{"id":340,"date":"2019-11-20T15:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=340"},"modified":"2020-03-08T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T17:26:03","slug":"how-do-i-install-and-use-a-telnet-client-in-windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-on-a-particular-port","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/kb\/how-do-i-install-and-use-a-telnet-client-in-windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-on-a-particular-port\/","title":{"rendered":"Check the ports of your server with a Telnet client"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"installthetelnetclient\">Install the Telnet client:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows button to open your Start menu.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3812 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-1.png\" alt=\"Press the Windows button\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Open Control Panel &gt; Programs and Features<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3813 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-2.png\" alt=\"control Panel &gt; Programs and Features\" width=\"493\" height=\"68\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Now click on Turn Windows Features On or Off<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-3.png\" alt=\"Turn Windows Features On or Off\" width=\"199\" height=\"47\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Find the Telnet Client in the list and check it. Click on OK to save the changes.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3815 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-4.png\" alt=\"Telnet Client in the list\" width=\"425\" height=\"131\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"checktheserverport\">Check the server port:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Type in the following command and substitute your server name or IP and the port you want to check.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre>telnet name.server.com 80<\/pre>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<pre>telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3816 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-5-300x31.png\" alt=\"Fill in the command\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If the connection is successful that means the port is open \u2013 you will be shown a blank page and the name of your window will change to Telnet.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3817 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/How-do-I-install-and-use-a-Telnet-client-in-Windows-to-check-if-my-server-is-available-6-280x300.png\" alt=\"Blank page\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Install the Telnet client: Press the Windows button to open your Start menu. Open Control Panel &gt; Programs and Features Now click on Turn Windows Features On or Off Find the Telnet Client in the list and check it. Click on OK to save the changes. Check the server port:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[36],"ht-kb-tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/340\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyhost.be\/en\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}