Telnet a host

Description

The Telnet a host action tests a connection on a certain port over the Telnet protocol.

Options

Option Description

Action name

The name of the workflow action.

Host name/IP

The host.

Port

The port (default: 23)

Timeout (ms)

The timeout period in milliseconds (default 3000).

Result

What this action passes on to the next action. See Action results for how results travel through a workflow.

Result Value

True

A connection to the port could be opened, with 0 errors.

False

The connection can’t be opened (for example, nothing listens on the port), or Host name/IP is empty. The number of errors is 1.

Result files

Passed on unchanged.

Result rows

Passed on unchanged.