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ref:qwknet [2012/07/19 19:51] – [QWK Networking] created digitalman | ref:qwknet [2012/07/19 21:51] – [Conference Numbers] It's not the "thounsands" and "hundreds" place, it's "thousands and more significant" and "hundreds and less significant" places deuce | ||
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QWK IDs (AKA BBSID) consist of between two and eight valid DOS characters and the first character must be alphabetic. QWK IDs must not contain the ' | QWK IDs (AKA BBSID) consist of between two and eight valid DOS characters and the first character must be alphabetic. QWK IDs must not contain the ' | ||
- | QWKnet functions, but many features may not work. QWK IDs are always considered case insensitive. The strings " | + | QWKnet functions, but many features may not work. QWK IDs are always considered case insensitive. The strings " |
A QWKnet node on a Synchronet BBS must be created specifically for QWK networking. This is done by using the node's QWK ID as the user name on the BBS and the sysop must give the account the ' | A QWKnet node on a Synchronet BBS must be created specifically for QWK networking. This is done by using the node's QWK ID as the user name on the BBS and the sysop must give the account the ' | ||
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When calling a Synchronet BBS for QWK packets, conference numbers will start | When calling a Synchronet BBS for QWK packets, conference numbers will start | ||
at 0 (for E-mail) and then jump to 1001 or 2001 or a similar number. | at 0 (for E-mail) and then jump to 1001 or 2001 or a similar number. | ||
- | The thousands | + | The thousands |
- | represents | + | represent |
not necessarily consecutive, | not necessarily consecutive, | ||
The CONTROL.DAT file will contain a list of all the conferences (and numbers) | The CONTROL.DAT file will contain a list of all the conferences (and numbers) | ||
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Yellow | Yellow | ||
Blue B 4 | Blue B 4 | ||
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Cyan C 6 | Cyan C 6 | ||
White | White | ||
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First, the network topology (abbreviated for this example): | First, the network topology (abbreviated for this example): | ||
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- | CIRCLE7 | + | CIRCLE7 |
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1stLine: @VIA: VERT/ | 1stLine: @VIA: VERT/ | ||
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===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== | ||
* [[QWK]] | * [[QWK]] | ||
+ | * [[network: | ||
+ | * [[: | ||
- | ===== See Also ===== | + | {{tag> |
- | * [[:ref:|ref index]] | + | |
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