{"id":6531,"date":"2022-01-21T16:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securedyou.com\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2022-01-21T20:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T20:55:05","slug":"how-to-enable-and-use-telnet-client-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securedyou.com\/how-to-enable-and-use-telnet-client-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Enable, Install & Use the Telnet Client in Windows 10\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you use Telnet a lot and use it for TCP connections to external hosts such as Web Servers on specific ports, then this article is your best friend. This tutorial shows you step-by-step on how to enable Windows 10\/11 Telnet application via Command Line, Graphical User Interface and Windows Run using simple commands. By default, it is disabled as Microsoft assumes no one uses it, and it’s not that important.<\/p>\n
Telnet is a convenient client, and it can help you troubleshoot various networking problems. A great example, If you have an FTP (File Transfer) server running on Port 21 and it is not responding, or you have connectivity uses, you can Telnet to Port 21 and check if it is working and listening on that port.<\/p>\n
There can ve various outcomes from the File Server working fine, but the Firewall and vice versa have blocked the port. Here we have a great list of software firewalls for Windows 10\/11<\/a>.<\/p>\n 1: When you try to connect to Telnet for the first time without enabling it, you will be shown the error (telnet is not recognized as an internal or external comman<\/em>d) below in Command Prompt. This simply means that it is not installed.<\/p>\nCommon Telnet Client Problems<\/strong><\/h2>\n