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|    Message 13,346 of 16,010    |
|    g00r00 to Nick Andre    |
|    Re: Packets being sent from a point    |
|    13 Apr 21 02:11:56    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47       MSGID: 1:129/215 1ad87e43       REPLY: 1:229/426 9CFBB98B       TZUTC: -0400        NA> When I use Pktview (util from '94) to view the packet sitting in Mystic's        NA> outbound before its sent here, the packet header is showing as being from        NA> the address 1:65535/426.93.        NA>         NA> The negative Net display here is simply a cosmetic problem for me to        NA> deal with but the unusual Net-value generated by Mystic in the packet        NA> header is not.        NA>         NA> I am not a Mystic expert or even aware if I am using the latest version        NA> but this is what I have discovered in less than a half-hour of testing.              This is not an unusual net value within a PKT2+ packet.              In a PKT 2+ format if the origNet is $FFFF it indicates that the origin is a       point system and the net is found in the auxNet field.        Here's a paste from the PKT2+ FSC-0048 documentation:              auxNet field:        When parsing a Type 2+ packet, if origNet is 65535, the software MUST use        the value from the auxNet field. When creating a packet, if the        originating system is a point, it SHOULD set origNet to 65535 and        put the net number in this field.               The reason for this kludge is so that PKT2+ maintains backwards compatibility       with PKT2 while also allowing for 4D addressing that was missing in the PKT2       format.              It may be that D'Bridge needs to be updated to support PKT2+ for point support       for this to work.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/04/08 (Windows/64)        * Origin: Sector 7 | Mystic WHQ (1:129/215)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 457 616 123/10 131 124/5016       SEEN-BY: 129/215 305 154/10 30 40 50 700 203/0 220/50 80 90 221/0       SEEN-BY: 221/6 226/30 227/114 201 702 229/100 101 310 424 426 452       SEEN-BY: 229/550 664 700 981 1016 1017 240/5832 249/110 206 307 317       SEEN-BY: 249/400 280/464 5003 282/1038 292/854 8125 301/1 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 633/280 770/1 2452/250 3634/12       PATH: 129/215 154/10 280/464 229/101 426           |
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