How to use Unix telnet client behind Proxy+ ?
Question: I want to use telnet client from Linux on PC behind Proxy+. Answer: Proxy+ supports Telnet Gateway which allows you to connect to the Internet servers using telnet protocol. This gateway uses port number 23 by default. Problems: There is folowing problem with Linux/Unix telnet client: when the client connect to the default port (when it is started with telnet x.x.x.x ) it uses additional negotiation to obtain some information from remote server. It sends some data to the server but Proxy+ unfortunately doesn’t understand it. These additional data causes that Proxy+ isn’t able to establish connection to the target server. Solution: When telnet client is started with target port number as parameter it doesn’t use any negotiation and all works fine throug Proxy+’s Telnet Gateway. So start telnet as shown below: telnet x.x.x.x 23 , where x.x.x.x is an IP address of PC with Proxy+ and 23 is the port number of Telnet Gateway. Note: if you need to start connection directly with remo
