Subj : Finally!
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Tue Apr 21 2015 20:16:51

Hello Michiel!

22 Apr 15 01:04, you wrote to me:

 AL>> My ISP has FINALLY made native IPv6 available; phoenix.bnbbbs.net
 AL>> now has address 2601:6:6f40:3c:f1d0:1:320:219.  Anyone who would
 AL>> like to test with it can feel free to do so; I haven't managed to
 AL>> break it (yet!)

 MV> + 00:44 [3468] call to 1:320/219@fidonet
 MV>   00:44 [3468] trying phoenix.bnbbbs.net
 MV> [2601:6:6f40:3c:f1d0:1:320:219]:24555... 00:44 [3468] connected +
 MV> 00:44 [3468] outgoing session with phoenix.bnbbbs.net:24555
 MV>                [2601:6:6f40:3c:f1d0:1:320:219]
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] OPT CRAM-MD5-69108e659982a1c69c6a10fce827efa5
 MV> + 00:44 [3468] Remote requests MD mode
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] OPT CRC
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] SYS Phoenix BBS
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] ZYZ Andrew Leary
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] LOC Pawcatuck, CT
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] NDL ICM,XX,IBN,ITN:60177,IFC
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] TIME Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:44:58 -0400
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] VER mbcico/1.0.5/GNU/Linux-i386 binkp/1.1
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] PHN phoenix.bnbbbs.net
 MV> - 00:44 [3468] OPM Phoenix BBS
 MV> + 00:44 [3468] addr: 1:320/219@fidonet

 MV> Congratulations! Yep, it works. Your Telnet BBS BTW also answers on
 MV> IPv6.

My MBSE system supports both IPv4 and IPv6 for all services it offers, except 
for the InterBBS chat server.  Michiel Broek never added IPv6 support to that, 
and I have a few other more pressing changes I want to work on before I tackle 
that project.

 MV> I say, you guys over there are lucky. Here the big ISPs are still
 MV> dragging their feet. My ISP has been making promises for five years
 MV> now. "We will roll it out next year"... Well, it seems they are now
 MV> FINALLY doing some pilots. But only for clients with a specific brand
 MV> of cable modem. My old Motorola surfboard is still doing well, so I
 MV> will have to wait at least another year...

Comcast is pushing hard to get everyone to use their wireless gateways for 
their Triple Play packages.  These gateways have built in routers, which 
provide very limited options for port forwarding, etc.  It can take 2-3 tech 
support people before you will find one that will put their device into bridge 
mode for you.  After the device went brain dead and refused to respond to DHCP 
requests 3 times in 12 days, I removed it and exchanged it for a modem/EMTA 
that has worked flawlessly ever since.

Andrew


--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910
 * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net:2323 (1:320/219)

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