<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="LinuxDoc-Tools 0.9.21"> <TITLE>FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</TITLE> <LINK HREF="FBB-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="FBB-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>FBB Packet-radio BBS mini-HOWTO</H1> <H2>Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, YT7MPB, <CODE>skoric at eunet dot yu</CODE></H2>v1.42, 2008-06-08 <HR> <EM> <!-- linux windows education amateur radio --> This mini-HOWTO covers the installation and use of the most popular amateur packet-radio BBS server software "FBB". That software works under Linux, DOS and Windows operating systems. It serves as a bulletin board system (BBS), a mailbox for personal messages, a database for various texts, documents and binary files, a server for small useful calculations etc. Packet radio is a way of connecting computers via amateur radio stations. </EM> <HR> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="FBB-1.html">Introduction</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="FBB-2.html">How to install X11 (Xwindow) version of LinFBB</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="FBB-3.html">How to install LinFBB in addition to existing WinFBB</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="FBB-4.html">How to install Protus password utility</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="FBB-5.html">How to install "xfbbd", a daemon version of LinFBB</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="FBB-6.html">How to install an <EM>upgrade</EM> to a daemon version of LinFBB</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc6.1">6.1</A> <A HREF="FBB-6.html#ss6.1">LinFBB v7.02g</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.2">6.2</A> <A HREF="FBB-6.html#ss6.2">LinFBB v7.03</A> <LI><A NAME="toc6.3">6.3</A> <A HREF="FBB-6.html#ss6.3">LinFBB v7.04</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="FBB-7.html">How to use LinFBB's "xfbbX", a GUI client for Linux</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="FBB-8.html">How to use LinFBB's "xfbbW", a GUI client for Windows</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="FBB-9.html">How to compile LinFBB's <EM>executable</EM> files</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc9.1">9.1</A> <A HREF="FBB-9.html#ss9.1">fbbsrc.704h (using Red Hat 7.1)</A> <LI><A NAME="toc9.2">9.2</A> <A HREF="FBB-9.html#ss9.2">fbbsrc.704j (using Red Hat 7.1)</A> <LI><A NAME="toc9.3">9.3</A> <A HREF="FBB-9.html#ss9.3">fbbsrc.704j (using Red Hat 9.0)</A> <LI><A NAME="toc9.4">9.4</A> <A HREF="FBB-9.html#ss9.4">fbbsrc.704o (using Mandrake 9.1)</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc10">10.</A> <A HREF="FBB-10.html">How to access the "xfbbd" server from a DOS client?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc10.1">10.1</A> <A HREF="FBB-10.html#ss10.1">NCSA Telbin DOS client</A> <LI><A NAME="toc10.2">10.2</A> <A HREF="FBB-10.html#ss10.2">Xrouter 176b</A> <LI><A NAME="toc10.3">10.3</A> <A HREF="FBB-10.html#ss10.3">JNOS 1.11f</A> <LI><A NAME="toc10.4">10.4</A> <A HREF="FBB-10.html#ss10.4">Improving the home LAN connections</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc11">11.</A> <A HREF="FBB-11.html">How to communicate with LinFBB in Serbian?</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc11.1">11.1</A> <A HREF="FBB-11.html#ss11.1">SRPSKI.HLP</A> <LI><A NAME="toc11.2">11.2</A> <A HREF="FBB-11.html#ss11.2">SRPSKI.TXT</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc12">12.</A> <A HREF="FBB-12.html">How to make better ham radio rules?</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc13">13.</A> <A HREF="FBB-13.html">Bibliography</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc14">14.</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html">Further information</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A NAME="toc14.1">14.1</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.1">Copyright</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.2">14.2</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.2">Disclaimer</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.3">14.3</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.3">News</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.4">14.4</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.4">Credits</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.5">14.5</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.5">HOWTO</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.6">14.6</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.6">Mini-HOWTO</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.7">14.7</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.7">Local Resources</A> <LI><A NAME="toc14.8">14.8</A> <A HREF="FBB-14.html#ss14.8">Web Pages</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc15">15.</A> <A HREF="FBB-15.html">Getting help</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="FBB-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>