Hey there, hope your weekend (or is it a Friday for you?) is going well.

I've been watching some Australian motor sport today (Bathurst 1000) which runs across several days. Today there was some racing but the top 10 shootout stuff was called off due to rain. I think the main race should run OK tomorrow.

Anywhoo just a heads up that I am playing with fsxnet.nz at the moment, I figured it needed some more love so have opted to blow up the static site I had and swap it out with a wiki to serve up the content.

I figure I can work to migrate content from wiki.fsxnet.nz that still is valid across to the fsxnet.nz site over time. I also think by using a wiki as the basis for the site I can work to slowly add other helpful info in a structured way that will help people set up their BBS, learn about other BBS software etc. etc.

I'm just starting to play with finding ways to copy over files from the infopack like systems.txt to see if I can get them to display as a page on the wiki. I figure asides the issues with things not looking so great when you display a txt file in a mobile view it should at least allow for more people using the website to discover BBS that are part of fsxNet and see the updates in history.txt etc.

Perhaps there are better ways to do things, any suggestions welcome. I am going to cross post this in fsx_gen and fsx_net but if you have feedback etc. please take it to fsx_gen

Thanks :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Anywhoo just a heads up that I am playing with fsxnet.nz at the
moment, I figured it needed some more love so have opted to blow up
the static site I had and swap it out with a wiki to serve up the
content.

Hey the wiki looks good! I like the theme.

I figure I can work to migrate content from wiki.fsxnet.nz that still
is valid across to the fsxnet.nz site over time. I also think by using
a wiki as the basis for the site I can work to slowly add other
helpful info in a structured way that will help people set up their
BBS, learn about other BBS software etc. etc.

Yeah, easier to maintain one wiki rather than two, and last time I
checked the wiki.fsxnet.nz looked a bit dated.

Is it possible to get a lets encrypt cert for the fsxnet.nz? They're
free, just not sure if your web host supports it? Might be better if it's
https

Andrew


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On 08 Oct 2022 at 05:47p, apam pondered and said...

Hey the wiki looks good! I like the theme.

Thanks :)

Yeah, easier to maintain one wiki rather than two, and last time I
checked the wiki.fsxnet.nz looked a bit dated.

I agree, I plan to retire it / merge what we can into fsxnet.nz

Is it possible to get a lets encrypt cert for the fsxnet.nz? They're
free, just not sure if your web host supports it? Might be better if it's https

Hmm, my webhost set one up for the domain, so if you go to https://fsxnet.nz it *should* work?

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Hmm, my webhost set one up for the domain, so if you go to
https://fsxnet.nz it *should* work?

It does!

Andrew


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On 08 Oct 2022 at 07:05p, apam pondered and said...

It does!

will reply in fsx_net

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I've been watching some Australian motor sport today (Bathurst 1000) which runs across several days. Today there was some racing but the top 10 shootout stuff was called off due to rain. I think the main race should run OK tomorrow.

Yesterday they were expecting today to be at least as wet as yesterday. The weather radar looks clear at the moment, but they do still have a forecast
for showers today. Looking forward to it myself too, although with current cars in use I feel its a shadow of its former self.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR961.loop.shtml#skip
If you're interested in the doppler radar imaging.

Spec


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On 09 Oct 2022 at 07:29a, Spectre pondered and said...

Yesterday they were expecting today to be at least as wet as yesterday. The weather radar looks clear at the moment, but they do still have a forecast for showers today. Looking forward to it myself too, although with current cars in use I feel its a shadow of its former self.

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR961.loop.shtml#skip
If you're interested in the doppler radar imaging.

Thanks :)

Yep started watching it now, looks like it should be mostly dry today, but you never know :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going' avon[at]bbs.nz | bbs.nz | fsxnet.nz

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Unable to connect to nightvault.fsxnet.nz -- is the domain down?

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if fsxnet.nz
doesn't work. =p

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On 29 Jan 2022 at 08:37p, fang-castro pondered and said...

Unable to connect to nightvault.fsxnet.nz -- is the domain down?

