Telnet connection...or winsock without client... is it possible? i hope

[ax3n]

hi, I have two computers at home, both connected to the Internet, but not in lan or other connection between...

I tried to communicate with a computer via telnet with this command:

open 1xx.1xx.1.2xx 23

with the right Ip address of other machine but telnet tells me: failed to connect

how can I do to communicate with other computers via telnet?

I then tried to make a VB6 program to communicate with winsock, but i wanted communicate with this computer without a client application which is to accept the connection... there are a way???
thanks

[drivenbywhat]

How you managed to get 2 public IPs for your home PCs is amazing. Normally residents only get 1 ip address and that is NATed through a router so your PCs can share that 1 ip. Anyways, you have to check 2 things. Oh, before I go into further details, this only applies to Windows so if you're using something else then I don't know. Windows turns off telnet because it's a security risk. So you need to enable telnet in services. Then you need to allow port 23 to pass through your firewall so telnet connections can happen. Oh, and the command is usually telnet ip, not open ip.

[ax3n]

thank you very much for your reply. I have also tried to connect with a computer of my friend, knowing its IP address, but unfortunately the result is the same. He should have telnet open?
there are no problems with firewalls because I specifically closed.
I just wanted to know if you can connect to a computer and send commands without this is open telnet or installed a program with a winsock. Is it possible?

thanks

[dbasnett]

start here

at command prompt type

telnet 127.0.0.1

[drivenbywhat]

Your reply confused me. Your grammar doesn't make much sense. I'll repeat what I said in my previous reply with more specifics. Telnet needs to be enabled in your services. Go to START > RUN > SERVICES.MSC and then look for TELNET and make sure it is set to STARTED & AUTOMATIC. If you don't have this set then you will never telnet to your PC. Now as far as firewalls are concerned, you either need to have your firewall disabled or you need to allow port 23, which is the port used for telnet, to pass through the firewall for INBOUND & OUTBOUND connections. Now if you want to do a simple test to see if you can even get telnet working then simply disconnect both your PCs from your modem/router/firewall. Get a switch or hub and connect them to that. Give them an ip address of 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2. Try to telnet to those address from one of them.

[dbasnett]

this

at command prompt type

telnet 127.0.0.1

will tell you if the telnet service is running

[ax3n]

thanks so much!!!

but telnet want know a login e password
but on my computer i not have a password
how can i open connection!?

i'm sorry fom my english! i'm italian

have nice day

[dbasnett]

what os are you using.

in XP you can find user by
control panel
user accounts

the fact that it asked for user / pass tells me that telnet is running on your machine. what about your other machine at home? did it do the same thing?