Re: Packet BBSes on ax25d

[David Ranch <linux-hams@trinnet.net>]

Hello Stuart,

FBB does get some attention now and then but I wouldn't call it active 
development.  I would make sure you're running the newer version to void 
known issues:

     "xd705f" is the newest as of 6/2013 is the newest  - 
http://f6bvp.free.fr/logiciels/BBS-f6fbb/xd705f-src.tar.bz2


There is also Jnos which is probably under more development than FBB:

http://www.langelaar.net/projects/jnos2/about.html


Speaking of BBSes and Outpost, the local ARES/RACES team here in Silicon 
Valley (Santa Clara) have done a bang up job at building a multi-node 
packet system using JNOS supporting multi-port RF and Internet backups 
for full local messaging, BBS forwarding, and SMTP forwarding.  This 
system was co-developed by Jim Oberhofer KN6PE (Outpost developer) and 
many other local HAMs.  You can learn more about this system and maybe 
save yourself a LOT of time and headaches by contacting that group:

http://www.scc-ares-races.org/packet.html

That team has developed some installer scripts that take a lot of the 
pain out of configuring the JNOS, various forwarding rules, etc. to 
support tactical callsigns, backup relays, etc.

--David