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This seems to be an interesting forum for this message as opposed to General Q/A. Telnet is commonly used to see if the counterparty port is available or accessible when resolving connectivity issues. There really isn't any other valid use that I am aware of when it comes to FIX. I agree with Changpeng Yu - you wouldn't want to try and feed FIX messages over the telnet session. So to recap - telnet is a useful debugging tool when you have connection problems and you need to see if the port is available at the counterparty. Note: the response you will receive is nothing. You will basically connect and see no response. The successful connection tells you the port is active and something (hopefully a FIX application) is listening on that port. > > Hello, can some one tell me what are the exact steps to sonnect to a > > fix server with telnet? and message examples please? Many Thanks! > Gabriel, > > I don't think you are able to use TELNET to generate a FIX connection. > Because some tag like SendingTime, Checksum are different all the time. > You can't even type in a correct message for the remote end of FIX > server to accept. > > The easiest way to monitor the FIX session is connect the remote site > with some existing software, and analysis all messages in the log. > > Good luck, Changpeng Yu > > FT Computer Solutions http://www.eptop.com/FIX/FixExpress.htm [You can unsubscribe from this discussion group by sending a message to mailto:[email protected]] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Financial Information eXchange" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/FIX-Protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
