Subj : Re: Newbie Struggling to Get Apple II Connected To : Digital Man From : Sbushman Date : Mon Jul 05 2021 10:12:42 > Re: Newbie Struggling to Get Apple II Connected > By: Sbushman to All on Sun Jul 04 2021 09:51 pm > > Hello, > > My google-fu and searching has failed me. I am super new to the world of > > BBSs and have decided to try running my own. I am running version 318b > > via > > a precompiled Windows build. After running through the wizard and doing a > > little network configuration I managed to get my BBS running! Yay! I am > > able connect with PuTTY (telnet) and have a friend connecting to the > > PETSCII ports via telnet on his C64. However, when I attempt to connect > > with my Apple II, I get disconnected due to inactivity shortly after > > connecting. > > Looking at the logs (pasted below) it appears that the terminal type my > > terminal emulator is reporting isn't recognized. I downloaded the source > > and am starting to look through it now, but it'll take some time for me > > to reason through it. > > Overall, I think what I'm reading is my terminal is reporting it's type > > as > > a vt100, and since that isn't of type ANSI, PETSCII, or UTF-8 the login > > module sets my inactive timeout to 0 and I get kicked. I'm able to > > connect to other BBSs running versions of Synchronet, so I believe it's a > > configuration problem on my end. Any help would be appreciated. > > Client machine: Apple IIe (on the same local network as my BBS server) > > Terminal Emulator: Telnet65, a part of the IP65 project > > Client networking hardware: Uthernet II > > Server OS: Windows 7 64-bit > > Synchronet Version: 318b (based on download archive filename) > > Debug log from Synchronet Control Panel: > > 7/3 07:33:00p 1528 Telnet connection accepted from: 192.168.1.174 > > port 51074 > > 7/3 07:33:04p 1528 Telnet Hostname: [192.168.1.174] > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 constructor using socket 1528 (settings=8212) > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 temporary file directory: C:\sbbs\node1\temp\ > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 socket 1528 duplicated as 816 > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 socket 1528 attached to local interface > > 192.168.1.166 port 23 > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 passthru listen socket 988 opened > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 passthru socket listening on port 61700 > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 passthru connect socket 784 opened > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 JavaScript: Creating node runtime: 8388608 bytes > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 JavaScript: Initializing node context (stack: > > 16384 bytes) > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 07:33p Sat Jul 03 2021 Node 1 > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 Telnet [192.168.1.174] > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: WILL Echo > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: WILL Suppress Go Ahead > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DO Terminal Type > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DO Terminal Speed > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DO Send Location > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DO Negotiate About Window > > Size > > 7/3 07:33:04p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DO New Environment Option > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: DO Echo > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: DO Suppress Go Ahead > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WILL Terminal Type > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 requesting telnet terminal type > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WON'T Terminal Speed > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DON'T Terminal Speed > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WON'T Send Location > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 sending telnet cmd: DON'T Send Location > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WILL Negotiate About Window > > Size > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet sub-negotiation command: > > Negotiate About Window Size (9 bytes) > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet window size: 80x24 > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WON'T New Environment > > Option > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WON'T Terminal Speed > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet cmd: WON'T Send Location > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet sub-negotiation command: > > Terminal Type (11 bytes) > > 7/3 07:33:05p Node 1 received telnet terminal type: vt100 > > 7/3 07:33:10p Node 1 terminal type: 80x24 vt100 > > 7/3 07:33:10p Node 1 terminal not detected, reducing inactivity > > hang-up timeout to 0 seconds > This problem was fixed back in March (in exec/login.js). A simple > work-around is to just remove the comment (and the semicolon) from the > inactive_hangup line in your ctrl/modopts.ini file. > -- > digital man > Breaking Bad quote #11: > My apologies to the HR department: Grow tumescent with anticipation. - Hank > Norco, CA WX: 62.6�F, 87.0% humidity, 0 mph SE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs That did the trick! Thank you so much :) --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) .