Subj : Mystic to Mystic telnet
To   : Alonzo
From : ogg
Date : Sat Jul 08 2023 04:18 pm

On 08 Jul 2023, Alonzo said the following...
 
 Al> I am trying a little experiment, just for fun.. Since Mystic BBS can
 Al> Telnet out to other places, I was trying to have my main BBS computer
 Al> connect by Telnet to a second computer, also running Mystic.
 Al> 
 Al> But then I realized that I have to set up port forwarding to this second
 Al> computer, but how can I do that when I already have the port forwarded
 Al> to my main computer? I think there would be a conflict there. 
 Al> 
 Al> Is there any other way to have sort of a local BBS network, with 2 or
 Al> more all communicating with each other?  again, I am just experimenting
 Al> but I think it would be fun to do.
 Al> 
 Al> ... A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going
 Al> somewhere
 Al> 
 Al> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
 Al>  * Origin: The Unmarked Van - 21:1/130 - Mt. Healthy, Ohio (21:1/130)

I assume both computers would be on the same local network. If that's the
case, you would just need to reference the ip address and port number like:
192.168.1.10:23 to reach the second computer.  I've done this while moving
Mystic from my linux box to the windows one.

ogg
Sysop, Altair IV BBS
altairiv.ddns.net:2323

.... A .GIF is worth a thousand .TXT.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Windows/64)
 * Origin: Altair IV BBS (21:2/147)

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