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Development Tools HTTP Basics Introduction to HTTP HTTP Requests Using Telnet

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Posted by Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Problems with Telnet

Hi all,

I'm in Windows 10 machine, and I managed to enable Telnet via the GUI rather than in the console.

I've since been trying to follow along with the video however if I type

telnet httpbin.org 80

All I see is

connecting to httpbin.org...

And then a blank screen. Any ideas as to what I may have missed. I've even tried connecting to my own website but the same result happens

Now I've looked at previous posts in the forum and it seems like others are having similar problems, even if they use other domains on their telnet commands, Am I better off just using Workspaces? :)

1 Answer

Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points
Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points

I got the command line tool installed (https://www.rootusers.com/how-to-enable-the-telnet-client-in-windows-10/) and had the same blank screen, tried to type in it and it timed out and gave me some HTML back for an error page. It may be you just need to type in the blank screen, but apparently I can't type fast enough.

Karen Freeman-Smith
Karen Freeman-Smith
29,248 Points

Works fine in workspaces though, so I guess I'll use the workspace for now. I've used SSH clients before to talk to other servers and they have not given me this kind of problem.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Funny... but I've just tried again on Workspaces, tells me "not authorised".

Might just see what i can learn without following along because command prompt on windows hasn't worked either. :)