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  • Re^3: No connection...

    From Marc Lewis@1:396/45 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Mar 12 18:17:19 2026

    Hello Wilfred!

    12 Mar 26 19:25, you wrote to me:

    On 2026-03-12 13:03:24, you wrote to me:

    # host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
    applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

    Here is what my ping returns:
    PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

    That is the wrong IPv4 address! And probably the cause of your
    connection problems. So the dns resolving on your fido machine seems broken somehow.

    And can you open http://applewoodbbs.linkpc.net/ in your
    webbrowser (from your fidosystem)? You should get the home
    webpage from Vince's system...

    That's going to take a bit of doing as under OS/2 my Firefox for
    OS/2 is very dated. I do have a Windows machine on the same
    network; I can try it from there.

    Please do! And also show us the nslookup (or ping) from that machine
    to applewoodbbs.linkpc.net.

    I was able to use Firefox on my Windows machine to reach it successfully.

    I have altered my binkd NODES.CFG to directly connect 2:250/1 to 82.30.228.158... Let's see how that goes.

    --
    Kindest regards,
    Marc


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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Marc Lewis on Fri Mar 13 00:51:25 2026
    Hi Marc,

    On 2026-03-12 18:17:19, you wrote to me:

    # host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
    applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

    Here is what my ping returns:
    PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
    64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

    I was able to use Firefox on my Windows machine to reach it
    successfully.

    Ok, so it isn't a problem on your network, but just on your OS2 fido machine.

    I have altered my binkd NODES.CFG to directly connect 2:250/1 to 82.30.228.158... Let's see how that goes.

    That should work, but still why isn't the host name not resolving to the correct IP address on your OS2 fido machine, that is the problem to address! Otherwise who knows what other host names it won't resolve correctly...

    Bye, Wilfred.

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    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)