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Subject: Re: telnet Win-box
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Windows does not have a telnet server running, therefore it is not
possible to telnet into a windows box the same way you telnet to a bsd
box.  I think I have seen third party programs that will allow you to do
this, but I have never used them, nor heard from anyone who has.

Jerry

Rami Soudah wrote:
> 
> Greetings
> 
> I have 2 PC's connected, one is bsd other win98.
> I can do 'telnet' from win to bsd, but not from bsd to win
> When I try to run the telnet command from the bsd box,
> I keep getting the msg "telnet: unable to connect to remote
> host: connection refused", but i can ping the win-box from the
> bsd-box.
> what could be wrong?
> how could i enable the telnet services in win-box?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -pons
> 
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