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  • Hobby-Net Setup

    From BiggieB@VERT to all on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 12:40:25
    I have been trying to get Hobby-Net to work correctly with Synchronet 3.21e and I keep running into an issue. BINKPOLL seems to work fine but BINKOUT keeps appending "fidonet" to the DNS address and does not use the DNS name I have configured "phoenix.bnbbbs.net" in the BinkP/settings/host parameter or append @hobbynet.

    What could I be doing wrong? I have FidoNet and DOVE-Net working perfectly but struggling with HobbyNet for some reason.

    BINKPOLL:
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL Running native timed event: ?binkit -p
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.42 invoked with options: -p
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 954:100/1@hobbynet
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 954:100/1@hobbynet started
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL Connecting to 954:100/1@hobbynet at phoenix.bnbbbs.net:24554
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL Peer version: binkd/1.1a-115/OS2
    4/8 12:21:49p BINKPOLL Authentication successful: non-secure
    4/8 12:21:50p BINKPOLL Timed event: '?binkit -p' returned 0

    BINKOUT:
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT Running native timed event: ?binkit
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT BinkIT/2.42 invoked with options:
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT Attempting callout for 954:100/1, file: C:\SBBS\fido\outbound.3ba\00640001.out
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT JSBinkP/4 callout to 954:100/1 started
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT Connecting to 954:100/1@fidonet at f1.n100.z954.binkp.net:24554
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT Connection to f1.n100.z954.binkp.net:24554 failed (Error: No such host is known. ).
    4/8 12:23:14p BINKOUT Timed event: '?binkit' returned 0

    -Thanks!
    Brian
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to BiggieB on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 10:12:05
    Re: Hobby-Net Setup
    By: BiggieB to all on Wed Apr 08 2026 12:40 pm


    I have been trying to get Hobby-Net to work correctly with Synchronet 3.21e and I keep running into an issue. BINKPOLL seems to work fine but BINKOUT keeps appending "fidonet" to the DNS address and does not use the DNS name I have configured "phoenix.bnbbbs.net" in the BinkP/settings/host parameter or append @hobbynet.

    What could I be doing wrong? I have FidoNet and DOVE-Net working perfectly but struggling with HobbyNet for some reason.

    Take a look at your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini file. My guess is you have an @domain specified for the other othernets, but not HobbyNet.
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  • From BiggieB@VERT to Digital Man on Wednesday, April 08, 2026 15:13:05
    That was it! Thanks a bunch :)

    -Brian
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