Subj : NET 4 Changes
To   : All
From : Avon
Date : Sun Mar 17 2024 02:13 pm

Hi guys

The current NET 4 HUB run by Dan aka Black Panther is to soon be retired.

Dan is super busy with the demands of day to day life and BBSing has had to take a bit of a back seat for now.  I want to thanks Dan so much for all the contributions he has made to fsxNet and in the hosting and admin of the NET 4 HUB he has done over the year. Dan, it's really appreciated thank you :) My hope is we see you active in BBSing again sometime soon.

In the meantime Dan has kindly supplied me with the HUB config settings and BBS node configs for fsxNet BBS using the current NET 4 HUB.

I have been working to setup a mirror HUB hosted on my systems and one that will also be listening for incoming NET 4 node traffic on the port Dan has been using - 24560

My plan is to netmail all NET 4 nodes and let them know the NET 4 HUB is shifting to a new instance hosted by myself. In preparation for the cut-over I am asking all NET 4 nodes to check the domain name they poll for the NET 4 HUB.

Please ensure you are polling  net4.fsxnet.nz:24560

When we cut over to the new NET 4 HUB instance I will update the DNS records to point to the new HUB.

I plan to do this on 31 March (my time in New Zealand, or likely to be 30 March elsewhere in the world)... and when I do we will ensure the file and echomail links to the 'old' HUB will be closed down. I'll then ask Dan to shutdown that server.

I'm picking if some sysops who run their BBS on 'auto' then login to find no new traffic on fsxNet they may come calling to me then. We'll that's the thinking.. 

I am also aware that there are a number of inactive nodes in NET 4 and plan to prune them in early April once the cut over is done. In the meantime I have taken over NET 4 nodelist segment duties and marked a number of nodes a 'Down' that appear to be long inactive based on stats Dan's system is posting each day to the Stats echo.

Once we cut over to the new NET 4 HUB instance I figure I'll know within a few weeks which other inactive nodes can be pruned.

I will x-post this update to both FSX_GEN and FSX_NET

Please use FSX_NET to reply/discuss/any questions etc. thanks :)

Best, Paul

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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