1. Forum
  2. fsxNet
  3. Mystic BBS Support

  • Outbound telnet not working

    From sober@21:2/150 to All on Thu Apr 27 06:42:07 2023
    Hi all,

    Pretty sure it's user error but it's had me stumped for hours now.

    I've configured a menu entry to use outbound telnet, fed it an address and a port.

    Every time I hit it, it starts trying to connect to the host, but ultimately seems to time out and says "Unable to connect: Press a key" before giving up entirely.

    I've checked the logs and can't really see anything -- and equally I've checked that the system running Mystic is capable of reaching the hosts I've been trying.

    Some additional details: I'm running it on a raspberry pi, with a 64bit build of Raspberry Pi OS, Mystic version is V1.12 A48.

    Any prods in the right direction would be greatly appreciated!


    Cheers!!

    ... Everyone is entitled to my opinion!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to sober on Thu Apr 27 09:59:24 2023
    On 27 Apr 2023, sober said the following...

    I've configured a menu entry to use outbound telnet, fed it an address
    and a port.

    Every time I hit it, it starts trying to connect to the host, but ultimately seems to time out and says "Unable to connect: Press a key"

    Are you able to telnet from the command line of the pi?

    e.g:

    $ telnet agency.bbs.nz

    It might be that you need to install telnet:

    $ sudo apt install telnet


    Jay

    ... What did one flag say to the other? Nothing, it just waved

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/03/14 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From sober@21:2/150 to Warpslide on Thu Apr 27 16:26:49 2023
    Yeah telnet installed and I'm able to use it fine on the Pi itself - I can actually even directly execute telnet from Mystic and it will work (though have some issues forcing it in to character mode which is partly why i would like to avoid this route!)

    ... We've heard that we may find it rather interesting.. - Picard

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to sober on Thu Apr 27 20:01:13 2023
    On 27 Apr 2023, sober said the following...

    Yeah telnet installed and I'm able to use it fine on the Pi itself - I
    can actually even directly execute telnet from Mystic and it will work

    What does your menu command look like?


    I just set this up and it works from here:

    Action List ------------------------ Access -------- Data
    (IT) Outbound TELNET s255 /addr=agency.bbs.nz

    Line from node1.log:
    2023.04.27 19:55:02 Outbound to agency.bbs.nz:23



    From https://wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menu_commands

    Data: /addr=<hostname> /port=1234

    This command creates a gated terminal session to another terminal server
    using the TELNET protocol. The /addr option must be included. If the
    /port option is not provided then the default port of 23 will be used.


    Jay

    ... If there are only two or three crows it's only an attempted murder

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2023/03/14 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110)
  • From sober@21:2/150 to Warpslide on Thu Apr 27 20:32:17 2023
    Yeah - this is exactly how it's set up

    when I try to use it I get

    Escape squence is CTRL+]
    Connecting to bbswordle.com port 23.
    Unable to connect: Press a key


    Very strange!

    ... I have to call 'em like I see 'em. - Richie Ryan

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbs>>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)