Re: telnet through com port

Could you not "join" the same subnet by changing the mask to be the same?


"Mike Brearley" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>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. :-(
>
> --
> Posted 'as is'. If there are any spelling and/or grammar mistakes, they
> were a direct result of my fingers and brain not being synchronized or my
> lack of caffeine.
>
> 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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