Re: Fidonet help
  By: Dmxrob to All on Fri Mar 01 2019 03:21 pm

Dm> So I am totally lost with Fidonet here. I managed to get fsxNet up and
Dm> running with relative ease, but this Fidonet stuff is throwing me for a
Dm> loop. They assigned me a node number, but that was about it. Have no ideas
Dm> where to pull echoes from, nodelists, etc. anything.

The person who assigned your node number should be able to help with some of
that. Typically, the net coordinator can get you set up with a file and echo
feed.

Do you have a temporary nodelist to work with? There are nodelist file echoes -
I'd recommend once you learn your file feed info to connect to the NODELIST
echo. You'll get an updated echo every week.

Fidonet used to use weekly DIFF files using the NODEDIFF echo, but that's
mostly irrelevant now. It's easier to pull a full list than try and update a
list.

Dm> Not even 100% sure how having Fidonet and fsxNet together won't clobber one
Dm> another (assuming the zones keep that all straighted out?)

I'm using Synchronet and Binkit, and have several networks configured. You need
to put the node numbers into SCFG, and specify the correct network address when
configuring the message areas.

You can use the same areas.bbs file, just add the Fido echoes with the correct
uplink.

There are a bunch of Fidonet sysops here, ask away!

Hope this helps.

--pF

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