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Jan-Peter Rühmann

May 8, 2017 at 4:36 pm

This command is not working.
I get the following error:
Connection closed by foreign host.
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- Ravi Saive
  
  May 8, 2017 at 4:41 pm
  
  @Jan,
  
  How you executing telnet command? could you tell us?
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  - Jan-Peter Rühmann
    
    May 8, 2017 at 8:11 pm
    
    telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl
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    - Ravi Saive
      
      May 9, 2017 at 10:58 am
      
      @Jan,
      
      It’s due to host “towel.blinkenlights.nl” could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
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RAKESH ANAND

September 6, 2016 at 11:27 am

How do I go back to command prompt after using the “telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl” command ? Ctrl+C does not work.
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- Ravi Saive
  
  May 8, 2017 at 4:40 pm
  
  @Rakesh,
  
  Try Ctrl+Z to stop the running command and back to command prompt
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