Subj : Re: BBS vs. the ISP
To   : Sniper
From : Mweeby
Date : Sun Sep 18 2005 08:43 pm



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"Sniper" <sniper@VERT/KIA> wrote in message
news:432B61D0.4484.dovesync@kiabbs.org...
> -=> Paul Emmons wrote to alt.bbs.synchronet <=-
>
>  PE> From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
>
>  PE> Thanks for all the info!
>
>  PE> A local hacker friend (the good kind) suspects that Verizon blocks
>  PE> incoming telnet.
>
>  PE> I have decided to try a DSL account from Voicenet, my dialup ISP
for at
>  PE> least ten years.  I have been happy with their service and their
tech
>  PE> support.  Their price has stayed the same all this time.  Re DSL,
they
>  PE> have assured me that one is free to do anything one wants,
including
>  PE> servers, as long as it's legal (and presumably not spamming).  The
ISP
>  PE> address will be static.  The monthly charge is slightly more than
>  PE> Verizon, but it includes 20 hours per month dialup service, so I
would
>  PE> not need to maintain that account specifically.  The net expense
would
>  PE> be a little lower.
>
> I didn't want to get involved with your earlier post, because I knew
what
> was going to occur.  <Have had it numerous times>  I was rather busy
with
> business and all...  Anyway, this account you are using with Verison
> DSL... Have you configured your "Router" to forward in the ports needed
to
> run SynchroNet?  I'm unfamiliar with Verision's setup, and if they give
> you this capability or not.  So, the questions are:  What kind of
> "Modem" do you have?  Netopia, Westell, etc?  Are you able to enter the
> configuration of said modem?  By this, I mean, are you able to access
the
> web interface?  Do you understand what I mean when I say you need to
setup
> the "NAT" to forward in your ports?  NAT = Network Address
> Translation.  Do you understand what individual ports are for?  21,
> 23, 80, 110, 119, etc?
>
> I've personally configured a number of different Netopia modems, the
> Cayman and the Westell DSL modems... All have a web interface that you
> can access... that is in most cases... I ran into a situation recently
> with Earthlink, in that they had loaded some "Dummy" BIO's into a
netopia
> modem.  The only thing I could access in that was the login page,
> basically kills any thought or idea of running a BBS or any kind of
> service.  No way to forward anything in past the modem...  I believe
that
> client was sent that modem by mistake, since they were a
> "Business" client... Anyway, that's another story.
>
>  PE> Does anyone have experience with this provider?  (They operate in
>  PE> Pennsylvania and Califonia among several other states).
>
>  PE> I really look forward to running a BBS again, and the possibilities
of
>  PE> Synchronet are especially fascinating!
>
> Yeap, been running SynchroNet for a bit over 3 years now... Lots of cool
> stuff to play with.  :)
>
> As for switching providers... if your current disallows the running of
> "Servers/Services", then it might be worthwhile to switch.
>
> Answer my questions above and we'll see if we can help out.
>
> Sniper
> Killed In Action BBS, telnet://kiabbs.org
> Home of the Unofficial SynchroNet Support Network.
> download the info pack at any of the below sites:
> http://www.chcomputer.net/USSNET.ZIP or http://www.ussnet.org
>
> ... Evolution: God's way of issuing updates
> --- MultiMail/Linux v0.46
>  þ Synchronet þ Killed In Action - telnet://kiabbs.org
Well I've run a bbs on Verizon off and on for a couple of years and to my
knowledge the standard telnet port 23 is not blocked but I do know that
port 80 is.
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