Help! Tried redoing it 4 times , can’t telnet to BBS server
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VisualNoiz · 2023-06-17 21:51

I am on AWS EC2 tried both Amazon Linux and Ubuntu.
After setting up the BBS and the network ports for telnet , no matter
what I do , telnet to the IP:port takes me to the actual server not
the BBS login screen.
What am I doing wrong?
Tried Mystic and Synchro both same result

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cjxmtn · 2023-06-17 21:59

What port did you set up to use?

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VisualNoiz · 2023-06-17 22:07

23

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VisualNoiz · 2023-06-17 22:23

holy crap i think it might be working now.  i set it as port 33 in the
mystic config app but it still seems to be connecting on port 23

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cjxmtn · 2023-06-17 22:31

Yeah you have to completely disable telnet on the server to use (bind
to)  the port and also run the bbs as root, i would suggest using a
port higher than 1024 and running it as a non root user and also
disabling telnet still

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dmine45 · 2023-06-17 22:31

Your Ubuntu may have a Telnet server active on port 23. Therefore
conflicting with Mystic. Can't have two devices running on the same
port at the same time. :)

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rlauzon · 2023-06-17 23:03

So in my Mystic setup that I'm playing with, I have mine set up to use
a strange port number (4242) for telnet.

To get to it using telnet on my Linux systems, the format is "telnet
ip.address 4242" (note not 'ip.address:4242')

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ceceliapatagonia · 2023-06-18 00:15

you’re gonna need to get at least a 28.8 modem, a landline, and a
terminal
program. when you hear the busy signal just redial. eventually someone
will log off and you’ll be able to take their line!

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batman305555 · 2023-06-18 02:31

Also make sure to disable call waiting!!!

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cjxmtn · 2023-06-18 17:45

and hope your mom doesn't pick up the phone while you're dialed in

MOOOOM I'M ON A BBS, HANG UP!!!!