Hello all

Joe



The WABAC Machine BBS
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Hello Joe.

Where are you connecting from?

Beery

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Hi Beery,

Just got my BBS up on Usenet again after like 25 years.

I was just seeing if the BBS post went upstream.

I know this is not the place for a test post but one of my users is into Ti computers and was not sure his posts were getting out.

Joe Cronin

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Hello Joe.
Where are you connecting from?
Beery
--Beery Miller -- 9640 News BBS -- 9640news.ddns.net:9640 --

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Hi Beery,

Just got my BBS up on Usenet again after like 25 years.

I was just seeing if the BBS post went upstream.

I know this is not the place for a test post but one of my users is into Ti JO>computers and was not sure his posts were getting out.

Joe Cronin

== Quote from Beery (Beery@f109.n4.z21.fsxnet)'s article

Hello Joe.
Where are you connecting from?
Beery
--Beery Miller -- 9640 News BBS -- 9640news.ddns.net:9640 --

Hi Beery,

Are you running a BBS?

Sysop



The WABAC Machine BBS
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Yes, I am running a BBS, however, it is only accessible to me thanks to AT&T Wireless Cellular. I upgraded from AT&T DSL to AT&T Wireless Cellular for higher speed, and AT&T dropped port forwarding for their wireless router they use.

Thus, I am not accessible from the internet via Telnet, rather only my intranet.

All my messages I grab from 3 different networks (Fidonet, Retronet, and something else) by polling those networks, and then route the traffic back out.

Beery

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Can you use a PfSense router or a router from another vendor?

Joe

On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 8:15:09 PM UTC-4, Beery wrote:

Yes, I am running a BBS, however, it is only accessible to me thanks to AT&T Wireless Cellular. I upgraded from AT&T DSL to AT&T Wireless Cellular for higher speed, and AT&T dropped port forwarding for their wireless router they use.

Thus, I am not accessible from the internet via Telnet, rather only my intranet.

All my messages I grab from 3 different networks (Fidonet, Retronet, and something else) by polling those networks, and then route the traffic back out.

Beery
--Beery Miller -- 9640 News BBS -- 9640news.ddns.net:9640 --

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On 28 Oct 2020, Joe Cronin said the following...

Can you use a PfSense router or a router from another vendor?

Highly unlikely. I have found that if I rolled the version of the router software back to a version where the port forwarding wasn't disabled, I never get internet.

AT&T Wireless Cellular needs to have their router with a recent firmware update, active. Otherwise, no worky worky.

Beery

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On 28 Oct 2020, Joe Cronin said the following...

Can you use a PfSense router or a router from another vendor?

Highly unlikely. I have found that if I rolled the version of the router BE>software back to a version where the port forwarding wasn't disabled, I neve BE>get internet.

AT&T Wireless Cellular needs to have their router with a recent firmware BE>update, active. Otherwise, no worky worky.

Beery

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Hi Beery,

That sucks...

Joe



The WABAC Machine BBS
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Highly unlikely. I have found that if I rolled the version of the router BE>software back to a version where the port forwarding wasn't disabled, I neve BE>get internet.
AT&T Wireless Cellular needs to have their router with a recent firmware BE>update, active. Otherwise, no worky worky.
Beery
--Beery Miller -- 9640 News BBS -- 9640news.ddns.net:9640 --

Beery,
Can you set up a DMZ on the router? If so you could put a second router
behind that one and use port forwarding there..

Greg

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Everything is blocked at the AT&T router. AT&T's router connection to the Wireless antenae transmitter to the cell tower uses a special cable so everything has to run through it first.

Beery

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Everything is blocked at the AT&T router. AT&T's router connection to the BE>Wireless antenae transmitter to the cell tower uses a special cable so BE>everything has to run through it first.

Beery

--Beery Miller -- 9640 News BBS -- 9640news.ddns.net:9640 --

Maybe look into another provider?

I recently found out about https://unlimitedville.com/ from a youtuber
in rural TX that uses that for their off grid homestead..

Greg

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There aren't many options, and unfortunately, I locked in a 1 year deal so I am stuck until sometime next summer.

Beery

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