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Re: A telnet problem???



>    I have a problem with Telnet on my Linux box... When I try to
> telnet in from home my home system freezes... if I hit <Ctl +C> a
> couple times and then the enter key, I get several lines of script in
> Html that says the server "doesn't understand the command sent by
> client" (not exactly that) but the Html formating commands are visibly
> "<Html>" and "<body>" too... I have reinstalled Telnet on the Linux
> box, still does the same thing???

What port are you telneting to?  It sounds like our telneting to port 
80 (your web server) instead of port 23 (telnetd, your telnet server).
Or maybe you have your web server configured to run on port 23?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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