Telnet

Question

we can't find telnet in vista. Is this great tool removed in vista?

Answer 1

Hi Mike,

This is the way to install Telnet

Go to Control Panel->Programs.

Depending on your VISTA, you will find there option called "Windows features" or "Advanced ...."

Go inside these and look carefully you will find option to install telnet or switch it on.

If you cant find it let me know and I will tell you exect steps. Rightnow I am not connected to my VISTA machine and I am too lazy to go there to lookup the options.

 

Amol

Answer 2

i have the same problem, thx Amol..

Answer 3

Vista RC2:

Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off > Telnet Client

Answer 4

thanks tAmol.

Answer 5

You are better off using PuTTY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PuTTY

(link on the bottom)

You get ssh support, logging, and the ability to maximize the window out-of-the-box; along with backwards support for unencrypted/vanilla telnet.  The new releases of Redhat don't even enable telnet by default; so having the -ssh command line option is often useful.

James A. Renton

Beverly, MA

Answer 6

Telnet is still a great and quick way to check if your services are listening.  I agree that putty is awesome for ssh.

Answer 7

its a shame putty's exe isnt ssh.exe instead.  Then we would all be so much more cross platform.

putty -ssh linux.microsoft.com -u root

ssh -l root linux.microsoft.com

 

Answer 8

You could write a wrapper script to mimic the SSH command.

 

PuTTY is also a nice replacement for HyperTerminal as it now supports serial interfaces :-)

Answer 9

Thanks!

 

Yes the client is available for install on the Control Programs, Progtams & Features, Turn Windows Features On or OFF.

 

Thanks now I can service my Cisco Routers and Devices!

 

Thanks for your help!

ITCSPR.ORG

Answer 10

Another great replacement for telnet is AbsoluteTelnet from Celestial Software.

It supports telnet, ssh, serial, dialup, etc...

http://www.celestialsoftware.net/telnet

Brian

Answer 11

We use Accuterm from www.asent.com .  It's full-featured, supports telnet and ssh and has a free download.  Thousands of users connect to our servers with it.  I prefer the command line telnet because it is so much faster.

 

pw

Answer 12

I tried to solve the problem with this solution but when I go to the "turn windows programs on or off" there isn't anything in the window.  It is completely empty.  Is there any other way to fix this?

Answer 13

Im stressed cause this laptop doesn't have "Programs and Features, Windows Features, Or Advanced" when I open the Control Panel. What might it be under if I can't find any of that in my Control Panel? If it will help I could give you a list of what I have in my control Panel.

Answer 14

Hello,
I'm new to TELNET.  I'm trying to make a URL call from my machine.  Can someone let me know if TELNET is the best tool for this?  If so, what are my steps to make this call through TELNET? 

Your help is much appreciated!