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enable telnet on R6300v2
Model R6300v2, stock firmware V1.0.4.24_10.0.87.
OS: Win7/64 on my desktop.
I'm trying to get telnet access to the router.
I have tried the telnetenable, telnetenable2, and telnetgear utilities, to no avail. The unit just refuses the connection. Also tried port 223. No joy.
10.0.0.1/debug.htm raises a 404.
If I flash to a previous firmware version (and which one?), will the access — or custom settings — "stick" when upgrading back to current?
I could flash with dd-wrt, but on a previous unit I could not get the USB storage/NAS to work in spite of doing everything By The Book. (My shares were visible but inaccessible in Windows' file explorer, and the NAS was completely invisible on my other system on the LAN, so I'd like to stay with the stock firmware if I can.)
I opened a ticket with Netgear support — a week ago. No response at all.
Suggestions re enabling telnet welcome..... TY in advance.
For others:
http://www.antinode.info/nte/index.html
Download & extract nte-05/nte-05_win.zip
Run it from the Windows CLI.
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> [...] I have tried the telnetenable, telnetenable2, and telnetgear
> utilities, to no avail. The unit just refuses the connection. [...]
On my D7000, I use this: http://antinode.info/nte
"tried" + "to no avail" is not a useful problem description. It does
not say what you did. It does not say what happened when you did it.
As usual, showing actual actions with their actual results (error
messages, LED indicators, ...) can be more helpful than vague
descriptions or interpretations.
Which MAC address are you specifying? (You want the LAN-port MAC
address.)
> Also tried port 223. No joy.
"tried" _what_ on "port 223"? I wouldn't expect anyone to be
listening there.
> 10.0.0.1/debug.htm raises a 404.
Also not amazing. There is one on my D7000 (V1.0.1.64_1.0.1) but it
doesn't offer a Telnet-enable function. There is a "Module Debug" page,
"/debug_mbm.htm", with an "Enable Telnet Server" control which does
nothing obvious, other than leading to a "403 Forbidden" error page.
Hence, I use that "nte" program. If nothing else, it provides
potentially useful error messages.
pro3$ nte m=50:6A:03:E9:AE:86 n=10.0.0.1 u=admin p=password ! LAN MAC.
nte: Received ACK message. Telnet access should be enabled.
pro3$ nte m=50:6A:03:E9:AE:87 n=10.0.0.1 u=admin p=password ! WAN MAC.
nte: FAIL. No ACK message receivedMy apologies. The brevity of my description assumed others had run into the same issue.
Tried means:
In PuTTY — the router's current address (10.0.0.1) on Port 23, "Telnet" radio button selected, option for "Close on exit" set to Never
Result: Black PuTTY window. Dialogbox errmsg "PuTTY Fatal Error" (titlebar) and "Network error: Connection refused"
(Port 223 was suggested by someone elsewhere as an alternative for these routers)
In telnetenable2 — (yes, this is the MAC addy of the router seen from the LAN)
telnetenable2 10.0.0.1 04A1512574CA admin [my router pwd]
returns
"starting ..."
"creating pkt..."
"sending pkt..."
"done."
But still can't telnet to router. Same err as above.
In telnetgear.exe —
Router local IP, MAC addy, setup login & password, and hit Connect
"ERROR 10060: :Connection timed out."
Is there anythying else I can try? And do you know where I can find a Windows version of nte? Thank you.> [...] do you know where I can find a Windows version of nte?
There's a link on the web page:
NTE 0.5 Executable Kit
o Windows executables kit:
If you use the NTE Windows executables which I built, then you may
also need to install the appropriate Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1
Redistributable Package. For details, see:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1388903
(That thread provides a solution to another possible problem.)