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    From Digital Man@21:1/183 to Richard Vonzel on Fri Apr 21 19:15:57 2023
    Re: BBS Testing question
    By: Richard Vonzel to All on Fri Apr 21 2023 11:20 am

    Here's the dumb question of the month. How do you test your BBS setup to accept incoming calls from outside your home network? I can just just fine from within in, but how does everyone test it from outsidde it?

    Use a network port scanner, like vert.synchro.net/scanmyports.ssjs
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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Richard Vonzel on Mon Apr 24 14:32:17 2023
    On 21 Apr 2023, Richard Vonzel said the following...

    Here's the dumb question of the month. How do you test your BBS setup to accept incoming calls from outside your home network? I can just just
    fine from within in, but how does everyone test it from outsidde it?

    Thanks,
    Richard

    If you have access too it I would just use a cell phone with a hotspot. Then you are on another network.

    A much more complicated way is to do some routing tricks with a hi end router or PFSense.

    The best option is to ask the community to get someone to connect. You can almost always get someone on MRC to do it 24-7.

    Whats the BBS I'll come try it out for ya.

    |23|04Dr|16|12Claw
    |16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
    |16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)
  • From claw@21:1/210 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Apr 24 14:33:04 2023
    On 21 Apr 2023, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...
    VPN, public wifi, or connecting from a shell account on the outside.


    Forgot about a VPN thats also and easy option.

    |23|04Dr|16|12Claw
    |16|14Sysop |12Noverdu |14BBS |20|15Radio|10@|14HTTP://Noverdu.com:88
    |16|10 Standard ports for SSH/Telnet |04 WEB|14@|12HTTP://noverdu.com:808 |20|15Global Chat, Global Messaging and Games! |16|10Ditch the Unsocial Media

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Noverdu BBS (21:1/210)
  • From Thom Miller@21:2/145 to Richard Vonzel on Mon Apr 24 14:31:11 2023
    Here's the dumb question of the month. How do you test your BBS setup to accept incoming calls from outside your home network? I can just just
    fine from within in, but how does everyone test it from outsidde it?

    I found a webpage with a telnet client embedded in it. That worked well
    enough to make sure that a 'connection' could be established. The real answer is that I have a buddy who's addicted to Legend of the Red Dragon and wooing Violet, so I just told him that I had a 'beta' BBS up with LORD on it and
    he's been connecting every day and lets me know when there are problems. :D

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    * Origin: WalledCTTY (21:2/145)