#!/usr/bin/perl # use strict; use warnings; use Net::Telnet; my $host = '192.168.130.112'; # valid host that is offline my $port = 10001; print "DEBUG 1\n"; my $t = new Net::Telnet (Host => $host, Port => $port, Timeout => 1, # -timeout => 1, Prompt => '/Escape character is.+\n/', Rs => ' ', Ors => '', Binmode => 1, Telnetmode => 1, Errmode => 'return'); print "DEBUG 2\n"; if (!$t) { die "Failed to create telnet session\n"; }