MikroTik RouterOS V2.4 Telnet Client

Document revision 14-December-2001
This document applies to the MikroTik RouterOS V2.4

Overview

MikroTik RouterOS has a build-in Telnet Client. It is used to communicate with other systems over a network.

Contents of the Manual

The following topics are covered in this manual:

Installation
Hardware Resource Usage
Telnet Client Description
Telnet Client Examples

Installation

The Telnet client feature is included in the 'system' package. No installation is needed for this feature.

Hardware Resource Usage

There is no significant resource usage.

Telnet Client Description

[MikroTik] system> telnet ?
Run telnet session to remote host. 

  <host>  IP address of host
[MikroTik] system> telnet

Telnet Client Examples

A simple example of using Telnet:

[MikroTik] > /system telnet 10.0.0.100
Trying 10.0.0.100...
Connected to 10.0.0.100.
Escape character is '^]'.

MikroTik v2.5beta8
Login:

Telnet using Telnet command mode:

[Mikrotik] > /system telnet
telnet> open 10.0.0.100
Trying 10.0.0.100...
Connected to 10.0.0.100.
Escape character is '^]'.

MikroTik v2.5beta8
Login: