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56cee9f2
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56cee9f2
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18 years ago
by
rswindell
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Added SSH (TCP port 22), notes on FTP Look Passive IP feature, and V.92 modem
upstreams are up to 48Kbps.
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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ to Internet clients and which ports you have configured those servers and servic
<table
border=
1
>
<tr
valign=
"top"
align=
"left"
><th>
Protocol
<th>
Port
<th>
Comments
<tr
valign=
"top"
><td
nowrap
>
Telnet
<td
nowrap
>
TCP 23
<td>
For Telnet logins (highly recommended)
<tr
valign=
"top"
><td
nowrap
>
SSH
<td
nowrap
>
TCP 22
<td>
For SecureShell logins (recommended)
<tr
valign=
"top"
><td>
RLogin
<td
nowrap
>
TCP 513
<td>
Optional for quick-login from RLogin clients (e.g. SyncTerm)
<tr
valign=
"top"
><td>
SMTP
<td
nowrap
>
TCP 25
<td>
Necessary for receiving Internet e-mail and inter-bbs instant messages
<tr
valign=
"top"
><td>
POP3
<td
nowrap
>
TCP 110
<td>
Allows BBS users to check their e-mail using standard Internet mail clients (e.g. Outlook Express)
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@@ -314,7 +315,14 @@ ftp> dir
<p>
Use an FTP client that supports passive mode
<b>
and
</b>
can display all the responses received-from
the FTP server to help identify this particular problem. The FTP client must be running on a system
<i>
outside
</i>
your private network,
so you may need a friend to assist you with this.
<p>
If you have a dynamically-assigned IP address (via DHCP), then your IP address may change at some point,
so setting the
<tt>
PasvIpAddress
</tt>
to a specific IP address may not be a long term solution for your FTP Server.
In Synchronet v3.14a and later, you can
enable the new
<i>
Lookup Passive IP
</i>
feature by checking the
<i>
Lookup
</i>
checkbox on the
<i>
Passive
</i>
tab of the
<i>
FTP Server Configuration Dialog
</i>
in SBBSCTRL-Win32, or by adding
<tt>
LOOKUP_PASV_IP
</tt>
to the
<tt>
Options
</tt>
value in the
<tt>
[FTP]
</tt>
section of your
<tt>
ctrl/sbbs.ini
</tt>
file. This option instructs
the Synchronet FTP Server to perform a DNS hostname lookup on your BBS's public hostname and use the resulting IP address
(which
<b>
should
</b>
be your BBS's public IP address) in passive responses.
<p>
<li>
If your firewall cannot dynamically open/forward FTP PASV data ports for incoming passive FTP data connections, you can
specifiy a limited
<i>
range
</i>
of TCP port numbers to use for passive transfers by modifying the
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@@ -387,8 +395,8 @@ Depends on what those clients will be doing while connected. Here are some facts
they are primarily using your
<i>
upstream
</i>
channel.
<p>
So if you have a 1.5Mbps/128Kbps DSL connection, your
<i>
downstream
</i>
is 1.5Mbps while your
<i>
upstream
</i>
is only 128Kbps.
If you have a
"
56K
"
dial-up connection
s
, for example, your
<i>
downstream
</i>
is probably
in the 43-53Kbps range while your
<i>
upstream
</i>
bandwidth cannot be any more than 33.6Kbps.
If you have a
"
56K
"
dial-up connection, for example, your
<i>
downstream
</i>
is probably
in the 43-53Kbps range while your
<i>
upstream
</i>
bandwidth cannot be any more than 33.6Kbps
(or 48Kbps for V.92 modems)
.
<p>
If you are lucky enough to have an
<b><u>
S
</u>
DSL
</b>
or other type of
<i>
symmetrical
</i>
Internet connection,
then both your upstream and downstream channels are of the same bandwidth.
<p>
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