I run the latest Synchronet for Linux. My problem is when any message packet makes it to the other side it fails to process or get imported. The error we seem to be getting is "Not a type 2 packet." in my echocfg we have it set to type 2+ packet. I have a networked drive to a winxp argus mailer that sends it out. I seem to be getting inbound packets okay. I receive netmails okay and messages okay. I can send netmail out okay. It seems to be getting to the other node. But fail's to process. I don't have a clue why or what to check for. Thanks...

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Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to All on Mon Nov 18 2013 04:28 am

I run the latest Synchronet for Linux. My problem is when any message packet makes it to the other side it fails to process or get imported. The error we seem to be getting is "Not a type 2 packet." in my echocfg we have it set to type 2+ packet. I have a networked drive to a winxp argus mailer that sends it out. I seem to be getting inbound packets okay. I receive netmails okay and messages okay. I can send netmail out okay. It seems to be getting to the other node. But fail's to process. I don't have a clue why or what to check for. Thanks...

Okay... so FidoNet packet I assume.

What program is displaying the error "Not a type 2 packet"? Is it possible that
program doesn't support type 2+ packets? What is the "other side" in this context?

digital man

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Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to All on Mon Nov 18 2013 04:28 am

I run the latest Synchronet for Linux. My problem is when any message packet makes it to the other side it fails to process or get imported. The error we seem to be getting is "Not a type 2 packet." in my echocfg we have it set to type 2+ packet. I have a networked drive
to a winxp argus mailer that sends it out. I seem to be getting
inbound packets okay. I receive netmails okay and messages okay. I can send netmail out okay. It seems to be getting to the other node. But fail's to process. I don't have a clue why or what to check for. Thanks...

Okay... so FidoNet packet I assume.

yep

What program is displaying the error "Not a type 2 packet"? Is it possible that program doesn't support type 2+ packets? What is the "other side" in this context?

right now I am helping him, I am running sbbs 3.16 (build date 11/3/13) win. I am under win. 7 home (32 bit), here a line from the sbbsecho.log file : 11/17/13 21:50:56 d:\sbbs\taurus\inbox\secure\E17BE35C.PKT is not a type 2 packet (type=30319)
if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll send it over by qwk, in a zip file?
also echo message are fine (will toss here ok), just netmail (mine have no problem being toss on his bbs netmail \ messages)

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Lord Time to Digital Man on Thu Nov 28 2013 08:45 pm

Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to All on Mon Nov 18 2013 04:28 am

I run the latest Synchronet for Linux. My problem is when any message packet makes it to the other side it fails to process or get imported. The error we seem to be getting is "Not a type 2 packet." in my echocfg we have it set to type 2+ packet. I have a networked drive to a winxp argus mailer that sends it out. I seem to be getting inbound packets okay. I receive netmails okay and messages okay. I can send netmail out okay. It seems to be getting to the other node. But fail's to process. I don't have a clue why or what to check for. Thanks...

Okay... so FidoNet packet I assume.

yep

What program is displaying the error "Not a type 2 packet"? Is it possible that program doesn't support type 2+ packets? What is the
"other side" in this context?

right now I am helping him, I am running sbbs 3.16 (build date 11/3/13)
win. I am under win. 7 home (32 bit), here a line from the sbbsecho.log
file : 11/17/13 21:50:56 d:\sbbs\taurus\inbox\secure\E17BE35C.PKT is not a type 2 packet (type=30319)

Sounds like a corrupted packet.

if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll send it over by qwk, in a zip file?

Sure you send it or upload it (zipped or not, doesn't matter). Or you can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use that to check/view
the packet header. It'll likely error-out with a similar error if the packet header is corrupt.

digital man

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Lord Time to Digital Man on Thu Nov 28 2013 08:45 pm

Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to All on Mon Nov 18 2013 04:28 am

I run the latest Synchronet for Linux. My problem is when
any message packet makes it to the other side it fails to process or get imported. The error we seem to be getting is "Not a type 2 packet." in my echocfg we have it set to type 2+ packet. I have a networked drive to a winxp argus mailer that sends it out. I
seem to be getting inbound packets okay. I receive netmails okay and messages okay. I can send netmail out okay. It seems to be getting to the other node. But fail's to process. I don't have a clue why or what to check for. Thanks...

Okay... so FidoNet packet I assume.

yep

What program is displaying the error "Not a type 2 packet"? Is it possible that program doesn't support type 2+ packets? What is the "other side" in this context?

right now I am helping him, I am running sbbs 3.16 (build date 11/3/13) win. I am under win. 7 home (32 bit), here a line from the sbbsecho.log file : 11/17/13 21:50:56 d:\sbbs\taurus\inbox\secure\E17BE35C.PKT is not a type 2 packet (type=30319)

Sounds like a corrupted packet.

if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll send it over by qwk, in a zip file?

