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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

telnet <address>

Creates a terminal session to a Telnet server.

telnet address
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 '^]'.
Welcome to Vyatta
vyatta login: