On 30 Nov 2019, m@stermind said the following...
at any rate, i was asking questions about getting telnet going.. about
how to give fsxNet my static IP... etc etc. and, like many of you - im
Is your public-facing IPv4 address actually static? With most home Internet service it won't be, in which case you would need a dynamic DNS service that can update your DNS record with your new IP each time it changes. I know it's very easy with namecheap since they natively support DDNS and have their own client for it, but I'm not sure how godaddy handles it.
Running a BBS/mailer over IPv4 is generally handled through port forwarding. You would use your Internet gateway to forward the ports you want to use to
the internal private IP you choose for the Pi. The internal address and
routing is behind the scenes and the outside world never sees or needs to
care about it.
If your ISP provides IPv6 you could have a single public IPv6 address and use port forwarding internally the same way, or if they provide you with a block
of v6 addresses you could give your Pi a public address so it could be reached directly. You'd need to check with your provider to see what options you have for IPv6 and how to set up your gateway.
i paid to register AmericanPiBBS.com on godaddy... simply paid for 3
years hosting.
Hosting, or just the domain registration? AFAIK godaddy also offers web
hosting but that would be unrelated to running a telnet BBS.
after which, i can fill out the fsxNet application and give Avon the static #s he needs in order to issue me a node #.
Avon just needs your domain name and the ports you're using for telnet/ssh
and binkp. If your public IP actually is static he can use that for white- listing purposes but it isn't actually required.
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