necessory telnet packages where installed in my oel5
when i pink from win to linux it is pinking also
But my doubt is, IS it possible to make the connection from windows as follows.
in command if i provide
c:>telnet 192.167.34.120
the error occurs as could not open connection to the host connection failed

solution needed

can you check that telnet server is actually running on the linux machine and isnt blocked by firewall rules

saavik · 12-03-2009, 04:40 PM

Every distribution I know has telnet disabled and/or a firewall running, that blocks the port.

You should use ssh (putty for win$).

If you never the less want to use telnet you really should check if a service is running on your linux pc.

Use:

netstat -tupan | grep 23

to see if there is a service running on port 23.
If you can not find any service running on the port 23 you should check if the telnet-service is running.