Subj : Re: Setting up MajorBBS under Windows XP
To   : Richard Vonzel
From : Glenn Rossi
Date : Fri Mar 03 2023 07:04 pm

On 3/3/2023 10:49, Richard Vonzel wrote:
>   JH>  > I'm working of setting up a MajorBBS bbs under Windows XP in a VirtualB
>   JH>  > I'm having a heck of a time getting the IP setting correct. I'm using
>   JH>  > SWSVPKT packet driver for the protocol. I also can't seem to get port 2
>   JH>  > open up. Anyone have some ideas what I might do to get this running?
>   JH>  >
>   JH>
>   JH> what have you tried? EXACTLY
>   JH>
>   JH> i did it before using swsvpkt and it was pretty simple stuff.
>   JH> maybe you entered in some incorrect settings.
> 
> So I'm running Windows XP inside a VirtualBox.
> MajorBBS wants to know the IP Address,Local Network Mask, Gateway IP Address,
> Primary domain name server, and secondary domain name server.
> The ipconfig /all reports an ip address of 192.168.0.77, gateway ip address as
> 255.255.255.0, prim domain name server is 192.168.0.1 and the same for the
> secondary.
> 
> The main ip address coming into the router is 76.156.142.14.
> I have opened port 23 on the router and the firewall.
> I sill can't get it to accept any income telnet calls.
> 
> Any help would be great!
> 
> Thanks,
> Rick
> 
> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Windows/64)
>   * Origin: The File Cabinet BBS - filecabi.casacam.net:1025 (1:282/1038)

When you say you "opened port 23" on the router, what do you mean? 
Usually what you do is set up port forwarding so that someone outside 
your LAN tries to attach to your WAN address (76.156.142.14) on a given 
port (23) and your router "port forwards" it to some port (23 perhaps) 
on an IP inside your LAN (192.168.0.77).

This assumes that there is software on the machine with the LAN IP 
expecting connections on that port, and the Windows firewall has been 
told to allow this to happen.

This also assumes that the router isn't laready using port 23 for its 
own telnet interface (unlikely these days, but possible).
--- SBBSecho 3.10-Win32
 * Origin: IPTIA 1:275/301 bbs2.ipingthereforeiam.com:2323 (1:275/301)

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