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    From Deon George@3:633/509.1 to Andrew Leary on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 05:55:52
    Hey Andrew,

    Can you give me an example what nodelist entries are required for mbse to
    make an IFCICO call, not a BINKP call?

    I'm trying to connect to a DOS bbs running Portal of Power (initiating an
    EMSI session). If I start mbico directly, manually with -t ifc, it connects happily.

    However, if I have IFC in the nodelist or anything other than IBN, then the "URL" is blank and it doesnt call. As soon as a port IBN in the nodelist, it reverts to binkp://...

    My knowledge of C is not very good - and I've been looking through the code today and cannot figure out how getnlent() is working that out...

    ...deon

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Chinwag | MysticBBS in Docker! (3:633/509.1)
  • From Deon George@3:633/509.1 to Deon George on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 06:51:33
    On 09/18/18, Deon George said the following...
    Can you give me an example what nodelist entries are required for mbse to make an IFCICO call, not a BINKP call?

    Isnt it annoying, you spend hours trying to work this out and then you post
    the mail for "help", then seconds later you figure it out ! Argh...

    I needed IFC as one of my flags - so its I'm now a step closer.

    Its not calling, but the logs are showing a poll created and this:

    + 18-Sep-2018 16:48:40 mbtask[25] Flavor Out Size Online Modem
    ISDN TCP/IP Calls Status Mode Address
    - 18-Sep-2018 16:48:40 mbtask[25] callstatus(124), unknown
    + 18-Sep-2018 16:48:40 mbtask[25] ..N..P .M.. .. 431 00000003 00000000 00000000 00000002 101 ERROR None 3:633/509.2

    So I've got some more debugging to do...

    ...deon

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 2018/04/21 (Raspberry Pi/32)
    * Origin: Chinwag | MysticBBS in Docker! (3:633/509.1)
  • From Andrew Leary@1:320/219 to Deon George on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 02:51:55
    Hello Deon!

    18 Sep 18 05:55, you wrote to me:

    Can you give me an example what nodelist entries are required for mbse
    to make an IFCICO call, not a BINKP call?

    Check your TCP/IP flags entry in mbsetup 1.14.3. By default, MBSE will only enable protocols that are listed there.

    Mine is set to:

    IBN,IFC,ITN:60177,XX,CM

    I'm trying to connect to a DOS bbs running Portal of Power (initiating
    an EMSI session). If I start mbico directly, manually with -t ifc, it connects happily.

    However, if I have IFC in the nodelist or anything other than IBN,
    then the "URL" is blank and it doesnt call. As soon as a port IBN in
    the nodelist, it reverts to binkp://...

    MBSE will always use BinkP if both options are available, as BinkP is more efficient. To override, you can override the flags for the node in question.

    Andrew

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net (1:320/219)
  • From Vince Coen@2:250/1 to Deon George on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 15:57:41
    Hello Deon!

    Tuesday September 18 2018 06:51, you wrote to you:

    On 09/18/18, Deon George said the following...
    Can you give me an example what nodelist entries are required for
    mbse to make an IFCICO call, not a BINKP call?

    Isnt it annoying, you spend hours trying to work this out and then you
    post the mail for "help", then seconds later you figure it out !
    Argh...

    I needed IFC as one of my flags - so its I'm now a step closer.

    Its not calling, but the logs are showing a poll created and this:

    + 18-Sep-2018 16:48:40 mbtask[25] Flavor Out Size Online
    Modem ISDN TCP/IP Calls Status Mode Address - 18-Sep-2018
    16:48:40 mbtask[25] callstatus(124), unknown + 18-Sep-2018 16:48:40 mbtask[25] ..N..P .M.. .. 431 00000003 00000000
    00000000 00000002 101 ERROR None 3:633/509.2

    So I've got some more debugging to do...

    If in doubt also look at log/mbtask.log and see if it can or cannot find a method to call with.

    E.g., for me if it is a modem connection only it will repoort has no method as I no longer run modems.

    So now if I can a node I double check that they are on INA service and if not send routed.

    Vince

    --- Mageia Linux v6/Mbse v1.0.7.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)