In this article, We’ll learn how to enable telnet in Windows 10. Telnet is a very powerful tool for the command line. The main purpose of telnet is to manage and administrate remote computers and servers. You can use the telnet with the help of command prompt. Older versions of Windows do not offer the feature pre-installed in their devices. For this reason, We are required to install the telnet in them. But on newer versions of Windows like Windows 10. We are only required to enable them from the settings and start using the feature on your machine.
Telnet is a very useful tool for any machine. But for some unfortunate reasons, The telnet client is officially disabled on devices of windows. You need to manually enable telnet in Windows 10. If you want to use the following to test your TCP connectivity or Host specified port. Telnet is an amazing tool, That can come into handy on times when you are up to troubleshooting. If you want to change the port of a web server when serving HTTP traffic you can easily do so with the Telnet. You will not drown with tons of headaches. It’s quite simple to operate.
Not just telnet help you with troubleshooting but its also great in managing different features of maintaining a server. For example, If you are remotely controlling a web server and suddenly the port is not responding to the queries. Not only telnet helps you to identify what’s making that strange behavior occur. But It also helps you with the most elegant solution to that problem. Many individuals in the networking industry. Work with telnet for big projects. Even after the arrival of services like AWS and Server-less management. Using the traditional way is still quite prevalent in the industry and many choose the telnet for their usage.
How to Enable the Telnet Client
The very first thing that you need to do is to check whether you have enabled your telnet or not. To do so is quite simple. You just need to enter the following command:
C:\>telnet google.com 80 in your CMD administrator tool.
If you find a similar result as in the below picture. Then your Telnet is not enabled.
To enable the telnet client you have two options. First either you can use the command line for enabling the feature. But if you are not comfortable with using the command line. Then you can also use the graphical interface, Through which you can enable the telnet feature.
Enabling the telnet client using the Command Line
1) Open your command prompt using the administrator option.
2) Enter the following command in your command prompt
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient
3) You need to wait for a couple of seconds and then use the telnet client feature.
Enabling the telnet client using the GUI
1) Click on the Windows button on your device. Now enter the command: Turn Windows features on or off. After you see the control panel feature. You need to open the following.
2) After you click on the Turn Windows features on or off. A popup will appear. You’ll see many options, But you need to scroll through the names and find the Telnet Client feature. And check the box in the left corner.
3) Once that done, You need to click OK. And you’ll see a screen of applying changes. Wait for a few seconds and close the popup.
4) Check again with the following command: telnet google.com 80. If the changes are visible or not.
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