The telnet command enables a user to telnet to another computer from the command prompt. Additional information about with using telnet in Windows is on our telnet help page.

Availability

Telnet is an external command that is available for the following Microsoft operating systems as telnet.exe.

Unless there are no other options, we suggest not using Telnet for security reasons. Consider SSH as an alternative.

  • Availability

  • Telnet syntax

  • Telnet example

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

Telnet syntax

telnet [host [port]]

Commands available through the actual telnet program

Telnet example

telnet myhost.com

Telnet to the computer myhost.com

  • Additional information and help with telnet is also on our telnet help page.
  • See our telnet definition for further information on this command.