Does anyone have any experience using Mystic as a QWK HUB / using FTP server to enable nodes to poll in to collect a QWK file?
A) HUB Setup
I've set up a test system (A48) and am feeding it fsxNet echomail areas from 1/100 .. each echomail area has been linked to a QWK network (fsxNet) and assigned a QWK Base ID (as per Dan's old list.. I also added a new ID for FSX_LFE)
Under FTP servers I set port 2121 for FTP and enabled only IPv4 at this time, max nodes set to 5 and defaults for Passive Mode (Yes) and Passive Port (60000) with Show QWK (Root)... not sure if Root is root c:\ or \ or if Root is C:\Mystic?
In Servers > General Options I did have Domain Name set as default (mybbs.com) and note that the logs show when I poll my local IP is the result of the query that comes back from that (unrelated to me) domain name.
In Networking > QWK Networks .. I have set Active Poll to No (as it's not a node) and Network Name to fsxNet with Member Type to HUB, FTP Host, Login, Password are all blank (again because it's not being set as a node) and Use Passive is also set to No (I don't think it matters as this is a node specific setting?).
For Packet ID I set FSXQWK and stuck with ZIP as the archive and opted for Use QWKE to Yes.
... so that's the initial set up and I'm am polling from a client PC to the QWK HUB PC over my LAN... nothing external at this time.
I created a test user at this HUB system and set them as a QWK account and assigned the fsxNet QWK network I had defined for them.
I logged in as that test user to the HUB and made sure the user was active against all echos and set a last scan pointer for some months prior to ensure all older messages would be picked up.
B) Client Setup
The client/node test system also uses A48 and under Networking > QWK Networks
I have set up an entry with Active Poll to yes, the network name of fsxNet, member type = node, the FTP host is the LAN IP and port of the HUB system I am testing against, my user name and login, use passive = yes, packet ID is FSXQWK, archive is ZIP and use QWKE is yes.
HUB logs show this
--------------------- Mystic v1.12 A48 2023/01/15 Fri, Dec 29 2023 (loglevel 3)
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 MANAGER Starting event system
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 MANAGER Starting 1 server(s)
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 FTP Data port range 60000 to 60004
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 EVENT Starting 3 event(s)
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 FTP Listening on IPV4 port 2121 using interface "0.0.0.0"
+ 2023.12.29 09:33:59 FTP Resolving domain:
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:56 FTP > Connect on slot 1/5 (192.168.1.38)
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:56 FTP 1-HostName PH2018
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:56 FTP 1-S: 220 Mystic FTP server ready
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:56 FTP 1-C: USER Data: sam
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:56 FTP 1-S: 331 User name okay, need password.
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-C: PASS
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-S: 230 User logged in, proceed.
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-Logged in as sam
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-C: TYPE Data: I
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-S: 200 All files sent in BINARY mode.
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-C: MODE Data: S
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-S: 200 STREAM mode.
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-C: PASV Data:
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-S: 227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,130,234,96).
+ 2023.12.29 09:34:57 FTP 1-C: RETR Data: FSXQWK.qwk
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:02 FTP 1-Exported 8361
[email protected]
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:03 FTP 1-S: 125 Data connection already open
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:03 FTP 1-Sending: c:\mystic-qwkgate\tempq405\FSXQWK.qwk
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:03 FTP 1-Send complete
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:03 FTP 1-S: 226 Closing data connection.
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:03 FTP 1-Connection closed
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:32 MANAGER Server shutdown received from console
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:32 MANAGER Shutdown: EVENT
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:32 MANAGER Shutdown: FTP
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:32 MANAGER Waiting for servers to stop (up to 30 seconds)
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:33 EVENT Event system stopped
+ 2023.12.29 09:35:33 MANAGER Shutdown complete
and client log shows this
Dec 29 09:35:02 QWKPOLL Startup (v1.12 A48 Windows/64 Compiled 2023/01/15 15:30:04)
Dec 29 09:35:02 Exchanging Mail for fsxNet
Dec 29 09:35:03 Exported @FSXQWK.rep -> 0 msgs
Dec 29 09:35:03 Connecting via FTP to 192.168.1.130:2121
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:220 Mystic FTP server ready
Dec 29 09:35:03 Connected
Dec 29 09:35:03 Local IP is 64.31.42.235
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:USER sam
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:331 User name okay, need password.
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:PASS <not shown>
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:230 User logged in, proceed.
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:TYPE I
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:200 All files sent in BINARY mode.
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:MODE S
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:200 STREAM mode.
Dec 29 09:35:03 Logged in as sam
Dec 29 09:35:03 Downloading QWK packet
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:PASV
Dec 29 09:35:03 R:227 Entering Passive Mode (192,168,1,130,234,96).
Dec 29 09:35:03 S:RETR FSXQWK.qwk
Dec 29 09:35:10 R:125 Data connection already open
Dec 29 09:35:10 Unable to open data connection
I'm not sure why there is this data connection already open error, but I have tried a few different attempts and settings across both client and HUB to no avail as yes. I've also restarted both HUB MIS a few times but that seems to make no difference.
On the PC hosting the test QWK HUB I have also enabled TCP and UDP bi-directional traffic for the firewall on the box, and done this for both MIS and QWKPOLL.
The niggle seems to be getting an acceptable FTP poll/connection from the client/node with the HUB. I think the HUB may be doing the echomail <> QWK gating OK but can't be sure yet as I can't get an (on the fly) QWK packet downloaded from the HUB to check.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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
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