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  • Feature request?

    From Accession@1:103/705 to All on Sat May 16 08:25:32 2020
    Hello All,

    Upon connecting to my own system via telnet (over LAN), I see this:

    CLIENT CONN: Telnet connection established at 30000 bps
    ADDR: _gateway [192.168.1.1]
    SERVER NAME: The Pharcyde located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
    ADDR: pharcyde.org available via Telnet, Web, FTP, and NNTP
    NODE: 1 [of 7] Linux 5.6.13-arch1-1 x86_64
    DATE: 05/16/20
    TIME: 08:23 am Central Time
    ADMN: Accession

    Can the ADDR: part be changed up so that if you are in fact over a LAN, it could show the client's hostname rather than '_gateway'? At the moment it's just showing my router's IP address.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20181215
    # Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (723:1/1)
    þ Synchronet þ thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Rampage@1:103/705 to Accession on Sat May 16 10:57:54 2020
    Re: Feature request?
    By: Accession to All on Sat May 16 2020 08:25:32


    Accession> Can the ADDR: part be changed up so that if you are in fact
    Accession> over a LAN, it could show the client's hostname rather than
    Accession> '_gateway'? At the moment it's just showing my router's IP
    Accession> address.

    this has to do with how your modem/router is doing hairpinning... in this case, it would be easier to add your domain to your terminal's hosts file with the internal LAN ip... that way, the client terminal will (properly) connect directly to your BBS and then its IP and name can/will be displayed as you desire...


    FWIW: i removed that whole connection screen from my setup... it is cool but so many sync systems have it and i wanted something different ;)


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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Accession@1:103/705 to Rampage on Sat May 16 11:41:58 2020
    Hello Rampage,

    On Sat May 16 2020 10:57:54, Rampage wrote to Accession:

    this has to do with how your modem/router is doing hairpinning... in
    this case, it would be easier to add your domain to your terminal's
    hosts file with the internal LAN ip... that way, the client terminal
    will (properly) connect directly to your BBS and then its IP and name can/will be displayed as you desire...

    My hosts file is setup properly and always has been, but thank you for the suggestion. I realized I was actually telnetting to my domain from inside my LAN, probably originally as a test to make sure the DNS was working. Using the actual local IP address within the LAN fixed the issue.

    FWIW: i removed that whole connection screen from my setup... it is
    cool but so many sync systems have it and i wanted something different
    ;)

    Making your own choices is great, isn't it? ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20181215
    # Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (723:1/1)
    þ Synchronet þ thePharcyde_ telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin)
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Accession on Sat May 16 13:21:00 2020
    Re: Feature request?
    By: Accession to All on Sat May 16 2020 08:25 am

    Hello All,

    Upon connecting to my own system via telnet (over LAN), I see this:

    CLIENT CONN: Telnet connection established at 30000 bps
    ADDR: _gateway [192.168.1.1]
    SERVER NAME: The Pharcyde located in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
    ADDR: pharcyde.org available via Telnet, Web, FTP, and NNTP
    NODE: 1 [of 7] Linux 5.6.13-arch1-1 x86_64
    DATE: 05/16/20
    TIME: 08:23 am Central Time
    ADMN: Accession

    Can the ADDR: part be changed up so that if you are in fact over a LAN, it could show the client's hostname rather than '_gateway'? At the moment it's just showing my router's IP address.

    Normally, it would. It sounds like maybe your client is the other side of a NAT from the BBS.

    digital man

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    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to Digital Man on Sat May 16 21:19:54 2020
    Hello Digital,

    On Sat May 16 2020 13:21:00, Digital Man wrote to Accession:

    Can the ADDR: part be changed up so that if you are in fact over a
    LAN, it could show the client's hostname rather than '_gateway'? At
    the moment it's just showing my router's IP address.

    Normally, it would. It sounds like maybe your client is the other side
    of a NAT from the BBS.

    Yeah. If I connect to the LAN IP address of SBBS it works as expected. I was connecting to my DNS (probably for reasons of making sure the DNS still works). Realized it after I posted, sorry. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20181215
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)