Re: telnet through com port

I have a device to sync our clock system in our plant to our network time.
Somehow the device has been assigned a subnet mask of 255.2555.255.255
making it so I am unable to access it through it's IP address (ethernet
port). I have a utility that can read it's settings through a com port, but
it can't change them. The only way to change the settings is by telnet'ing
to it.

Any ideas on how to access a device that has a subnet mask of
255.255.255.255? Unforunately, the company that built it, didn't think to
put a reset button on it. :-(

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Mike Brearley

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mike Brearley" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to telnet through a com port and if so, how do I do it?
>>
>>I tried telnet com1, but the connection failed. If that's the way you do
>>it, then I guess my device doesn't support a telnet connection through
>>it's
>>com port.
>
> Telnet is an internet utility, it will use whatever TCP/IP stack is on
> your machine to communicate. If that stack is configured to use your
> com1 port, then the communication will go that way, but it will always
> be TCP/IP regardless of the hardware it's traveling over.
>
> I don't know what it is you're trying to accomplish, but I suspect you
> need to try something other then telnet.
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@xxxxxxx


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