Cisco Cisco Packet Data Interworking Function (PDIF)
Exec Mode Commands (T-Z)
▀ telnet6
▄ Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 18
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telnet6
Connects to a remote host using the terminal-remote host protocol and a hostname or an IPv6 address and port number.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator, Operator
Mode
Exec
The following prompt is displayed in the Exec mode:
[local]host_name#
Syntax
telnet6 { host_name | host_ipv6_address } [ port port_num ]
host_name | host_ipv6_address
Identifies the remote node with which to attempt connection.
host_name
: specifies the remote node using its logical host name which must be resolved via DNS lookup.
host_ipv6_address
: specifies the remote node using its assigned IP address entered using the IPv6 colon-
separated-hexadecimal notation.
port
port_num
Specifies a specific port for connect connection as an integer from 1025 through 10000.
Usage
Telnet to a remote node for maintenance activities and/or troubleshooting when unable to do so directly.
Important:
telnet6
is not a secure method of connecting between two hosts.
ssh
should be used whenever
possible for security reasons.
Example
The following connects to remote host
remoteABC
.
telnet6 remoteABC
The following connects to remote host
FE80::172.30.67.89
port
2047
.
telnet6 FE80::172.30.67.89 port 2047