Hello, All!

Dear Fidonet syops!

I am looking for a brave person in the EU with a modem, who could make 2-3 calls to the number +35220707188 and check whether they are able to CONNECT or not. I thank you in advance and am ready to cover all expenses.

Best regards,
dp.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20230304
* Origin: All is good in St. John's Wood (2:5001/100.1)

Hello Dmitry!

On 06 Oct 2024, Dmitry Protasoff said the following...

I am looking for a brave person in the EU with a modem, who could make
2-3 calls to the number +35220707188 and check whether they are able to CONNECT or not. I thank you in advance and am ready to cover all
expenses.

No problem, here are some calls + some connection stats.
I'm on VoIP so not the best line, but...

ATDT0035220707188
RINGING

CONNECT 28800/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

+-------------+
| Airport BBS |
+-------------+

Welcome none !
Local time: Sun Oct 6 09:27:31 2024
Connection string: 16800 LAPM COMPRESSED


Selection [bbs] [zork] or [quit]:quit

NO CARRIER
ATI17
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Training Signature...

V.90 enabled on local modem
V.8 negotiation completed

OK
ATI6
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Chars sent 5 Chars Received 226
Chars lost 0
Octets sent 5 Octets Received 217
Blocks sent 5 Blocks Received 7
Blocks resent 0

Retrains Requested 0 Retrains Granted 0
Line Reversals 0 Blers 0
Link Timeouts 0 Link Naks 0

Data Compression V42BIS 2048/32
Equalisation Long
Fallback Enabled
Protocol LAPM 128/15
Speed 28800/16800
Last Call 00:00:06

Disconnect Reason is DISC Received
OK
ATI11
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Modulation V.34+
Carrier Freq ( Hz ) 1959/1959
Symbol Rate 3429/3429
Trellis Code 64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding ON/ON
Precoding OFF/ON
Shaping ON/ON
Preemphasis Index 0/3
Recv/Xmit Level (-dBm) 20.6/17.7
SNR ( dB ) 33.0
Near Echo Loss ( dB ) 15.1
Far Echo Loss ( dB ) 61.9
Roundtrip Delay (msec) 331
Timing Offset ( ppm) 320
Carrier Offset ( ppm) 0
RX Upshifts 0
RX Downshifts 0
TX Speedshifts 0
V.90 Status 0007

OK
ATY11
Freq Level
150 32
300 23
450 22
600 21
750 21
900 21
1050 21
1200 21
1350 20
1500 21
1650 21
1800 21
1950 20
2100 21
2250 21
2400 21
2550 21
2700 21
2850 21
3000 21
3150 21
3300 21
3450 23
3600 26
3750 34

OK
ATI16
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Channel Probe...

-20 . . . . . . . . x . . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
-22 . . x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 2
-24 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . 4
-26 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x . 6
-28 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 8
-30 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 10
-32 x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 12
-34 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x 14
Level --------------------Frequency-------------------- Attn
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 3 4 6 7 9 0 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 2 4 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 6 7
5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK

Another call for the BBS:

ATDT0035220707188
RINGING

CONNECT 31200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

+-------------+
| Airport BBS |
+-------------+

Welcome none !
Local time: Sun Oct 6 09:31:07 2024
Connection string: 16800 LAPM COMPRESSED


Selection [bbs] [zork] or [quit]:bbs
Trying 127.0.0.1...

AT&F
NO CARRIER
ATI17
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Training Signature...

