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Once you have opened up either the SIP OR SIP2 ports to be accessible from outside you can do some testing via telnet. In the following tests:

Replace $server with your server hostname (or localhost if you want to skip testing external access for now);
Replace $username, $password, and $instid with the corresponding values in the <accounts> section of your SIP configuration file;
Replace the $user_barcode and $user_password variables with the values for a valid user.
Replace the $item_barcode variable with the values for a valid item.

Start by testing your ability to log into the SIP server:
Note
We are using 6001 here which is associated with SIP2 as per our configuration.
```
$ telnet $server 6001
Connected to $server.
Escape character is '^]'.
9300CN$username|CO$password|CP$instid
```
If successful, the SIP server returns a 941 result. A result of 940, however, indicates an unsuccessful login attempt. Check the <accounts> section of your SIP configuration and try again.
Once you have logged in successfully, replace the variables in the following line and paste it into the telnet session:
```
2300120080623    172148AO$instid|AA$user_barcode|AC$password|AD$user_password
```
If successful, the SIP server returns the patron information for $user_barcode, similar to the following:
```
24  Y           00120100113    170738AEFirstName MiddleName LastName|AA$user_barcode|BLY|CQY
|BHUSD|BV0.00|AFOK|AO$instid|
```
The response declares it is a valid patron BLY with a valid password CQY and shows the user’s $name.
To test the SIP server’s item information response, issue the following request:
```
1700120080623    172148AO$instid|AB$item_barcode|AC$password
```
If successful, the SIP server returns the item information for $item_barcode, similar to the following:
```
1803020120160923    190132AB30007003601852|AJRégion de Kamouraska|CK001|AQOSUL|APOSUL|BHCAD
|BV0.00|BGOSUL|CSCA2 PQ NR46 73R
```
The response declares it is a valid item, with the title, owning library, permanent and current locations, and call number.

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