Subj : Re: I'm BAAAAACK! (I think ;) )
To   : boraxman
From : Warpslide
Date : Wed Jul 27 2022 10:01:12

 *** Quoting boraxman from a message to Alpha ***

 bo> I'd like to create an FTN for fun.  A private one between my servers
 bo> only, not intended to be another public dead one.

I just went through this exercise creating "fakenet" to learn more about hpt.

I setup an hpt "hub" using a zone I'm not using anywhere else and then two 
mystic installs as nodes more to learn about setting up hpt without hammering 
a load of pings and test messages to any real networks.

 bo> I just want to know I can do it, but I'mnot sure how to get started,
 bo> how to set up the hubs

You can do the same with two or more Mystic installs if you felt so inclined.

Just choose a zone you're not using anywhere else, say 905 for example and 
then set that up, as 905:1/100 for example.   Then setup one or two other 
Mystic installs as 905:1/101 & /102, set them up as nodes on the /100 hub and 
you're in business.

From there you can create an echomail area on the hub and either manually 
connect the nodes or send an areafix netmail from the nodes to the hub to 
connect them.  From there send some test messages to the echo and if you set 
everything up correctly the node should send it to the hub and the hub will 
forward it to the other node.  You can also experiment with netmail routing 
and sending pings from node to node.

Mystic is awesome in that it does a lot of the heavy lifting for you, making 
it easier to learn some of the fundamentals of ftns.


Jay

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