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.TOPIC:
VNet, VirtualNET, MultiNet, and LocalNET
VBBS 6.12 Documentation -- 9-1
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║ CHAPTER NINE VNET, VIRTUALNET, MULTI-NET, AND LOCALNET ║
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The VNET.EXE is part of the VBBS package. It is the most
advanced Wide-Area Networking software in existence, providing
commercial and amateur networking installations a superior solu-
tion to any networking need. For more information on VNET.EXE,
see Annex 1 of this chapter.
VirtualNET
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VirtualNET is currently the largest of the hobbyist VNET-
based networks and, as of this writing, maintains over 600 net-
worked message areas that are shared internationally.
Although there are many areas within the network, reflec-
ting a wide variety of interests, VirtualNET retains as its pri-
mary purpose the support of the VBBS/VNET software. That
nearly-famous support and the fast-growing network around it
have been online for nearly three years as of this writing.
You will find VirtualNET easy to get into and a lot of
fun to participate in. VirtualNET is friendly, casual, and
filled with a lot of great people inside what's become the
ever-increasing VirtualNET family (nearly 1300 networked
systems as of this writing).
Join us! Networking your BBS with VirtualNET is quick,
easy, and quite affordable due to the efficiency of the VNET
design. Network "packets" are automatically compressed for
transmission, reducing the length of the transfer to 1/3 that
of sending uncompressed data. The network software can make
full use of the new HS/Link bi-directional protocol, which
can make network transfers even more efficient.
In addition, VirtualNET itself undergoes reorganizations
designed to minimize long-distance connections between "client"
BBSs and their "servers". While these can occasionally get a
little hairy as systems are moved from one VirtualNET "region"
to another, they're a necessary part of VirtualNET's growth and
dedication to maximum efficiency.
--> IMPORTANT NOTE: Although the software itself has a clearly
defined demonstration period which you are
expected to observe, registration is NOT
required to apply for a VirtualNET network
node assignment.
--> IMPORTANT NOTE: VirtualNET, while proprietary to VNET and
VBBS by nature, is a separate entity from
the VBBS program. The VirtualNET Network
Coordinator (NC) reserves the ultimate
right of admission or exclusion concerning
the VirtualNET status of any VirtualNET
VBBS 6.12 Documentation -- 9-2
BBS, sysop, or applicant, irrespective of
VBBS/NET registration status, etc.
For more information on VirtualNET and the program, see
Annex 1 of this chapter.
The Multi-Net
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The unique and developing VBBS "Multi-Net" allows VBBS
sysops the capability of maintaining up to 999 different compu-
ter networks simultaneously. The Multi-Net is capable of han-
dling and nearly transparently "gating" private E-mail and net-
worked subs of VNET-, FIDO-, UUCP-, and WWIV-based networks and
others in an ever-expanding "Multi-Net".
Utility programs that enable the use of these networks
-- VWW4.EXE, VFIDO.EXE, VUUCP.EXE, and more to come -- are
freely available to VBBS sysops and operative in the demo
version. They become inoperative if VBBS remains unregistered
after 60 days.
A master network list file (NETWORKS.LST) is maintained
and administered; it includes formal "slots" for VNet-type
networks and completely sysop-configureable slots (15,19,90-99)
to use in conjunction with any of the above network utilities.
In addition, up to 999 slots may be configured by sysops
who wish to create a local network of as few as two BBSes. There
is no maximum on the number of local network nodes permitted.
Please see LOCALNET.DOC for specific information.
For more information on the Multi-Net, please see Annex 2 to
this chapter.