How to use telnet in Vista and Win2008 - Lin Network Blog

Since I am on a local area network, if I need to ping a domain name to check the domain and network status, it can be troublesome if I use a proxy to access the internet. Therefore, I generally telnet to the gateway server and then ping from there. In the past, using XP and Windows 2003, telnet worked perfectly fine. However, when using Vista or Windows 2008, especially the Windows 2008 that I just installed a few days ago, it’s quite inconvenient. The telnet client is not installed by default. It's indeed well-considered for servers, installing only what is necessary and avoiding anything extra. Below, I will separately explain how to install the telnet client on Vista and Windows 2008...