Subj : Re: Question About FTN Hubs
To   : Lord Gareth
From : Warpslide
Date : Fri Jun 05 2020 08:54:32

On 04 Jun 2020, Lord Gareth said the following...
 
 LG> So to start a net, you need to find an open network address (IE 21 for
 LG> fsx), you then pick your hub address, usually 1 for the first hub, and
 LG> then a node considered to be the base node, usually 100 from what I see.
 LG> You set that up as the node settings and as the echomail net because,
 LG> well, you are the node and the net.  When someone wants to join your
 LG> net, you assign them a node number which will connect back to you and
 LG> allow you to communicate back out to them and other members of the net. 
 LG> You add that new person to your node list.

That's the gist of it.  In getting Telegard set up I created a "testnet"
between Mystic and TG just so I could make sure I got things working without
flooding the real networks with 40,000 test messages.  In Mystic I added a
new address (72:1/1) and a new node to connect to (72:1/2).

When you set up the new node in Mystic (which Avon's videos explain so well),
you add their address as well as a binkp password (on page 4) and and FIX
password on page 3.

Now that the node is setup (be sure to restart mis after making changes), your
new node is ready to connect to you.

On their side they would add a new address (the new node address you created)
and a new node with your address and binkp hostname & password.

The new node can now create a netmail base and send messages to your address
addressed to Areafix or Filefix and the putting the FIX password you entered
on page 3 in the subject line.

From there it's just a matter of creating message bases on both sides with
the new addresses and making sure they're set to export to each other.

It was actually a really informative exercise.  If you have some time, spin
up another copy of mystic and give it a try.

Jay

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