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    Any way to get Telnet on pfSense?

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      Nick
      last edited by

      Hello,

      I'm not looking for the Telnet daemon but I would like to be able to use telnet to connect to other devices on my network (specifically Mikrotik router boards).  I know I could turn on SSH on the mikrotik but I've had other instances where I wish I could use telnet.

      Is there something I can pkg_add to get the functionality?

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        dotdash
        last edited by

        I've done this a few time to connect to switches, waps, etc behind the box.
        I copied the following files off of a stock FreeBSD box to pfSense:
        /bin/telnet
        /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.8
        /usr/lib/libasn1.so.8
        /usr/lib/libroken.so.8

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          Nick
          last edited by

          Would you be able to provide me with a rapidshare link with a .tgz of those files?  We don't have any FreeBSD boxes floating around here  :-[

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            sullrich
            last edited by

            Do this from a shell

            fetch -o /usr/bin/telnet http://www.pfsense.com/~sullrich/extra/telnet
            chmod a+rx /usr/bin/telnet

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