Subj : Re: MBBSEMU...
To : Gamgee
From : Shurato
Date : Sat Dec 20 2025 03:20 pm
* In a message originally to Shurato, Gamgee said:
> -=> Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-
> Sh> * In a message originally to Shurato, Gamgee said:
> > -=> Shurato wrote to Gamgee <=-
> > > -=> Shurato wrote to All <=-
> > > Sh> Can anyone connect to the server from an external machine?
> > >Ga> "Connect to the server"... What server?
> > Sh> the rlogin mbbsemu serer.
> > All right, I'll just give up then.
> Sh> How does that not answer your question? You run mbbsemu with
> commands
> Sh> and it answers connection attempts from rlogin clients.
> Well, ... what's the server's address/port? You didn't say. I never
> heard of something called "mbbsemu", either.
mbbsemu is a way for sysops to run majorbbs doors on their bbs's. It's not
available externally, only on my network and not even that, only from that
one machine.
> Sh> If I try to connect to that server from outside the machine it is
> Sh> running on, it refuses to connect. If I try to connect internally,
> Sh> it works fine.
> This makes it VERY clear that it's an "open port" problem. Either the
> (unknown to anyone but you) port that the rlogin server is running on is
> not open, or there is something (firewall) in the way, blocking it.
> Based on what you've said above, it can't be ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
I'm allowing mbbsemu.exe to the private and public network. I'm allowing the
ports inbound; I've already mentioned that.
> So that's what needs to be looked at to solve this problem.
And I've looked at that. I'm trying to see if anyone else has gotten this to
work.
