Subj : Re: NET 4 Changes
To : All
From : Avon
Date : Thu Mar 28 2024 10:40 am
On 17 Mar 2024 at 02:13p, Avon pondered and said...
Av> Please ensure you are polling net4.fsxnet.nz:24560
another reminder if you are a NET 4 node please ensure you have the above domain name and port set up to poll the 21:4/100 HUB.
Av> When we cut over to the new NET 4 HUB instance I will update the DNS
Av> records to point to the new HUB.
Av>
Av> I plan to do this on 31 March (my time in New Zealand, or likely to be
Av> 30 March elsewhere in the world)... and when I do we will ensure the
Av> file and echomail links to the 'old' HUB will be closed down. I'll then
Av> ask Dan to shutdown that server.
this is coming the in the next few days.
Av> I'm picking if some sysops who run their BBS on 'auto' then login to
Av> find no new traffic on fsxNet they may come calling to me then. We'll
Av> that's the thinking..
Av>
Av> I am also aware that there are a number of inactive nodes in NET 4 and
Av> plan to prune them in early April once the cut over is done. In the
Av> meantime I have taken over NET 4 nodelist segment duties and marked a
Av> number of nodes a 'Down' that appear to be long inactive based on stats
Av> Dan's system is posting each day to the Stats echo.
..as is this :)
Final call, all NET 4 nodes.. ding ding...
Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz
