Telnet Cisco SF300-08

[tnhafiz87]

Hello guys...I just bought this switch last week.I tried to telnet this swtich using my laptop(windows 7 64-bit),but i failed.I suspect that this problem came from my laptop because i dont change any default ip setting of the switch.

There are 2 things that ive tried to solve this problem:

1) Start --> control panel --> Programs --> click "turn windows features on or off" --> tick "telnet client"

2) Start --> search "services" --> telnet --> startup type "automatic"

but stil I cannot telnet the switch. The error is "could not open connection to host on port 23: connection failed"

Please help me. Thank you

[Tom Watts · Accepted solution]

Hi Hafiz, by default the switch does not accept telnet connection. Log in to the GUI then go to  Security -> TCP/UDP services and check the box for telnet and apply.

If it doesn't work then, it's a problem with the computer.

-Tom
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[tnhafiz87]

Thank you so much Tom Watts. It works. I really appreciate your help