Subj : QWK Network Issues
To   : dogbreath
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 02 2023 13:01:41

  Re: QWK Network Issues
  By: dogbreath to Digital Man on Mon Jan 02 2023 01:56 pm

 > >   Re: QWK Network Issues
 > >   By: dogbreath to All on Sun Jan 01 2023 07:18 pm
 >
 > > As a node or as a hub?
 >
 > Both.....BBS1 would be hub....BBS2 would be node.
 > At some point though....I would imagine BBS1 would be a hub and a node.
 >
 >
 >
 > > That must be old/outdated documentation you're referring to (?).
 > It is from:
 > file:///C:/sbbs/docs/networking.html

Those are very old docs.

 > > In Synchronet v3.19+, ZIP file creation and extraaction support is built,
 > > so those can be blank. See https://wiki.synchro.net/howto:dove-net for an
 > > example QWKnet node configuration.
 >
 > > Those are valid examples for Synchronet v3.18 and earlier, using Info-Zip
 > > (instead of PKZip), but like I said, with v3.19 and later, you don't need
 > > either.
 >
 > > Is "DTOM" the QWK-ID of "BBS2"? If not, then correct that.
 >
 > > Sounds like an incorrect QWK-ID setting.
 >
 > Yup....since then have reinstalled again using setup.exe from
 > sbbs319b.zip.....which wiped out all the message groups and Network
 > settings. The QWK-ID settings seem to be good as I can see the FTP server
 > connecting when I force a call out.
 >
 > BBS2 forced callout to BBS1:
 > FTP log on BBS1 shows:
 > 1/2  01:10:00p  2428 <bbs2> logged in (14 today, 37 total)
 >   1/2  01:10:00p  2428 <bbs2> PASV DATA IP address in response:
 > 192.168.86.132 (subject to NAT)
 >   1/2  01:10:00p  2428 <bbs2> !attempted to upload to invalid directory


Again, I think yoiu have the hub's QWK-ID configured wrong in SCFG->Networks.

 > Just a side note....when I telnet into BBS1 as a new user...I don't get the
 > prompt:
 > "Is this account to be used for QWK Networking (DOVE-Net)?"

That's expected, unless you set [newuser] ask_qnet=true in your ctrl/modopts.ini file: https://wiki.synchro.net/module:newuser
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