How to connect to a bbs using a non-standard telnet port
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superbserb · 2023-09-19 22:15

I recently discovered this community and just finished watching the
BBS documentary series. Needless to say, I am very intrigued.

I've watched a few videos I found on youtube about how to connect to
BBS's and through this reddit I've found some on
[telnetbbsguide.com](https://telnetbbsguide.com), but I've run into a
problem a couple of times which brings me to my question (also my
title)--How do you connect to a bbs that's using a non-standard telnet
port and what does that exactly mean?

As a complete novice with a ton of curiosity, I'd truly appreciate any
information or knowledge this community has. Also, if anyone is
wondering, I am running "muffinterm" on my Macbook to connect.

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lgastako · 2023-09-20 01:01

`telnet  `

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superbserb · 2023-09-20 01:31

So would I type that into muffinterm to connect?

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lgastako · 2023-09-20 01:43

I'm not familiar with muffinterm specifically but it looks like it
starts in "terminal mode" where you can type commands like that, so
I'd try it.

The syntax I provided in mentioned on this page in the muffinterm
documentation" https://muffinterm.app/manual/terminal. If you search
for `telnet (hostname) [port]` you should see it.

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YserviusPalacost · 2023-09-20 02:56

Welcome to the old guy's club!

😂

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superbserb · 2023-09-20 03:35

Thank you for your help!

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dmine45 · 2023-09-20 22:31

Welcome to  BBSing! :)

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superbserb · 2023-09-21 04:02

Thank you!

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slewp · 2023-09-22 15:39

the standard telnet port is port 23, so when you try to telnet to a
host without specifying a port number, your telnet client will use
port 23.  I haven't tried muffinterm, but in some programs you would
append a colon and the port number, like
[bbs.example.com:2300](https://bbs.example.com:2300)  to try
connecting on port 2300