1. Forum
  2. fsxNet
  3. Mystic BBS Support

  • Accessing my board

    From hbag@21:2/150 to All on Sun Jul 9 13:45:15 2023
    Alright, this might be a stupid question, but... I'm having trouble remotely accessing my board.

    I got Mystic installed, all the settings configured, all that, but I can't seem to connect remotely, as if it's just spinning up the board whenever I run ./mystic -l.

    At first, I thought it was just Cloudflare being a dick, but I'm still having the problem when I try the IP directly. The telnet server *is* running, according to the configuration menu. I looked at the wiki, and I don't see anything about setting up a system service, but I could be wrong.

    Thanks in advance for any help.

    |15ÄÄ[|10https://hilbo.zone|15]ÄÄ
    |10Y |02O |10S |02P |10O |02S|15

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From SirRonmit@21:2/120 to hbag on Mon Jul 17 16:13:30 2023
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    CONFIG: SERVERS:
    ACTIVE (YES)
    ID (TELNET)
    IPV4 ADAPTER (the IP of the LAN for this PC/install - IFCONFIG for linux or IPCONFIG for windows)
    PORT (23 is default / others may run 2323 or 62323 like myself)

    After you confirm that, then your local telnet program (NetRunner for example) needs to access IPV4 ADAPTER (and the port if not 23)

    eg. lets say your local mystic is on a PC who's IP is 192.168.1.68 and you are using the default PORT (23).
    than NetRunner will DIAL 192.168.11.68 or even 192.168.11.68:23

    if you are attempting to access from the outside world (aka Internet), then you must also make sure you have a port forward from your internet provider on the router/modem .. create a port forward to that IP (192.168.11.68) for TELNET (port 23).

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: Files 4 Fun BBS (21:2/120)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to hbag on Tue Jul 18 06:08:08 2023
    On 09 Jul 2023, hbag said the following...

    Alright, this might be a stupid question, but... I'm having trouble remotely accessing my board.

    I got Mystic installed, all the settings configured, all that, but I
    can't seem to connect remotely, as if it's just spinning up the board whenever I run ./mystic -l.

    Which port do you have your telnet server set to? If it's 23 you'll need to run mis with sudo for that to work.


    Jay

    ... I was wondering why the ball was getting bigger. Then it hit me

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Warpslide on Tue Jul 18 16:23:29 2023
    On 18 Jul 2023, Warpslide said the following...

    Which port do you have your telnet server set to? If it's 23 you'll
    need to run mis with sudo for that to work.

    oof no, bad advice

    run mystic on whatever port >= 1024 and use the firewall to forward from 23 to that port..

    if your mystic needs root, something is configured poorly.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/25 (Windows/32)
    * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (21:1/616)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to fusion on Tue Jul 18 17:25:34 2023
    On 18 Jul 2023, fusion said the following...

    run mystic on whatever port >= 1024 and use the firewall to forward from 23 to that port..

    if your mystic needs root, something is configured poorly.

    I realize that, mine is configured on port 2323. This was a suggestion to test whether they were < 1024 which could be why their telnet isn't answering.


    Jay

    ... I don't trust stairs because they're always up to something

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/04/30 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)