V.90 enabled on local modem
V.8 negotiation completed

OK
ATI6
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Chars sent 4 Chars Received 253
Chars lost 0
Octets sent 4 Octets Received 244
Blocks sent 4 Blocks Received 9
Blocks resent 0

Retrains Requested 0 Retrains Granted 0
Line Reversals 0 Blers 0
Link Timeouts 0 Link Naks 0

Data Compression V42BIS 2048/32
Equalisation Long
Fallback Enabled
Protocol LAPM 128/15
Speed 31200/16800
Last Call 00:00:08

Disconnect Reason is DISC Received
OK
ATI11
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Modulation V.34+
Carrier Freq ( Hz ) 1959/1959
Symbol Rate 3429/3429
Trellis Code 64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding ON/ON
Precoding OFF/ON
Shaping ON/ON
Preemphasis Index 0/9
Recv/Xmit Level (-dBm) 20.7/17.5
SNR ( dB ) 35.6
Near Echo Loss ( dB ) 14.8
Far Echo Loss ( dB ) 38.1
Roundtrip Delay (msec) 281
Timing Offset ( ppm) 320
Carrier Offset ( ppm) 0
RX Upshifts 0
RX Downshifts 0
TX Speedshifts 1
V.90 Status 0007

OK
ATY11
Freq Level
150 32
300 23
450 22
600 21
750 21
900 21
1050 21
1200 21
1350 20
1500 21
1650 21
1800 21
1950 21
2100 21
2250 21
2400 21
2550 21
2700 21
2850 21
3000 21
3150 21
3300 21
3450 22
3600 26
3750 34

OK
ATI16
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Channel Probe...

-20 . . . . . . . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
-22 . . x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x . . 2
-24 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . 4
-26 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x . 6
-28 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 8
-30 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 10
-32 x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 12
-34 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x 14
Level --------------------Frequency-------------------- Attn
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 3 4 6 7 9 0 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 2 4 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 6 7
5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK

It seems that the BBS outputs a modem init string (AT&F), and then the connection is terminated.

And, a last one for multizork:

ATDT0035220707188
CONNECT 28800/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

+-------------+
| Airport BBS |
+-------------+

Welcome none !
Local time: Sun Oct 6 09:34:49 2024
Connection string: 33600 LAPM COMPRESSED


Selection [bbs] [zork] or [quit]:zork
Trying 159.203.69.7...
Connected to multizork.icculus.org.
Escape character is '^]'.

https://multizork.icculus.org
(version 0.0.8 built Aug 28 2021 21:12:50.)


Hello sailor!

If you are returning, go ahead and type in your access code.
Otherwise, just press enter.

quit

Hmm, I can't find a game with that access code.
Try another code, or just press enter.

help

Hmm, I can't find a game with that access code.
Try another code, or just press enter.


Okay, let's get you set up.

What's your name? Keep it simple or I'll simplify it for you.
(sorry if your name isn't one word made up of english letters.
This is American tech from 1980, after all.)

(hanging up manually)
NO CARRIER
ATI17
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Training Signature...

V.90 enabled on local modem
V.8 negotiation completed

OK
ATI6
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Chars sent 21 Chars Received 921
Chars lost 0
Octets sent 21 Octets Received 792
Blocks sent 21 Blocks Received 31
Blocks resent 0

Retrains Requested 0 Retrains Granted 0
Line Reversals 0 Blers 0
Link Timeouts 0 Link Naks 0

Data Compression V42BIS 2048/32
Equalisation Long
Fallback Enabled
Protocol LAPM 128/15
Speed 31200/31200
Last Call 00:00:31

Disconnect Reason is DTR dropped
OK
ATI11
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Link Diagnostics...

Modulation V.34+
Carrier Freq ( Hz ) 1959/1959
Symbol Rate 3429/3429
Trellis Code 64S-4D/16S-4D
Nonlinear Encoding ON/ON
Precoding OFF/ON
Shaping ON/ON
Preemphasis Index 0/4
Recv/Xmit Level (-dBm) 20.6/17.7
SNR ( dB ) 36.2
Near Echo Loss ( dB ) 15.1
Far Echo Loss ( dB ) 35.4
Roundtrip Delay (msec) 287
Timing Offset ( ppm) 256
Carrier Offset ( ppm) 0
RX Upshifts 1
RX Downshifts 0
TX Speedshifts 1
V.90 Status 0007

OK
ATY11
Freq Level
150 32
300 23
450 22
600 21
750 21
900 21
1050 21
1200 21
1350 20
1500 21
1650 21
1800 21
1950 20
2100 21
2250 21
2400 21
2550 21
2700 21
2850 21
3000 21
3150 21
3300 21
3450 23
3600 26
3750 34

OK
ATI16
USRobotics Courier V.Everything Channel Probe...

