ml> no, not really... try using domain names in IREX and you'll find that it f
ml> quite miserably... instead you have to use IP numbers because the kernel s
ml> changed such that DNS lookups fail and IPs are required...

That's only the Linux version.  Plus who the hell wants to run Linux?  I wish 
eCS would be marketed to the mass public like OS/2 was. :(  I run IREX here 
with domain names with no issues.

ml>  TJM> I don't run OS/2 any longer so I have to stick to something that
ml>  TJM> works.
ml> 
ml> OS/2 still works ;)  especially on older equipment... my main server was a

Yeah, but I don't have any old boxes lying around for just the BBS machine 
tho.  eCS was nice in a virtual box I setup, but I dunno.  It's been so long 
since I ran an OS2 platform ... :(

ml> IIRC there is a method of doing this but i'd have to go digging to see if 
ml> still have the posts detailing how... but this also bring up the question 
ml> why do you need/want to run it without a comport? surely there is at least
ml> on your system you can allow it to access even though it may not actually 
ml> it for connections...

For it to run under Windows and not die because NetSerial has it's own issues 
of crashing when I get pinged 1000x in a row on port 23 by people looking for 
a way in.  Net2BBS is comport-less (virtual) and is what I use now for the 
server.  I had to switch to NetFOSS from BNU as FD will drop out to load the 
board and kill the window because of the FOSSIL.  Did the same for X00.  So 
under winblows, I had no choice, either dump FD and switch to something that 
doesn't crash when I get pinged 1000 times within 2 seconds on all "connection
ports/nodes" or have NetSerial die everyday and have to reboot the computer 
for it to work.  Mike never did get around to looking into this or fixing it. 
:(

... Reality is a constant intrusion on my dreams.

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