Re: VNet help

> Re: VNet help
>
> > Re: VNet help
> >
> > > Re: VNet help
> > >
> > > > I'm still trying to figure this out. I believe I have Argus co
> > > > correctly and VA32 setup fine. But if I post a message in a vn
> > > > and use vnet /U networkid=1, shouldn't it packet the message f
> > > > Where is it placing the packet?
> > >
> > > It places packets in the VNET directory. Your outgoing messages wou
> > > A0000000.001 which needs to be zipped into Z0000000.001 along with
> > > X0000000.001. Then Z0000000.001 is sent to Doug through Argus.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
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> > Ok, so I see an A000... file and some X000... files.. No Z000...
> >
> > I'm curious, the A00.. file is in my FIDO directory, but I have VNET con
> > to VNET1 directory as per the instructions to have it in its own directo
> > all VNET networks and used for nothing else. I have not posted any test
> > messages in my FIDO message areas, only the VNET.
> >
> > Do you have your FIDO and VNET networks configured for the same dir?
>
> No, they should be seperate.
>
> I use:
> D:\VA\FIDO - FidoNET type networks
> D:\VA\INET - Internet
> D:\VA\VNET - VirtualNET
>
> I'm not sure how Doug sets up stuff, but I like everything seperated.
>
> Under my FIDO directory, I have IN0 and OUT. Then under the OUT directory is
> the various directories for outgoing packets to my networks.
>
> Under my VNET directory I have IN and OUT directories. Argus places incoming
> packets into IN before they are processed and it monitors the OUT directory f
> outgoing packets. I run a batch file every so often that packs up the VNET
> packet if the A file exists and places it into the OUT directory.
>
> The Z file is the actual packet (it is a zip file). VADV should automatically
> create the Z file and it just sits in the VNET directory until the zip trigge
> is reached. The zip trigger (set in vnet config) should be set really high so
> it never occurs. This will ensure the A file never gets zipped up so we can u
> it to determine if there are outgoing messages. To make a VNET packet, you
> simply zip the A and X file into the Z file. The Y file is your subscriptions
> and is already present in the Z file under a different name so it isn't neede
> in the packet. In the old days when you might only dial out once a day for
> packets, VADV would create a B-U file as well which are also messages. Since
> normally poll atleast once an hour, those files are never created.
>
> Once I get the VNET Mailer ready for testing, it will do everything automatic
>
> Steve
>
>
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Thank you Steve. This is great info. So next question, are you running two
instances of Argus? One watching the OUT for FIDO and one watching the OUT for
VNet? Or do you use File-Boxes for the node of your VNet host?


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