-20 . . . . . . . . x . . . x . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
-22 . . x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 2
-24 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . 4
-26 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x . 6
-28 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 8
-30 . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 10
-32 x X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . 12
-34 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X x 14
Level --------------------Frequency-------------------- Attn
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
1 3 4 6 7 9 0 2 3 5 6 8 9 1 2 4 5 7 8 0 1 3 4 6 7
5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

OK

Hope this helps! :)

Best regards
Bj”rn

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)

Hello, Bj”rn!

Sunday October 06 2024 08:38, you wrote to me:

No problem, here are some calls + some connection stats.
I'm on VoIP so not the best line, but...

ATDT0035220707188
RINGING

CONNECT 28800/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS

Amazing job, thank you! :)

Hope this helps! :)

It helps a lot! My model pool is now accessible in Europe, hooray! :)

Best regards,
dp.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20230304
* Origin: All is good in St. John's Wood (2:5001/100.1)

Hello Dmitry!

On 06 Oct 2024, Dmitry Protasoff said the following...

Amazing job, thank you! :)

You're very welcome! :)

It helps a lot! My model pool is now accessible in Europe, hooray! :)

That's great! What tools and techniques do you use for this?

Best regards
Bj”rn

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)

*** Answering a msg posted in area carbonArea (Carbon Area).

Hello, Bj”rn!

Sunday October 06 2024 16:14, you wrote to me:

It helps a lot! My model pool is now accessible in Europe,
hooray! :)

That's great! What tools and techniques do you use for this?

I've had a small modem collection for some time but always wanted to put it to use, rather than just have it take up space on my shelves.
Recently, encouraged by modem enthusiasts from 5020, I finally connected everything together.

Here's the current list of different modems with various chipsets:

Motorola Codex 3256
Zyxel U-336E (died 3 days ago. RIP! Will be replaced by U-336S model). IDC-5614BXL/VR
Genius TP560
Tainet T-336C
Multitech MT2834BLI
ZyXEL Omni 56K USB Plus
USR Courier 56k
Wavecom Q2303A (GSM)
Huawei E171 (GSM) (will be replaced by Siemens MC35i)

The USR Courier is connected to a GPON box, the ZyXEL Omni 56K to a Linksys SPA3192 (SIP), and the rest are connected to an Audiocodes MP-124 (SIP). All the modems are controlled my mgetty/qico from Linux on Intel N3350 box via a Branboxes 8-port USB-COM converter (except for the ZyXEL Omni 56K USB Plus).

The SIP gateways are registered on a local Asterisk server, which is connected to various SIP providers. It's also open to calls from any SIP gateway on the internet (901-909 numbers on voip.fidonet.cc).

The +352 number is from the company where I work part-time and is routed via SIP to my Asterisk server.
Now I am fixing BBS software and going to add another USR Courier for SIP calls.

I also had an idea to put an ancient Racal Vadic modem from around 1985 online with the original Fido v10 software from Jennings (it supports native non-Hayes commands on the RV modem), but I'm a bit worried it might fail if run in 24/7 mode.

Best regards,
dp.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20230304
* Origin: All is good in St. John's Wood (2:5001/100.1)

Hello Dmitry!

On 06 Oct 2024, Dmitry Protasoff said the following...

I've had a small modem collection for some time but always wanted to put it to use, rather than just have it take up space on my shelves.
Recently, encouraged by modem enthusiasts from 5020, I finally connected everything together.

Very nice!

I thought I recognized the mgetty greeting there. =)

(By the way, do you know if there is any way to create "virtual" mgetty users, e.g. that "zork" and "quit" don't have to be actual user accounts on the machine, but could be routed to another single user account, e.g. "bbs"? I don't think I found anything in the mgetty docs, but I could have missed something...)

