Hey Folks,

I discovered my internet was down today, and it looks like it will be down for most of the day due to a scheduled maintenance window. I know there are quite a few more maintenance windows in the next 2 weeks for my service (probably related to the infrastrucure updates they are doing to the train service nearby).

I'm online via a mobile hotspot (which is not a static address, and probably CGNAT) - so anybody who is set up for crash will get mail as soon as I receive it. Anybody else, you'll get connections timed out until I'm back online.

A while ago, I talked about a VPN service called ZeroTier that I have setup here for BBSing (we use it on TQWnet between the hubs and some BBSes, have done for a couple of years now) and I actually have it setup for FSX as well. It looks like ZeroTier happily switches over to the hotspot when my link goes down - so if you want details on how to join it let me know. With ZeroTier, you'll be able to poll in as normal to get mail.

If your home internet is a CGNAT service (and thus you cannot get inbound connections to your BBS), then ZeroTier may help you as well. Yell out if you want info...


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deon wrote (2023-07-14):

Hey Folks,

I discovered my internet was down today, and it looks like it will be
down for most of the day due to a scheduled maintenance window. I know there are quite a few more maintenance windows in the next 2 weeks for my service (probably related to the infrastrucure updates they are doing to the train service nearby).

I'm online via a mobile hotspot (which is not a static address, and probably CGNAT) - so anybody who is set up for crash will get mail as
soon as I receive it. Anybody else, you'll get connections timed out
until I'm back online.

Your Onion service for the rescue 8-)
Seems to work fine behind CGNAT.

If your home internet is a CGNAT service (and thus you cannot get inbound connections to your BBS), then ZeroTier may help you as well. Yell out if you want info...

It is now after I changed to another ISP. I will fire up my onion service for incoming connections again. Not a big fan of ZeroTier for FTN.

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