How to enable Telnet client in Windows – Applied Innovations Public Knowledgebase

Telnet is a Windows feature that allows the verification of the connecting port (open or closed)

These steps will walk you through the process to Enable Telnet in a Windows Server 2012 R2 environment

The example below are steps taken if you do not have the "Server Manager" icon on the servers desktop Taskbar

Step 1:

Click on "Start"

Step 2:

Click "Server Manager"

or type "Server Manager" & Click "Server Manager" from the list of options

Step 3:

Select "Add roles and features"

Step 4:

Click "Next >"

Step 5:

Make sure "Role-based or feature-based installation" is selected

Click "Next >"

Step 6:

Make sure "Select a server from the server pool" is selected

Click "Next >"

Step 7:

Under "Server Roles"

Click "Next >"

Step 8:

Under "Features"

Select "Telnet Client"

Click "Next >"

Step 9:

Under "Confirmation"

Click "Install"

Step 10:

Test the "Telnet" feature

telnet [HOST] [PORT]

Example: telnet 127.0.0.1 80 or telnet localhost 80

If you see the above output the feature is working correctly

[DONE]