to Telnet
- verb
- /ˈtɛlnɛt/
- Specialized
- To check the server's response, simply telnet to its IP address on port 80.
Examples
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What is needed to telnet to these libraries (as well as to use the other Internet operations and resources described in this article) is a computer connected to a network providing Internet access, a modem, and appropriate communications software, such as Procomm+.
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You can use a telnet client to telnet into the remote server for troubleshooting.
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I can telnet to sip.bktb.com 443.
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From the edge server, can you telnet to its own DMZ IP on the correct ports?
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Either your library or your local Computing Services department will often offer "short courses" about the Internet, which teach participants all about the techniques required to telnet to institutions around the world.
Academic text (1995) -
I read in other comments that we should telnet on port 443 to the A/V external IP?
Blog text (8) -
I can telnet to the listening IP address I've specified for SIP on the server itself over 443 and get a connection.
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My problem is that the Microsoft test connectivity website fails when trying to connect to sip.domain.com. If I try to telnet localhost on the edge server to 443, it fails?
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When only elite computer scientists on ARPANet had accounts so they could telnet into mainframes at another site, security was just a desirable luxury item—part of the apex of the pyramid of needs.
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Before deploying the application, make sure you can telnet to the development server to confirm connectivity.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Telnet comes from the parts tele- 'far' and net 'network', the same idea as in telephone. So to Telnet is to connect to and control a computer that is far away over a network.