[nos-bbs] user notes - properly setting up 'mycall' and 'bbscall' ...

[Andre v Schayk]

Jay Nugent schreef:

>Greetings Maiko,
>
>On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Maiko Langelaar (ve4klm) wrote:
>
>  
>
>>One problem that has stumped me (and anyone connecting to my system)
>>for a long time, is why do I have to hit a key to get the BBS prompt
>>after I connect to my JNOS system from outside ?
>>
>>In other words, why am I not getting the jumpstart ?
>>
>>The manual clearly states, make sure 'ax25 mycall' and 'ax25 bbscall'
>>are NOT the same ! Well, what do you know, mine were identical.
>>
>>So now, my configuration is set to the following :
>>
>>    ax25 mycall ve4klm-1
>>    ax25 alias klm
>>    ax25 bbscall ve4klm
>>
>>Jumpstart now works like a charm. Any connect to 've4klm' results
>>in receiving an instant BBS prompt. No more key to hit to get it.
>>    
>>
>
>   MYCALL is the callsign of the "Node".  xNOS is primarily a router,
>afterall, the BBS stuff was added later. As with NetROM and other 'node'
>devices, it does not give a prompt but instead sits there waiting for
>input (presumably a command from another node).  No logon banner is needed
>when all another node needs to do is say 'c ax0 nx9abc' and get on with
>setting up a next connection.
>  
>
There is another reason you need to hit enter before you get the promt 
when connecting to mycall, At the first connection Jnos has no idea what 
protocoll (and subsystem) is to be used untill at least one pid is 
recieved, it could be plain text, tcpip or netrom. If Jnos would always 
give the bbs promt the connecting system might conclude that tcpip is 
not afailable and break the attempt off.

73 de Andre PE1RDW