Telnet - Dell PowerConnect 5324 Command Line Interface Reference Manual

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telnet

The telnet User EXEC mode command is used to log in to a host that supports Telnet.
Syntax
telnet ip-address | hostname [port] [keyword1......]
• ip-address—IP address of the destination host. (Range: 1 - 160 characters)
• hostname—Hostname of the destination host (Range: Valid IP Address)
• port—A decimal TCP port number, or one of the keywords from the ports table in the
usage guidelines. The default is the Telnet port (decimal23) on the host.
• keyword—Can be one or more keywords from the keywords table in the User Guidelines.
Default Configuration
This command has no default configuration.
Command Mode
User EXEC mode
User Guidelines
• The Telnet software supports special Telnet commands in the form of Telnet sequences that
map generic terminal control functions to operating system-specific functions. To issue a
special Telnet command, enter Esc and then a command character.
Special Telnet Command characters
Description
The probe timed out.
Unknown packet type.
Administratively unreachable. Usually, this output
indicates that an access list is blocking traffic.
Host unreachable.
Network unreachable.
Protocol unreachable.
Source quench.
Port unreachable.
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