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bimox's avatar
bimox
Follower
Jun 01, 2022

Telnet on R8000

Hi, I searched all the forum for a definitve answer, but i found very few regarding R8000. I have 1.0.4.84 and I'm trying to enble telnet in order to configure WOL from internet. - debug page doesn...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 01, 2022

I believe for security reasons, NG has removed telnet from all of it's products. 

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 02, 2022
FURRYe38 wrote:

I believe for security reasons, NG has removed telnet from all of it's products. 

That happened with firmware updates.

 

If this is for a temporary issue, reverting to older firmware might work.

 

Then visit here:

 

http://routerlogin.com/debug.htm

 

You may have an option there to enable telnet.

 

It is not a good idea to leave the router on older firmware without the security updates that came with newer releases.