Using Telnet on windows is taking an awfully long time. Is it common for this to happen?

I'm trying to access some websites via Telnet on Windows XP and whenever I open a website or my 127.0.0.1 on port 80 it echoes back connecting to 127.0.0.1 ... or whatever other target I have typed.

After a long long time the connection times out 开发者_如何学Goand I'm left with nothing.

My browser works fine.

Is there something wrong?

What happens if you type GET / after the connecting... string? It could be that you've connected and your telnet client isn't telling you, and the webserver's waiting for you to do something.