telnet will not work on my command prompt

aueddonlineaueddonline Member Posts: 611 ■■□□□□□□□□
why is this? i can ping the device but i can't telnet it.

i thought maybe that telnet was not installed but can find a download
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  • mrhaun03mrhaun03 Member Posts: 359
    Do you some sort of error message?
    Working on Linux+
  • aueddonlineaueddonline Member Posts: 611 ■■□□□□□□□□
    yes it doesn't recognise the command telnet


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    C:\Users\edward>telnet 172.16.96.200
    'telnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

    C:\Users\edward>
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Try to CD to the \windows or \windows\system32 directory and run it from there.
    Check the permissions on telnet.exe. It might be restricted to admins in Vista.
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  • aueddonlineaueddonline Member Posts: 611 ■■□□□□□□□□
    yeah i've tried it in that dir with admin permissions, still nothing
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  • sprkymrksprkymrk Member Posts: 4,884 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Go to Control Panel->Programs and then something like "Windows features" or "Advanced" ....You should find the option to install telnet or switch it on.

    EDIT - Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off > Telnet Client
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  • aueddonlineaueddonline Member Posts: 611 ■■□□□□□□□□
    and it works, thanks it gave me a big long list of things to tick and untick

    tftp client is one i ticked while i was in there, i'm a bit shocked all that wasn't ticked by default, never mind helped me lean something, cheers guys
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  • SnypterSnypter Member Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Thanx Helped a lot ! cheers to u !
  • Hyper-MeHyper-Me Banned Posts: 2,059
    I was about to say, Telnet is turned off by default in Vista. :P
  • Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    and it works, thanks it gave me a big long list of things to tick and untick

    tftp client is one i ticked while i was in there, i'm a bit shocked all that wasn't ticked by default, never mind helped me lean something, cheers guys

    Why do you need to have TFTP enabled? You should minimize the services that you have running to only necessary services. Telnet is disabled by default in Vista and Windows 7 due to the inherent security flaws of clear-text protocols.
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  • DevilsbaneDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□
    sprkymrk wrote: »
    Go to Control Panel->Programs and then something like "Windows features" or "Advanced" ....You should find the option to install telnet or switch it on.

    EDIT - Programs and Features > Turn Windows features on or off > Telnet Client

    Thats how it is done. Make sure you pick telnet client and not telnet server (unless you want to allow hackers to telnet into your system)
    Decide what to be and go be it.
  • sidsanderssidsanders Member Posts: 217 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Paul Boz wrote: »
    Why do you need to have TFTP enabled? You should minimize the services that you have running to only necessary services. Telnet is disabled by default in Vista and Windows 7 due to the inherent security flaws of clear-text protocols.

    quite agree... putty is your friend
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  • Snow.brosSnow.bros Member Posts: 832 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Hyper-Me wrote: »
    I was about to say, Telnet is turned off by default in Vista. :P

    And also windows 7 and 8
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