Hello Vincent!

I continue to try and send my echo updates, but there is no connection to your system. This has been going on now for over 2 weeks.

Here's a line from today's binkd log:
=== Cut ===
? 06 Mar 10:15:39 [5323] connection to 2:25/21@fidonet failed: Connection timed out
=== Cut ===
--
Sincerely,
Marc Lewis


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Hello Marc!

06 Mar 26 11:17, you wrote to me:

Please try and use 2:250/1 as the address and advise of experience.

May be I need to change the port address.

Vince

Hello Vincent!

I continue to try and send my echo updates, but there is no connection
to your system. This has been going on now for over 2 weeks.

Here's a line from today's binkd log:
=== Cut ===
? 06 Mar 10:15:39 [5323] connection to 2:25/21@fidonet failed:
Connection timed out
=== Cut ===
--
Sincerely,
Marc Lewis

Vincent


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Hello Vincent!

06 Mar 26 18:36, you wrote to me:

Hello Marc!

06 Mar 26 11:17, you wrote to me:

Please try and use 2:250/1 as the address and advise of experience.

May be I need to change the port address.

What do I utilise as the system IP address?

Marc Lewis


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Hello Marc!

07 Mar 26 20:15, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

06 Mar 26 18:36, you wrote to me:

Hello Marc!

06 Mar 26 11:17, you wrote to me:

Please try and use 2:250/1 as the address and advise of
experience.

May be I need to change the port address.

What do I utilise as the system IP address?

Marc Lewis

Pardon ?

Just send to 2:250/1

In the meanwhile I have now changed the port used from 24555 to the default of 24554 - JIC (Just in Case) which should be in the DAILY nodelists as of Saturday.

The url is the same if you do not use a nodelist.

Vincent


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Hello Vincent!

08 Mar 26 15:22, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

06 Mar 26 18:36, you wrote to me:

In the meanwhile I have now changed the port used from 24555 to the default of 24554 - JIC (Just in Case) which should be in the DAILY nodelists as of Saturday.

The url is the same if you do not use a nodelist.

Very well, I have re-sent all my updates to the 2:250/1 address... One of the batches of updates were inadvertently sent to port 24555 which I corrected and resent them to the appropriate port (24554).

All the best,
Marc Lewis


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Hello Marc!

12 Mar 26 08:38, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

08 Mar 26 15:22, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

06 Mar 26 18:36, you wrote to me:

In the meanwhile I have now changed the port used from 24555 to
the default of 24554 - JIC (Just in Case) which should be in the
DAILY nodelists as of Saturday.

The url is the same if you do not use a nodelist.

Very well, I have re-sent all my updates to the 2:250/1 address... One
of the batches of updates were inadvertently sent to port 24555 which
I corrected and resent them to the appropriate port (24554).

Did you send it using your Fido address as I do not see any such files received
and acted upon.



Vincent


--- Mageia Linux v9 X64/Mbse v1.1.7/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
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Hello Vincent!

12 Mar 26 15:07, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

08 Mar 26 15:22, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent!

06 Mar 26 18:36, you wrote to me:

In the meanwhile I have now changed the port used from 24555 to
the default of 24554 - JIC (Just in Case) which should be in the
DAILY nodelists as of Saturday.

The url is the same if you do not use a nodelist.

Very well, I have re-sent all my updates to the 2:250/1 address...
One of the batches of updates were inadvertently sent to port 24555
which I corrected and resent them to the appropriate port (24554).

Did you send it using your Fido address as I do not see any such files
received and acted upon.

Well, it seems that 2:250/1 may be either off-line or is simply not answering:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
? 12 Mar 11:48:13 [223] connection to 2:250/1@fidonet failed: Connection timed out.
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Marc


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Hi Marc,

On 2026-03-12 11:50:55, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

Well, it seems that 2:250/1 may be either off-line or is simply not answering:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
? 12 Mar 11:48:13 [223] connection to 2:250/1@fidonet failed: Connection timed
out. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

I can reach it with no problem. So there seems to be some (firewall) blocking going on somewhere between your systems.

So lets start with some of the basics to resolve this.

How does applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolve to an IPv4 address on your system? This is what I get:

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

Unfortunately Vince's system can not be pinged, but 82.30.228.1 in the same sub-net can be. So you can try to ping that system to test if there is some kind of geo blocking going on.

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


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)

Hello Wilfred!

12 Mar 26 18:13, you wrote to me:

Well, it seems that 2:250/1 may be either off-line or is simply
not
answering:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
? 12 Mar 11:48:13 [223] connection to 2:250/1@fidonet failed:
Connection timed out. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

I can reach it with no problem. So there seems to be some (firewall) blocking going on somewhere between your systems.

So lets start with some of the basics to resolve this.

How does applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolve to an IPv4 address on your system? This is what I get:

# 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

Unfortunately Vince's system can not be pinged, but 82.30.228.1 in the same sub-net can be. So you can try to ping that system to test if
there is some kind of geo blocking going on.

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.

--
Kindest regards,
Marc


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Hello Wilfred!

12 Mar 26 13:03, I wrote to you:

I can reach it with no problem. So there seems to be some
(firewall) blocking going on somewhere between your systems.

So lets start with some of the basics to resolve this.

How does applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolve to an IPv4 address on
your system? This is what I get:

# 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

[snip]

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.

Here is the result from my Windows machine:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
Applewood BBS Statistics for Node:

Mailer Statistic for nodes 2:250/1 (& 2:25/0; 2:25/21; 2:250/0; 2:263/0@fidonet)

MBSE Mailer History

Tic file groups Statistics

Polled Node Statistics

Message groups Statistics

Messages areas Statistics

TIC file area Statistics

System Information

Select here for the BBS download file areas

Note that you can also use the anonymous ftp server at applewoodbbs.linkpc.net to download files
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Marc


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Hi Marc,

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.


Bye, Wilfred.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
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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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Hello Marc!

12 Mar 26 18:17, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

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.

Can you use the nodelist with Binkd ?



Vincent


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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.

--- FMail-lnx64 2.3.2.6-B20251227
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Hi Vincent,

On 2026-03-12 23:42:06, you wrote to Marc Lewis:

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

Can you use the nodelist with Binkd ?

That doesn't matter if the host name in the nodelist doesn't resolve to the correct IP address!


Bye, Wilfred.

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