open telnet session and retrieve results

Hi :

I want to write a software to get information from an equipment we have. We only can get this info from "c:telnet ipaddress port#" and once logged in one can see the results that the equipment sends.
I want to write a VB software that when I click on a command buttom opens a Telnet session with the equipment and get the results in a txt file.

I've had to login to a remote *nix box to execute commands and retrieve results before. I used an ActiveX control called RemoteShell. It cost me $15, but it solved my problem and was easy to use so it was worth it.

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