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if fsxnet.nz doesn't work. =p

Sorry yes it was for a few hours today, it's back up now. Will post more in a sec :)

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On 01-29-22 20:37, fang-castro wrote to Avon <=-

Unable to connect to nightvault.fsxnet.nz -- is the domain down?

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if fsxnet.nz doesn't work. =p

fsxnet.nz hasn't resolved for a while. Have you taken it down Avon?


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Avon wrote (2022-01-30):

On 29 Jan 2022 at 08:37p, fang-castro pondered and said...

Unable to connect to nightvault.fsxnet.nz -- is the domain down?

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if
fsxnet.nz doesn't work. =p

Sorry yes it was for a few hours today, it's back up now. Will post more
in a sec :)

I told you so: single point of failure ;)

(just teasing)

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Hello Oli!

30 Jan 22 20:33, you wrote to Avon:

Unable to connect to nightvault.fsxnet.nz -- is the domain down?

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if
fsxnet.nz doesn't work. =p

Sorry yes it was for a few hours today, it's back up now. Will
post more in a sec :)

I told you so: single point of failure ;)

It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the same time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

If I'd known he was going to do that the old secondary would have been left running for a short time.



Vorlon


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On 31 Jan 2022 at 10:50a, Vorlon pondered and said...

It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the same time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

If I'd known he was going to do that the old secondary would have been left running for a short time.

It should be updated now. I did have some issues getting the zone transfer to send to you, but should be sorted now. Thanks :)

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On 30 Jan 2022 at 08:33p, Oli pondered and said...

I told you so: single point of failure ;)
(just teasing)

:) all good, it was a double whammy as there is a second NS but it just changed IP at the same time the one I run was down... should be sorted now - I hope :)

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Hello Avon!

31 Jan 22 16:17, you wrote to me:

It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the
same time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

If I'd known he was going to do that the old secondary would have
been left running for a short time.

It should be updated now. I did have some issues getting the zone
transfer to send to you, but should be sorted now. Thanks :)

Yeah, having to move services and re-configure things can be a pain, and then when they don't behave!



Vorlon


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Avon wrote (2022-01-31):

On 30 Jan 2022 at 08:33p, Oli pondered and said...

I told you so: single point of failure ;)
(just teasing)

:) all good, it was a double whammy as there is a second NS but it just changed IP at the same time the one I run was down... should be sorted
now - I hope :)

what-ever can happen will happen ;)

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Vorlon wrote (2022-01-31):

Anyone trying to connect please use tos.synchronetbbs.org if
fsxnet.nz doesn't work. =p

Sorry yes it was for a few hours today, it's back up now. Will
post more in a sec :)

I told you so: single point of failure ;)

It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the same
time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

If facebook can fuck up their DNS (by accidentally killing all routes to their global network and locking out their own employees from internal apps and offices), so can we ;).

But the single "point of failure" was more referring to the fact that all hubs are listed with their fsxnet.nz domain. There is more than can go wrong with a domain name than non-reachable nameservers: zone file misconfiguration, registration/renewal problems, ...

And net[2-5].fsxnet.nz are only CNAMEs, so it's also an additional point of failure.

May I suggest that we add the original domain (CNAME) in the NODELIST? Like:

....,INA:net4.fsxnet.nz,INA:bbs.castlerockbbs.com,...

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Hello Oli!

01 Feb 22 23:00, you wrote to me:

I told you so: single point of failure ;)

It was also due to the secondary dns server changing ip's at the
same time, and Avon not having adjusted his configs.

If facebook can fuck up their DNS (by accidentally killing all routes
to their global network and locking out their own employees from
internal apps and offices), so can we ;).

But on a smaller scale! The things are held together with sticky tape and glue. Something will always break when you
don't expect it. #-(

And net[2-5].fsxnet.nz are only CNAMEs, so it's also an additional
point of failure.

May I suggest that we add the original domain (CNAME) in the NODELIST? Like:

....,INA:net4.fsxnet.nz,INA:bbs.castlerockbbs.com,...

I don't control what gets put into the zone file! Take that up with Avon/Paul....



Vorlon


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