Re: Telnet on N900
 

thanks, netcat seems to be in the fremantle tools repository, info here:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/devtools/maemo5
now i can see which ports WIND is blocking. they should change their motto to "join the conversation ON PORT 80 ONLY" or "unlimited internet (www only!)"
jerks

Re: Telnet on N900
 

One of the first things I did on my phone was to install openvpn. Fortunately, the vpn server on my desktop, and the various clients, were already set up, so getting the phone to join wasn't hard.

My VPN server listens on 1194 (the default) but also accepts proxied connections via the Apache server running on port 80. So when I'm stuck on one of those 80-only nets, I can just route everything through the vpn (I have a script to do that) and have complete freedom.

Since I set this configuration up, I've encountered one network that proxied port 80 and thus interfered with proxying my VPN. Fortunately, that net allowed 1194 so I was able to work through that route.

Of course, this assumes that you're in a position to set up a server on a static IP address.

Re: Telnet on N900
 

Do you (or any one else) know if this optified? We have an FTP service hosted outside our office and they make us telnet to manage it. So, this would be nice to have.

Re: Telnet on N900
 

the busybox that comes with maemo on n900 is rather lacking in utils, I nabbed one from an arm linux based NAS I have, it runs fine and adds a load of stuff like telnet and colour ls. However the other answers in this thread are of more use

Re: Telnet on N900
 

No need for a static, I use a dynamic dns service (dyndns.org) and openvpn without issue.