Telnet server

I have turned on both Telnet server and Telnet Client features but when I try
to telnet to the Vista machine from another machine on the LAN I get : Could
not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed.
Do I have to do anything else on the Vista machine in order to get this
working? I port forward the port 23 on the router to the Vista machine, but I
do not think that matters.
Any ideas?

Have you checked the firewall?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"zarralad" <zarralad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2397C03E-4902-4C1B-AE28-A7769AB763B6@microsoft.com...
I have turned on both Telnet server and Telnet Client features but when I try
to telnet to the Vista machine from another machine on the LAN I get : Could
not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed.
Do I have to do anything else on the Vista machine in order to get this
working? I port forward the port 23 on the router to the Vista machine, but I
do not think that matters.
Any ideas?

Yes.. I actually turned the firewall off on the Vista machine.. Still the
same error on the client.
I thought turning the telnet server on would not require anything else.. or
my problems is elsewhere.


"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Have you checked the firewall?
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "zarralad" <zarralad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2397C03E-4902-4C1B-AE28-A7769AB763B6@microsoft.com...
> I have turned on both Telnet server and Telnet Client features but when I try
> to telnet to the Vista machine from another machine on the LAN I get : Could
> not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed.
> Do I have to do anything else on the Vista machine in order to get this
> working? I port forward the port 23 on the router to the Vista machine, but I
> do not think that matters.
> Any ideas?