How can I do a telnet to a local HTTP server?

Question

I know how to do it to a remote server, it would be like:

telnet www.esqsoft.globalservers.com 80

But I don't know to a local server (written in C).

Answer 1

Simply substitute the hostname into the url, for example for a computer on your network with the hostname "LivingRoom", use the command telnet LivingRoom 80. For a server on own computer, simply use telnet localhost 80.