Adding an archaic utility like Telnet to a modern operating system like Windows 2000 may seem strange, but installing Telnet allows administrators to manage environments that include both Unix and ...

A port is a gateway on a computer through which a connection is established. To test the network and Internet connection in your business, test the connection port using the Telnet utility in Windows.

I've used both pexpect and python's built-in telnetlib somewhat regularly to talk to "dumb" telnet devices. Depending on how complicated the data is, telnetlib might be good enough and will work ...