Here's the current list of different modems with various chipsets:

Very nice collection!

I have a ZyXEL U-336S that I bought from a computer shop in Moscow (by way of an online broker) a couple of years ago, which I hope to put online in the future.

I also had an idea to put an ancient Racal Vadic modem from around 1985 online with the original Fido v10 software from Jennings (it supports native non-Hayes commands on the RV modem), but I'm a bit worried it
might fail if run in 24/7 mode.

A very cool idea!

Best regards
Bj”rn

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)

Hello, Bj”rn!

Monday October 07 2024 10:11, you wrote to me:

(By the way, do you know if there is any way to create "virtual"
mgetty users, e.g. that "zork" and "quit" don't have to be actual user accounts on the machine, but could be routed to another single user account, e.g. "bbs"? I don't think I found anything in the mgetty
docs, but I could have missed something...)

Here is my current configuration:

/etc/mgetty/login.config

/FIDO/ uucp news /opt/fido/sbin/qico -a emsi @
bbs - - /usr/bin/telnet -8 127.0.0.1 8088
zork - - /usr/bin/telnet multizork.icculus.org
quit - - /usr/bin/false

# Don't allow local logins:
* nobody @ /bin/false

-+-

bbs, zork and quit - are all virtual, they don't exist in /etc/passwd.
The last line is required to restict all local users from logging in via mgetty.

I have a ZyXEL U-336S that I bought from a computer shop in Moscow (by
way of an online broker) a couple of years ago, which I hope to put
online in the future.

Very nice looking modem, it was my dream ~30 year ago to get it ;)


Best regards,
dp.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20230304
* Origin: All is good in St. John's Wood (2:5001/100.1)

Hello Dmitry!

Thank you for your message!

On 07 Oct 2024, Dmitry Protasoff said the following...

bbs - - /usr/bin/telnet -8 127.0.0.1 8088
zork - - /usr/bin/telnet multizork.icculus.org
quit - - /usr/bin/false

Thanks a lot! I re-read the instructions and noticed now that only "userid" (the second argument), if specified, needs to be a valid user. Very nice!

The last line is required to restict all local users from logging in via mgetty.

Thanks! Yep, that's an important one to avoid potential mishaps.

Speaking of access, I've been preparing a little for PPP support (mainly PAP, as it can use user credentials from /etc/passwd etc. out of the box), but haven't tried it yet. Equally important to lock down undesired accounts there. :)

It's quite complex to get /etc/ppp/options, /etc/ppp/options.<modem
device> and /etc/ppp/peers/provider (or similar) to "collaborate" in a way that allows "minimal" configuration effort to allow for both outbound (ISP) and inbound connections... but good practice. :)

I have a ZyXEL U-336S that I bought from a computer shop in Moscow (b

Very nice looking modem, it was my dream ~30 year ago to get it ;)

I always liked the ZyXELs, and I believe they were very common particularly in Germany and Russia, from what I recall. Lots of features and very good also for faxing, voice and ISDN (depending on model). Never had one back then, though...

Best regards
Bj”rn

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)

Hello, Bj”rn!

Tuesday October 08 2024 19:47, you wrote to me:

Speaking of access, I've been preparing a little for PPP support
(mainly PAP, as it can use user credentials from /etc/passwd etc. out
of the box), but haven't tried it yet. Equally important to lock down undesired accounts there. :)

Did this about 28 years ago, even with callback :)

I have a ZyXEL U-336S that I bought from a computer shop in

Moscow (b Very nice looking modem, it was my dream ~30 year ago
to get it ;)

I always liked the ZyXELs, and I believe they were very common particularly in Germany and Russia, from what I recall. Lots of
features and very good also for faxing, voice and ISDN (depending on model). Never had one back then, though...

Just before COVID I visited their main office in Taiwan to take a selfie, but they don't have a museum or anything like that.

Best regards,
dp.

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20230304
* Origin: All is good in St. John's Wood (2:5001/100.1)