Thanks! That worked. I guess I can telnet to the port after all. Bill On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, Sean Middleditch wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 21:24, Bill Johnson wrote: > > > No I cannot telnet to port 631 - here is result of my attempt: > > > > [bill@dhcppc1 bill]$ telnet NEC:631 > > NEC:631: Unknown host > > [bill@dhcppc1 bill]$ > > use a space to separate the host and port. that's telling telnet to > connect to the host 'nec:631' using the default telnet port. > -- Bill Johnson "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things that thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3