Can't telnet to freebsd box

2006-03-18 Thread Frank
Hi, I have installed freebsd 6 on the pc and connect to the LAN. from freebsd box, I can ping other pcs on the LAN and other PCs(Windows XP) can ping freebsd box as well. But I can't telnet to freebsd from other PCs (Windows XP). Also I have tried telnet from freebsd box to itself and also

Re: Can't telnet to freebsd box

2006-03-18 Thread Chuck Swiger
Frank wrote: I have installed freebsd 6 on the pc and connect to the LAN. from freebsd box, I can ping other pcs on the LAN and other PCs(Windows XP) can ping freebsd box as well. But I can't telnet to freebsd from other PCs (Windows XP). Also I have tried telnet from freebsd box to itself

Re: Can't telnet to freebsd box

2006-03-18 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Frank wrote: I have installed freebsd 6 on the pc and connect to the LAN. from freebsd box, I can ping other pcs on the LAN and other PCs(Windows XP) can ping freebsd box as well. But I can't telnet to freebsd from other PCs (Windows XP). Also I have tried telnet from

Re: Can't telnet to freebsd box

2006-03-18 Thread Chris Maness
Hi, I have installed freebsd 6 on the pc and connect to the LAN. from freebsd box, I can ping other pcs on the LAN and other PCs(Windows XP) can ping freebsd box as well. But I can't telnet to freebsd from other PCs (Windows XP). Also I have tried telnet from freebsd box to itself and

Re: Can't telnet to freebsd box

2006-03-18 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Chris Maness wrote: telnet is not enabled by default. Uncomment the telnet line in inetd.conf and /etc/rc.d/inetd restart Better yet, install a free ssh client on the PC like Putty, and use ssh. Telnet is deprecated because it's insecure. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any