A Telnet session is not secure. If you need a secure connection, use SSH.
To connect to a remote server with Telnet, perform the following steps:
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Establish a Telnet session connection to the remote device.
device# telnet 10.20.51.68 vrf mgmt-vrf
The example establishes a Telnet session to a device with the IP address of 10.20.51.68.
You can override the default port by using the
port-number
port option. However, the device must be listening on this port for the connection to succeed.
If the device is active and the Telnet service is enabled on it, a display similar to the following appears.
device# telnet 10.20.51.68 vrf mgmt-vrf
Trying 10.20.51.68...
Connected to 10.20.51.68.
Escape character is '^]'.
...
device login:
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Once you have established the Telnet connection, you can log in normally.