Sure you send it or upload it (zipped or not, doesn't matter).

didn't zip it, it will go over to your bbs, at the same this message goes out

Or you can
download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use that to check/view the packet header.

hmm, I won't know what to look for

It'll likely error-out with a similar error if the packet header is
corrupt.

hmmm, could be or someelse, only you would know what it is

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Lord Time to Digital Man on Sun Dec 01 2013 11:20 pm

right now I am helping him, I am running sbbs 3.16 (build date 11/3/13) win. I am under win. 7 home (32 bit), here a line from the sbbsecho.log file : 11/17/13 21:50:56 d:\sbbs\taurus\inbox\secure\E17BE35C.PKT is not a type 2 packet (type=30319)

Sounds like a corrupted packet.

if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll send it over by qwk, in a zip file?

Sure you send it or upload it (zipped or not, doesn't matter).

didn't zip it, it will go over to your bbs, at the same this message goes out

Or you can
download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use that to check/view the packet header.

hmm, I won't know what to look for

An error message. Like this one:

pktdump rev 1.6 - Dump FidoNet Packets

Opening E17BE35C.PKT
E17BE35C.PKT Packet Type 30319 (unsupported packet type)

It'll likely error-out with a similar error if the packet header is corrupt.

hmmm, could be or someelse, only you would know what it is

Looking at the file, it appears to contain a packed message, but no packet header at all:

000000 02 00 05 00 90 01 2C 01 54 01 03 01 00 00 31 37 ....�.,.T.....17 000010 20 4E 6F 76 20 31 33 20 20 32 33 3A 33 37 3A 30 Nov 13 23:37:0 000020 35 00 72 6F 62 65 72 74 20 65 20 73 74 61 72 72 5.robert e starr 000030 00 42 72 61 64 20 48 61 6E 73 65 6E 00 74 65 73 .Brad Hansen.tes 000040 74 00 01 49 4E 54 4C 20 31 3A 33 34 30 2F 34 30 t..INTL 1:340/40 000050 30 20 31 3A 33 30 30 2F 35 0D 74 65 73 74 20 6F 0 1:300/5.test o 000060 6E 6C 79 0D 01 56 69 61 20 31 3A 33 30 30 2F 35 nly..Via 1:300/5 000070 20 40 32 30 31 33 31 31 31 38 2E 30 35 33 37 34 @20131118.05374 000080 34 2E 55 54 43 20 53 42 42 53 65 63 68 6F 20 32 4.UTC SBBSecho 2 000090 2E 32 34 2D 4C 69 6E 75 78 20 72 31 2E 32 33 31 .24-Linux r1.231 0000A0 0D 00 00 00 ....

When/how was this packet copied? Can you confirm if this packet was captured (copied) before it was archived into a bundle and sent between mailers or after?

digital man

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Lord Time on Sun Dec 01 2013 05:40 pm

if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll
send it over by qwk, in a zip file?

Sure you send it or upload it (zipped or not, doesn't matter). Or you
can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use that to check/view the packet header. It'll likely error-out with a similar
error if the packet header is corrupt.

It did ERROR out with the exact same error.

pktdump 01220004.tu0

pktdump rev 1.7 - Dump FidoNet Packets

Opening 01220004.tu0
01220004.tu0 Packet Type 429 (unsupported packet type)

pktdump 01220004.tu1

pktdump rev 1.7 - Dump FidoNet Packets

Opening 01220004.tu1
01220004.tu1 Packet Type 322 (unsupported packet type)

Tested packet on FTN Computer.WinXP..The packet came from Synchronet Linux System.


I couldn't find anything about Pack Type 429 or 322? What could I check for now?

Thanks - For your reply..

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 09:53 am

you can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use
that to check/view the packet header.

That sounds like a really cool utility. I've tried downloading it from 2 different locations and get a error each time. Could you check on that file when you get a chance and see if there's a problem on your end?

Thanks!

--kW
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Lord Time on Mon Dec 02 2013 11:21 pm

q

When/how was this packet copied? Can you confirm if this packet was captured (copied) before it was archived into a bundle and sent between mailers or after?

Okay, the test I ran on a different packet, I shut the FTN mailer down. Went in a message base wrote a test message. Took the file that it would have sent off to the other bbs. And ran pkdump on it and got the same error. The packet would have been outbound to Time Warp it never had a chance to go through the mailer the packet was transfered from networked Linux box to the Mailer Via samba. I never had this issue before. Is there anything I can do to help figure out what is happening give the word I'll do my best to run what ever tests need to be done. The packet Rob Sent you was tossed through the mailer far as I know... Thanks--- No problem with inbound. Is there someting in the configuration I can check for? Thanks Again.

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Kurt Weiske to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 09:05 am

you can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use
that to check/view the packet header.

