# can still use telnet even if I disabled it

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/can-still-use-telnet-even-if-i-disabled-it/6457>\
**Category:** Digi CM & Passport\
**Created:** [May 24, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-still-use-telnet-even-if-i-disabled-it/6457 "2006-05-24T18:32:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![sunsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sunsa](https://forums.digi.com/u/sunsa)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-still-use-telnet-even-if-i-disabled-it/6457/1 "2006-05-24T18:32:38Z")

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We have digicm 32 with fw version of 1.9.0. I disabled telnet from “System Administration -\> Security Profile”, so I can only access the server via SSH. But I am still able to connect to the console server via telnet. Please advise.

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**Author:** ![Ron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ron](https://forums.digi.com/u/Ron)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/can-still-use-telnet-even-if-i-disabled-it/6457/2 "2006-05-24T20:10:36Z")

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This is not a known problem. A few options:

Reboot the CM.

Did you upgrade from an earlier firmware rev? If yes:  
–Export your config (Sys admin-\>Conf mgmt-\>Export)  
–Factory default all except IP (Sys admin-\>Conf mgmt-\>Import)  
–Retest disabling telnet  
–Import config (Sys admin-\>Conf mgmt-\>Import)

If you still have problems. A screen shot of the “Network-\>IP filtering” screen may help.