telnet <address>
Creates a terminal session to a Telnet server.
- address
- Mandatory. The IP address or hostname of the Telnet server to connect to. The system connects through port 23 (the well-known port for the Telnet service).
Operational mode
Use this command to create a terminal session to a remote machine running a Telnet service.
The following example shows a telnet session being established to 192.168.1.77.
vyatta@R1:~$ telnet 192.168.1.77
Entering character mode
Escape character is '^]'.
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