Subj : Question About FTN Hubs
To   : Lord Gareth
From : alterego
Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 10:15:12

  Re: Question About FTN Hubs
  By: Lord Gareth to All on Thu Jun 04 2020 07:20 pm

 LG> Do people just set up their BBS as a hub by entering a new Hub and node
 LG> address in their Echomail networks section and then setting up their Hub
 LG> settings with the same details?

It depends on the BBS software you use. Some do well at it, some dont.

At the end of the day, a FTN network needs a mailer (which you have - to send "stuff" to another system) and a tosser (which you have - to package up stuff for other systems). The "BBS Software" is really only there to consume or create "the stuff" - but you dont need to have it. As an example Hub 3 is no BBS - I'm just using BINKD (mailer) and HPT (tosser).

 LG> How do people pick different zone/net/hub addresses without conflicting
 LG> with other existing nets?  IE Fido has 1-4, fsx has 21, etc?

Well, you could use any address you like - it will only be a problem if you intend to have downstream nodes that may already use that zone number with somebody else. So some will tell you to pick an (apparent) unused one, and I'm sure somebody will post the link to the document where the known ones are listed.

(As an example, I use Zone 10 to shuffle stuff between my BBSes that I play with - and I know there is another network also using Zone 10. But since I doubt anybody else will connect to my network (and that one), its ok.)

 LG> Does it require different software or just a normal BBS like Mystic?

Mystic doesnt have a good track record of being a hub (but I am tainted) - some will tell you it works fine, and it does, many of the FSX hubs are Mystic.

(The reality is a lot of this software is old and not maintained well, so anything you use may expose some sort of problem - especially when its used differently to how the author intended.)

 LG> Why am I asking so many questions and where did my pants go?

Who's wearing pants these days - since we work from home and Zoom only sees your top half, it doesnt matter :)

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