• starting a message net

    From Widgit@21:1/999 to All on Thu Jan 9 19:12:34 2020
    hi all is there any videos on for to setup a message net as the hub for
    mystic bbs ?
    any info will be great
    cheers
    Widgit
    family bbs

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Widgit on Thu Jan 9 00:56:26 2020
    hi all is there any videos on for to setup a message net as the hub
    for mystic bbs ?

    Not that I know of.

    any info will be great

    Every network needs a unique zone. fsxNet uses zone 21, Fidonet uses
    zones 1-4, and othernets have their own zone.

    If you want to start a network you'll need to find a zone number not
    currently in use. There's more to it than that, but you'll need at least
    that for a start.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From MeaTLoTioN@21:1/158 to Al on Thu Jan 9 11:48:30 2020
    Every network needs a unique zone. fsxNet uses zone 21, Fidonet uses
    zones 1-4, and othernets have their own zone.

    If you want to start a network you'll need to find a zone number not currently in use. There's more to it than that, but you'll need at least that for a start.

    Very true, Al... If you do want to start a new network, you might want to
    look at this document;

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17pmf7cS9ocU99Rm6qlJD_OncqmbDI5Qj8Yw99A5 bgVc/edit?pli=1#gid=0

    This is a great doc that Bryan aka NuSkooler set up, and I have been going through "prettifying" it when I can.

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  • From Solaris@21:1/102 to Widgit on Fri Jan 17 06:52:04 2020
    hi all is there any videos on for to setup a message net as the hub for mystic bbs ?

    Be careful what you ask for . It may not be as easy as you may think . There ALOT of work and commitment ! .

    Sysop Solaris
    Error 404/Error 1202/FSXnet Hub 2 Admin
    Always at my PC Double click'n on my MIzOuse


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  • From Widgit@21:1/999 to Solaris on Sat Jan 18 14:10:04 2020
    thanks for the advise i guess now everything is internet based it would grow way bigger than they did back in the dial up days

    cheers

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  • From Oli@21:1/151 to Widgit on Sat Jan 18 08:06:32 2020
    18 Jan 20 14:10, you wrote to Solaris:

    thanks for the advise i guess now everything is internet based
    it would grow way bigger than they did back in the dial up days

    not really, all fido technology networks combined have less users (sysops / nodes / points / bbs users) and less message traffic than a single small web forum or facebook / whatsapp / telegram group etc.

    software is too shitty and setup too complicated to attract much more people. don't get me wrong, i like fidonet technology, but it is a niche for a few nerds (mostly males).

    doing everything over internet instead of dial-up has advantages especially for


























































































































































































































































































































































    small networks though. we don't have to think about costs and regional routing anymore.

    i would not recommend starting a network on mystic bbs. the ftn part is full of


























































































































































































































































































































































    critical bugs. wait until they get fixed or use some better alternative software.


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  • From Widgit@21:1/999 to Oli on Sun Jan 19 13:22:06 2020
    thanks i remember back when i started familynet over the dialup with renegade
    was only 4 other boards with it was a pain in the butt to setup back then
    but with constant users calling there was delays in getting messages out to
    the other boards i may look into it a bit later after i get board setup how i want it

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