Subj : BACKSTAT.NA To : All From : NAB Robot Date : Sun Jan 01 2006 12:04 am North American Backbone - Status and Changes ============================================== BACKSTAT.NA Jan 01, 2006 NOTE: Effective with this issue of BACKSTAT.NA, the publishing schedule will be changing. From this time forward, BACKSTAT.NA and BACKBONE.NA will only be issued when there is a change to report. SHould there be no changes, there will be no publication. BACKSTAT.NA is a status report prepared by the North American Backbone Robot. It is distributed in the BACKBONE file echo and posted in the Z1_BACKBONE echo. It summarizes BACKBONE.NA additions, deletions and requests, as well as North American Backbone contacts. The cutoff for changes is midnight Friday night, and the update will be published the following Sunday. Further information about the North American Backbone's distribution system can be found in the BOFAQ (North American Backbone Frequently Asked Questions) file which is updated as required. Additional sources of information are: - BACKBONE.NA: The primary listing of echomail areas on the NAB. - Z1_BACKBONE: Echomail area for contact with the NAB ZHubs. ============================================================================ 1. Added to BACKBONE.NA ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 2. Dropped from BACKBONE.NA ============================================================================ ============================================================================ 3. Who's Who in The North American Backbone ============================================================================ NAB Robot 1:1/20 Zone Hubs: Western Star Brenda Donovan 1:10/3 brenda@fidonet.ca NorthWest Star Bob Seaborn 1:140/1 bob@fidonet.ca * Bob Juge 1:106/2000 bob@juge.com ============================================================================ 4. North American Backbone Zone 1 Regional Connections ============================================================================ Region | 1:140/1 | 1:10/3 | 1:106/2000 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 10 | 1:10/3 | ** | 1:10/3 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 11 | all traffic sent via 1:1/0 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 12 | 1:229/0 | -- | -- | 1:167/133 | -- | -- ----------+------------+------------+------------ 13 | all traffic sent via 1:1/0 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 14 | all traffic sent via 1:1/0 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 15 | 1:15/0 | 1:15/0 | -- ----------+------------+------------+------------ 16 | -- | 1:16/1 | -- ----------+------------+------------+------------ 17 | 1:17/0 | 1:140/1 | 1:140/1 ----------+------------+------------+------------ 18 | 1:123/500 | 1:123/500 | 1:123/500 | 1:3613/1275| -- | -- ----------+------------+------------+------------ 19 | 1:106/2000 | 1:106/2000 | 1:106/1 | 1:3830/9 | 1:3830/9 | 1:3830/9 | 1:3828/7 | -- | -- | 1:19/1 | -- | -- ----------+------------+------------+------------- ============================================================================ 5. North American Backbone Hub Connection Protocols ============================================================================ ZHUB | ftp port 21 binkp port 24554 transx ----------+----------------------------------------------------------------- 1:10/3 | ftp.tnl-online.net binkd.tnl-online.com mailhub@tnl-online.com 1:140/1 | ftp.fidonet.ca nwstar.tzo.com 1:106/2000| juge.com juge.com ----------+----------------------------------------------------------------- (all ZHub's are POTS capable, as per current nodelist) -o- --- NAB Robot * Origin: NAB Robot (1:1/20)