Subj : Re: NET 4 Changes
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Thu Mar 28 2024 10:40 am

On 17 Mar 2024 at 02:13p, Avon pondered and said...
 
 Av> Please ensure you are polling  net4.fsxnet.nz:24560

another reminder if you are a NET 4 node please ensure you have the above domain name and port set up to poll the 21:4/100 HUB.

 Av> When we cut over to the new NET 4 HUB instance I will update the DNS
 Av> records to point to the new HUB.
 Av> 
 Av> I plan to do this on 31 March (my time in New Zealand, or likely to be
 Av> 30 March elsewhere in the world)... and when I do we will ensure the
 Av> file and echomail links to the 'old' HUB will be closed down. I'll then
 Av> ask Dan to shutdown that server.

this is coming the in the next few days.

 Av> I'm picking if some sysops who run their BBS on 'auto' then login to
 Av> find no new traffic on fsxNet they may come calling to me then. We'll
 Av> that's the thinking.. 
 Av> 
 Av> I am also aware that there are a number of inactive nodes in NET 4 and
 Av> plan to prune them in early April once the cut over is done. In the
 Av> meantime I have taken over NET 4 nodelist segment duties and marked a
 Av> number of nodes a 'Down' that appear to be long inactive based on stats
 Av> Dan's system is posting each day to the Stats echo.

...as is this :)

Final call, all NET 4 nodes.. ding ding...

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz 

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