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Dexter
Asked: 2012-06-05 05:21:07 +0800 CST

telnet counterpart for UDP

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Is there anything that enables a "telnet-like" functionality for UDP? I know the difference between TCP and UDP, and why telnet itself won't work - but I'm wondering if there is something similar to the telnet client, from the end-user perspective. E.g. udp-telnet [ip] [sending-port] [receiving-port] which then prints out wether a packet made it back or not.

Having a tool like this would proove helpful for testing out firewall settings for OpenVPN which uses UDP connections.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use netcat - just start it, and type something inside, and pres the return key. 

    nc -u <host> <port>

    And on the other side you can listen with netcat too (you should see the written text), or just start a tcpdump, and see packets coming in.

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  2. You can use netcat or nc. It supports TCP and UDP. Use the -u for UDP sockets. You can read man nc for more details.

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