• Very dumb question

    From Mega Man@21:1/206 to All on Thursday, February 18, 2021 15:29:29
    I hate to ask this very basic and dumb question. Once you setup Mystic BBS and have it configured the way you want it to be. You load the server ( mis) and your up and running. How have you configured you network so that you can get incoming telnet calls? What other steps have you done to be online?

    Rick
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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Mega Man on Thursday, February 18, 2021 13:59:20
    Re: Very dumb question
    By: Mega Man to All on Thu Feb 18 2021 03:29 pm

    I hate to ask this very basic and dumb question. Once you setup Mystic BBS and have it configured the way you want it to be. You load the server ( mis) and your up and running. How have you configured you network so that you can get incoming telnet calls? What other steps have you done to be online?

    On linux I have to open or forward the ports 23, 24554 and any other needed ports in my router. In my router the option is called Forwarding. I tell my router to forward those ports to my BBS machine.

    On windows I think you will need to allow the ports also in your windows firewall.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Al on Friday, February 19, 2021 12:48:59
    On 18 Feb 2021 at 01:59p, Al pondered and said...

    On linux I have to open or forward the ports 23, 24554 and any other needed ports in my router. In my router the option is called Forwarding.
    I tell my router to forward those ports to my BBS machine.

    On windows I think you will need to allow the ports also in your windows firewall.

    I'd also add to that I would arrange some domain name that folks can telnet
    too that links to your IP address be that static or dynamic.

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  • From Al@21:4/106.1 to Avon on Thursday, February 18, 2021 23:00:49
    Re: Re: Very dumb question
    By: Avon to Al on Fri Feb 19 2021 12:48 pm

    On windows I think you will need to allow the ports also in your
    windows firewall.

    I'd also add to that I would arrange some domain name that folks can telnet too that links to your IP address be that static or dynamic.

    That's another detail. I use trmb.synchro.net, provided by Synchronet and it's developers. I also use trmb.ddns.net, provided freely by noip.com. Both support both IPv4 and IPv6.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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