Subj : Re: I'm BAAAAACK! (I think ;) )
To   : Warpslide
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Jul 28 2022 21:47:11

 Wa> I just went through this exercise creating "fakenet" to learn more about
 Wa> hpt.
 Wa> 
 Wa> I setup an hpt "hub" using a zone I'm not using anywhere else and then
 Wa> two  mystic installs as nodes more to learn about setting up hpt without
 Wa> hammering  a load of pings and test messages to any real networks.
 Wa> 
 Wa>  bo> I just want to know I can do it, but I'mnot sure how to get started,
 Wa>  bo> how to set up the hubs
 Wa> 
 Wa> You can do the same with two or more Mystic installs if you felt so
 Wa> inclined.
 Wa> 
 Wa> Just choose a zone you're not using anywhere else, say 905 for example
 Wa> and  then set that up, as 905:1/100 for example.   Then setup one or two
 Wa> other  Mystic installs as 905:1/101 & /102, set them up as nodes on the
 Wa> /100 hub and  you're in business.
 Wa> 
 Wa> From there you can create an echomail area on the hub and either
 Wa> manually  connect the nodes or send an areafix netmail from the nodes to
 Wa> the hub to  connect them.  From there send some test messages to the
 Wa> echo and if you set  everything up correctly the node should send it to
 Wa> the hub and the hub will  forward it to the other node.  You can also
 Wa> experiment with netmail routing  and sending pings from node to node.
 Wa> 
 Wa> Mystic is awesome in that it does a lot of the heavy lifting for you,
 Wa> making  it easier to learn some of the fundamentals of ftns.
 Wa> 
 Wa> 
 Wa> Jay

That seems a lot simpler than what I thought it would be.  That is where I think I got a bit confused, thinking that there was more to do to set up the hub.

I'll give it a try when I've got the time and patience.

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