That sounds like a really cool utility. I've tried downloading it from 2 different locations and get a error each time. Could you check on that file when you get a chance and see if there's a problem on your end?

go on his bbs and download it. that's what i just did.
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Mro to Kurt Weiske on Tue Dec 17 2013 11:00 pm

go on his bbs and download it. that's what i just did.

Weird. You misunderstood. I tried downloading it from DM's FTP site from two difference locations and it didn't work. This morning I got a 550 file not found error.

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Wed Dec 18 2013 06:39 am

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Mro to Kurt Weiske on Tue Dec 17 2013 11:00 pm

go on his bbs and download it. that's what i just did.

Weird. You misunderstood. I tried downloading it from DM's FTP site from
two difference locations and it didn't work. This morning I got a 550 file not found error.

no i understood. what happened is he gave the wrong link.
it's there on his bbs and you can download it if you want.
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Mro to Kurt Weiske on Tue Dec 17 2013 11:00 pm

go on his bbs and download it. that's what i just did.

FYI, I had to use my login account on Vertrauen to download the file. anonymous FTP didn't work.

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1 Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Poindexter Fortran to Mro on Thu Dec 19 2013 09:33 am

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Mro to Kurt Weiske on Tue Dec 17 2013 11:00 pm

go on his bbs and download it. that's what i just did.

FYI, I had to use my login account on Vertrauen to download the file. anonymous FTP didn't work.

i just logged into the bbs, did a search and downloaded it.
i dont blame him for restricting anonymous. too many leeches and hotlinkers
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 09:53 am

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Lord Time on Sun Dec 01 2013 05:40 pm

if you would like to see the file (E17BE35C.PKT) let me know and I'll
send it over by qwk, in a zip file?

Sure you send it or upload it (zipped or not, doesn't matter). Or you can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use that to check/view the packet header. It'll likely error-out with a similar error if the packet header is corrupt.

It did ERROR out with the exact same error.

pktdump 01220004.tu0

pktdump rev 1.7 - Dump FidoNet Packets

Opening 01220004.tu0
01220004.tu0 Packet Type 429 (unsupported packet type)

pktdump 01220004.tu1

pktdump rev 1.7 - Dump FidoNet Packets

Opening 01220004.tu1
01220004.tu1 Packet Type 322 (unsupported packet type)

Tested packet on FTN Computer.WinXP..The packet came from Synchronet Linux System.

I couldn't find anything about Pack Type 429 or 322? What could I check
for now?

There is no such packet type (and thus, the error). Something is corrupting the
packet after it was created with SBBSecho - your mailer perhaps?

digital man

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The ZMODEM file transfer protocol is limited to files of 4 gigabytes or smaller.
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Kurt Weiske to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 09:05 am

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 09:53 am

you can download ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/bbs/pktdump.exe and use
that to check/view the packet header.

That sounds like a really cool utility. I've tried downloading it from 2 different locations and get a error each time. Could you check on that file when you get a chance and see if there's a problem on your end?

What 2 different locations? What's the error? There doesn't seem to be any problem on this end.

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #3:
Synchronet version 3 is written mostly in C, with some C++, x86 ASM, and Pascal.
Norco, CA WX: 64.8�F, 20.0% humidity, 5 mph NW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Timesoarer to Digital Man on Tue Dec 17 2013 10:19 pm

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Lord Time on Mon Dec 02 2013 11:21 pm

q

When/how was this packet copied? Can you confirm if this packet was captured (copied) before it was archived into a bundle and sent
between mailers or after?

Okay, the test I ran on a different packet, I shut the FTN mailer down.
Went in a message base wrote a test message. Took the file that it would have sent off to the other bbs. And ran pkdump on it and got the same error. The packet would have been outbound to Time Warp it never had a chance to go through the mailer the packet was transfered from networked Linux box to the Mailer Via samba. I never had this issue before. Is there anything I can do to help figure out what is happening give the word I'll do my best to run what ever tests need to be done. The packet Rob
Sent you was tossed through the mailer far as I know... Thanks--- No problem with inbound. Is there someting in the configuration I can check for? Thanks Again.

You could try using an older version of SBBSecho and see if you have the same problem. <shrug> I can't think of anything in the configuration that could cause this, but you could post your sbbsecho.cfg file contents to see if that might provide some clues.

digital man

Synchronet "Real Fact" #40:
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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Kurt Weiske on Thu Jan 02 2014 12:22 am

What 2 different locations? What's the error? There doesn't seem to be
any problem on this end.

I was able to get it by logging in - anonymous FTP didn't work from home or from my work network.

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Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Poindexter Fortran to Digital Man on Thu Jan 02 2014 06:33 am

Re: Re: Packet Problem
By: Digital Man to Kurt Weiske on Thu Jan 02 2014 12:22 am

What 2 different locations? What's the error? There doesn't seem to be any problem on this end.

I was able to get it by logging in - anonymous FTP didn't work from home or from my work network.

Okay, thanks. I've now marked the file as "free", so that shouldn't be an issue
in the future.

digital man

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