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Is port 23 listening on the Linux machine? Is there firewall running on it?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-39639001-1">netstat -ant</code></pre>
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Is port 23 listening on the Linux machine? Is there firewall running on it?



netstat -ant

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I got a large list when ran netstat -ant
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<pre><code id="code-20-39639073-1">netstat -ant |grep 23</code></pre>
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telnet is usually disabled. Try to use ssh rather, which is secure.<br />
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please see commands related to linux in the link below for enabling telnet.
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telnet is usually disabled. Try to use ssh rather, which is secure.

please see commands related to linux in the link below for enabling telnet.

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Sorry missed the link<br />
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<a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-turn-on-telnet-service-on-for-a-linuxfreebsd-system/" rel="ugc">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-turn-on-telnet-service-on-for-a-linuxfreebsd-system/</a>
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Sorry missed the link

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-turn-on-telnet-service-on-for-a-linuxfreebsd-system/ [http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-turn-on-telnet-service-on-for-a-linuxfreebsd-system/]

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I agree use putty but try ssh instead of telnet. See if that works.
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I agree use putty but try ssh instead of telnet. See if that works.

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I have tried connecting to Linux machine from my Windows machine via command line tool:<br />
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telnet xxx.xx.xx.xx<br />
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where xxx.xx.xx.xx is Linux machine's ip address<br />
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The error I get is:<br />
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Connecting To xxx.xx.xx.xx...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23:<br />
Connect failed<br />
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What do I do?
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I have tried connecting to Linux machine from my Windows machine via command line tool:

telnet xxx.xx.xx.xx

where xxx.xx.xx.xx is Linux machine's ip address

The error I get is:

Connecting To xxx.xx.xx.xx...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23:
Connect failed

What do I do?

Cannot telnet to a Linux machine using ip address

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