Configuring Telnet Service for Remote Access to a Router

To configure the router to accept Telnet as an access service, include the telnet statement at the [edit system services] hierarchy level:

By default, the router supports a limited number of simultaneous Telnet sessions and connection attempts per minute.

Optionally, you can include either or both of the following statements to change the defaults:

• connection-limit limit—Maximum number of simultaneous connections (a value from 1 through 250). The default is 75.
• rate-limit limit—Maximum number of connection attempts accepted per minute (a value from 1 through 250). The default is 150.

You cannot include the telnet statement on routers that run the Junos-FIPS software. We recommend that you do not use Telnet in a Common Criteria environment.