Access via telnet

RouterOS General
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Hello all,
just looked through Mikrotik logs and I can see that my machine (IP 192.168.10-14.50-62-38) is accessing mikrotik via telnet.
I have checked that telnet service is disabled (IP–>Services–>Telnet–>disable)
How come I get this login messages? I always use Winbox and sometimes SSH, but never telnet!

Here is the log:

Aug  7 21:33:17 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.14.38 via telnet
Aug  7 21:33:25 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.14.38 via telnet
Aug  8 19:19:59 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.14.38 via telnet
Aug  8 20:03:47 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.14.38 via telnet
Aug  9 09:54:22 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.10.62 via telnet
Aug  9 10:22:27 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.10.62 via telnet
Aug 10 12:51:24 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
Aug 10 12:51:30 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
Aug 10 12:52:52 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
Aug 10 12:54:47 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
Aug 10 13:02:01 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged in from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
Aug 10 13:02:36 mikrotik.domain.local user mir logged out from 192.168.10.50 via telnet
2

When you open up a console window in winbox that will show as telnet access.

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Thank you!
Just figured that now :slight_smile: