Telnet error when connecting from Windows to Unix

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When I try to connect through telnet from a Windows system to Unix, I am not able to connect. I am getting this log error. Is this related to a firewall issue, or anything I need to mention in the etc\service file?

"Telnet is busy with its port23"

Does that mean that telnet is not properly working, or do I need to mention a different name here?

steveaston

Posted 2011-10-27T16:25:30.987

Reputation: 33

There's nothing to take care about. OSs do not matter. TCP/IP is transparent about that. – m0skit0 – 2011-10-27T16:47:08.290

Answers

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This looks like a network issue, not a telnet one. Either your Windows firewall (or any other you are using) is blocking telnet, or your router is configured to block it.

Traveling Tech Guy

Posted 2011-10-27T16:25:30.987

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you mean NIC card, because ping is working but no telnet,, do we need to check etc\host or service file in such a way that ip address conflicting – steveaston – 2011-10-27T16:36:34.373

NIC card? :S Anyway, try with netcat to open a TCP connection to port 23. – m0skit0 – 2011-10-27T16:45:59.977

may be you are correct we need to think in that way checking firewll or any othere – steveaston – 2011-10-27T16:48:30.707