I did it. It is embarasing what was wrong but it wasn't on the same network. Now I am having problems Figurinng out how to manipulate the switch to do what I want (re-address it). On Tuesday 22 June 2004 17:24, Michael Havens wrote: > I was afraid of that. It is the first thing I tried and it just sits there, > MOCKING me. > > On Tuesday 22 June 2004 15:48, Bryce C wrote: > > Whoa. Just try: > > telnet 10.10.10.10 > > I don't know about the port stuff (I'll leave to someone actually with > > one of those) but to telnet to a specific port, other than port 23, then > > just add it to the end like "telnet 10.10.10.10 PORT#". > > The GNU/linux version is a lot simpler than whatever you were trying to > > do. Also, there's absolutely no reason to run telnet as the superuser, > > ever, under any circumstances whatsoever. > > > > On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 15:37, Michael Havens wrote: > > > On Tuesday 22 June 2004 08:46, Michael Havens wrote: > > > > He is saying to me now that I can telnet to the ip address we set for > > > > it with 'telnet open 10.10.10.10' Ohhh. So that is what he was > > > > talking about when he told me that the ip address was to manage it. > > > > (I don't remember him saying that but what does that mean) > > > > > > Well then windows version of telnet is differant than the GNU version > > > and I don't know what I'm doing. Below are my attempts. -- <:-)Mike(-:> This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spam or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blocked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE with every account. http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss