Server migration is complete, but having just a couple of problems....

1) I have 4 instances of Mystic running, 3 can see the SSH stuff including Cryptlib, but 1 can't. The OpenSSH folder IS in the path statement, this has been verified.

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file and the .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are able to connect to
the MRC server.

3) NONE of my external doors are able to connect to the servers. Doorparty, BBSlink, and Exodus all just drop me back to my doors menu. All three are listed in the path statement, I've double checked all the .bat and config
files to make sure everything is pointing to the correct locations. But I
just can't seem to get any of my non MPL doors to work.

Other than those, the boards are working fine. Networks and message bases and file areas are all functioning as they should.

Please help.

-Dallas Vinson

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Before the Web (21:4/102)

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file and the .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are able to connect to the MRC server.

Pardon my ignorance on your setup. First thoughts:
1. Are you running these inside a LAN with NAT?
2. Are you able to connect TO them from the outside world?
3. Is your router somehow blocking outbound?
4. If in a VM, is the VM setup on the LAN network through shared/bridged? Or
is it setup on a local network which would isolate it from the outside world? 5. Can you ping the relay server?
6. Did any of this EVER work?

Cheers,

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A44 2020/01/28 (Linux/64)
* Origin: deadbeatz.org (21:2/123)

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file and the .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are able to connect to the MRC server.

Make sure you don't hammer the server with your testing otherwise you'll get into La-La-Land for some time. The server is being hammered like crazy and I have a somewhat aggressive banning policy in place. All is temporary and auto-unban but it may explain.

Stop all the Python clients, wait for 30 minutes and try on one to see if it works.

Cheers!

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--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Bottomless Abyss BBS * bbs.bottomlessabyss.net (21:1/172)

1) I have 4 instances of Mystic running, 3 can see the SSH stuff
including Cryptlib, but 1 can't. The OpenSSH folder IS in the path statement, this has been verified.

Mystic does not use OpenSSH at all.

If you are using Windows 32-bit then it will be looking for "cl32.dll" and if you're using Windows 64-bit then it will be looking for "cl64.dll". You can try to drop those .DLL files into the root Mystic BBS directory for whatever install isn't working to see if that helps.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A44 2020/02/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Sector 7 (21:1/108)

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file and t .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are able to connect to the MRC server.

Pardon my ignorance on your setup. First thoughts:
1. Are you running these inside a LAN with NAT?

They are on a LAN, I have no idea about NAT, I don't have anything to do with the networking setup in the house. I tell my net admin what ports I need forwarded, he grumbles about me opening to much of the network to the outside world and then does it.

2. Are you able to connect TO them from the outside world?

yes.

3. Is your router somehow blocking outbound?

Nope, because I'm able to make network connections just fine, as you can see.

4. If in a VM, is the VM setup on the LAN network through
shared/bridged? Or is it setup on a local network which would isolate it from the outside world?

I don't use VM's

5. Can you ping the relay server?

No idea what you're talking about.

6. Did any of this EVER work?

Yes, everything worked fine on the old machine.
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-Dallas Vinson

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Before the Web (21:4/102)

5. Can you ping the relay server?

No idea what you're talking about.

Try: "ping mrc.bottomlessabyss.net"

6. Did any of this EVER work?

Yes, everything worked fine on the old machine.

But it never worked on the new machine, correct? So what's different, well probably port 5000 on the firewall is blocking outbound or iptables. I would say to do a tcpdump and monitor port traffic for
mrc.bottomlessabyss.net

Try a traceroute: "traceroute mrc.bottomlessabyss.net" and see if you get a roundtrip.

If you want some hands on help let me know and I can dig into it
with you. I love troubleshooting this crap.

I'm always available via
-BBS: deadbeatz.org
-Email: analog@deadbeatz.org
-Skype: analog@deadbeatz.org

Cheers,

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|08:>.|15S|08ci |1577|08:|151|08/|15131|08.
|08:>.|11T|03qw |111337|08:|113|08/|1113|08.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A44 2020/02/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: deadbeatz.org (21:2/123)

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are ab connect to the MRC server.

Lupine,

I just realized you're on windows so most of the commands I gave you won't work.

Check Windows firewall for blocking things. One thing you can do is exempt
that Python mrc script to allow in/out 5000. I believe the mrc_client will
pick a dynamic port for outbound so it shouldn't need 5000 specifically in
the firewall.

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|08:>.|15S|08ci |1577|08:|151|08/|15131|08.
|08:>.|11T|03qw |111337|08:|113|08/|1113|08.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A44 2020/02/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: deadbeatz.org (21:2/123)

UPDATE

1) I have 4 instances of Mystic running, 3 can see the SSH stuff
including Cryptlib, but 1 can't. The OpenSSH folder IS in the path statement, this has been verified.

Still not sure about this one. I looked for the files that g00r00 suggested
and couldn't find them on my system anywhere.

2) MRC can not connect to the server, have checked the .py file and the .mps and even recompiled the .mps, but none of the 4 BBS' are able to connect to the MRC server.
3) NONE of my external doors are able to connect to the servers. Doorparty, BBSlink, and Exodus all just drop me back to my doors menu.
All three are listed in the path statement, I've double checked all the .bat and config files to make sure everything is pointing to the correct locations. But I just can't seem to get any of my non MPL doors to work.

BOTH of these issue corrected. Turns out that when I locked the computers IP
to a static number it was no longer getting the DNS addresses. So once I
locked in the 2 IP addresses for Google Fibers DNS everything started working again.
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-Dallas Vinson

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A38 2018/01/01 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Before the Web (21:4/102)

On 05 Feb 2020, Lupine Furmen said the following...

UPDATE

connect to the MRC server.
3) NONE of my external doors are able to connect to the servers. Doorparty, BBSlink, and Exodus all just drop me back to my doors menu All three are listed in the path statement, I've double checked all t .bat and config files to make sure everything is pointing to the corr locations. But I just can't seem to get any of my non MPL doors to wo

BOTH of these issue corrected. Turns out that when I locked the
computers IP to a static number it was no longer getting the DNS addresses. So once I locked in the 2 IP addresses for Google Fibers DNS everything started working again.

Like me and echicken said, probably a DNS issue. Glad to see it's fixed!

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A44 2020/02/02 (Linux/64)
* Origin: throwbackbbs.com -\- meriden, ct -\- (21:1/114)

Still not sure about this one. I looked for the files that g00r00 suggested and couldn't find them on my system anywhere.

If you're in Windows and you need Cryptlib you can download it at:

www.mysticbbs.com/downloads/wincryptlib.rar

For more information you can find the process here for all platforms:

http://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=cryptlib

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 2019/03/03 (Windows/32)
* Origin: |08--[|15!|07dreamland BBS bbs.dreamlandbbs.org (21:1/163)