Re: ssh issue that I don't understand

Chris Green (HE12026-07-08):
>     telnet <server> <port number>

Better use netcat / nc for that: telnet has an escaping character and
does tty control, that could interfere with your interaction with the
server.

And if you can change the syntax a little:

socat - tcp:server:port

is extremely more powerful.

Regards,