Subj : /545
To   : Alexey Vissarionov
From : Bj”rn Felten
Date : Sat Oct 29 2011 20:22:18

 >>> 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545
 JC>> I get an error attempting to ping that: Destination unreachable:
 JC>> Address unreachable

 AV> Very strange... It should be reachable from everywhere.

   Correction: From everywhere in the free world -- he's located in the USA, remember. From Sweden it works OK:

Pinging 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545: time=494ms
Reply from 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545: time=472ms
Reply from 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545: time=263ms
Reply from 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545: time=273ms

Ping statistics for 2a01:ba80::f1d0:2:5020:545:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 263ms, Maximum = 494ms, Average = 375ms

 JC>> Mine, btw, is 2001:470:1f11:10b9::5.

Pinging 2001:470:1f11:10b9::5 with 32 bytes of data:

Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 2001:470:1f11:10b9::5:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

  Not very reachable from Sweden at least.

  I don't know how many readers noticed how you've managed to get the 'f1do' plus your fidonet address into that IPv6 address. I for one am very impressed!

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