May I access my Nighthawk(R) X4S over telnet?

[Alex58]

May I  access my Nighthawk(R) X4S over telnet?

[microchip8 · Accepted solution]

yes, but only on the LAN side as WAN is a security issue and thus disabled. To enable Telnet, go to http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm and click on the "Enable Telnet" checkbox

[microchip8 · Accepted solution]

yes, but only on the LAN side as WAN is a security issue and thus disabled. To enable Telnet, go to http://192.168.1.1/debug.htm and click on the "Enable Telnet" checkbox

[Alex58]

Thank you, it worked!

As a side effect, After entering the password I got this:

=== IMPORTANT ============================
Use 'passwd' to set your login password
this will disable telnet and enable SSH
------------------------------------------

I understood that I may use SSH client instead of Telnet. 

I chnged the password and Telnet session still continued but after I closed it I could not login via SSH:

C:\Users\Alex>ssh root@192.168.31.15
ssh: connect to host 192.168.31.15 port 22: Connection refused

Telnet login still works.  What did I do wrong for SSH access?

[microchip8]

AFAIK, there is no SSH on the router, only telnet. I don't know why you get this strange message. Which firmware version are you using?

[Alex58]

Updated to Router Firmware Version V1.0.2.60 just before trying Telnet access so I do not know if that message was shown before