Re: Linking PM2E to a BBS...

Robert Hanson (roberth@cet.cet.com)
Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:29:59 -0700 (PDT)

i didnt look at the cable specs yet i use carrier dropping null modem
cables... gcomm specs... had them custom made... when the connection is
closed, boom... it is reall closed with mbbs anyways... did you try
contacting esoft? you can get the cable specs from www.gcomm.com ill bet..

-rh

On Sat, 23 Sep 1995, David Doyle wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> Perhaps one of you has been through this hoop already and can help
> me!
>
> As well as using the PM2E to hook modems into our internet (working
> fine!) we want users to be able to telnet into our BBS (TBBS from eSoft)
> and to break out from the BBS into a shell account on one
> of our unix boxes.
>
> To get the telnet in going I reset the administration telnet port to
> a port other than 23 and then did:
>
> set s29 device /dev/network
> set s29 service_device telnet 23
> set s29 modem off
> reset s29
>
> Great - now I can telnet into the PM but am patched though to s29
> which is wired via a null modem cable into the BBS. The cable is
> wired as follows:
>
> Pins 2 & 3 crossed
> Pins 4 & 5 crossed
> Pin 7 straight through
> Pins 8 & 20 crossed with pin 6 connects to pin 8 each end..
> TBBS is configured to a hard-wired 56700 bps connection.
>
> (use a non-proportional font to view this)
> TBBS PM2E
>
> 2 -----------\ /------------- 2
> X
> 3 -----------/ \------------- 3
>
> 4 -----------\ /------------- 4
> X
> 5 -----------/ \------------- 5
>
> 6 ----+ +---- 6
> | |
> 7 --------------------------- 7
> | |
> 8 ----+------\ /--------+---- 8
> X
> 20-----------/ \------------- 20
>
> Pins 2 & 3 crossed
> Pins 4 & 5 crossed
> Pin 7 straight through
> Pins 8 & 20 crossed with pin 6 connects to pin 8 each end..
>
> The problem is that although I can telnet in the user isn't logged
> out if I break the telnet connection without going through the logout
> menus... ie I can telnet in later and find myself at a menu in someone
> else's account...
>
> Likewise if I connect from the BBS into the unix box and disconnect
> without logging out of unix I find that I can later get into the unix shell
> without logging in...
>
> TBBS has a non-hardwired, fixed baudrate option which I've tried but the
> PM's login string causes the BBS to think someone is logging in all the time...
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks, David
>
> ---
> email -> "David Doyle" <DDOYLE@lgcsb.ie> 4GL Dev Group
> email -> (personal) toppsi@internet-eireann.ie
> org -> Local Government Computer Services Board
> phone -> +353-1-6719977 fax -> +353-1-6718039
> snail -> LGCSB, Phoenix Hse, Conyngham Rd, Dublin 8, Ireland
> also -> Support@toppsi.gn.apc.org and 2:263/151 (fidonet)
> BBS -> +353-1-6790120 (V.34/V.FC on 6 lines)
> BBS -> 20 *online* CD-ROMs - Simtel, CICA, ASP and more!
> BBS -> EFF Member / ASP-Approved / NPTN affiliate / CNE in residence
> * My views are my own - my employer rarely agrees with me anyway! *
>