Subj : Testing IPv6
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Wed Dec 30 2015 16:16:16

Good ${greeting_time}, Michiel!

30 Dec 2015 13:20:28, you wrote to Jeff Smith:

 MvdV> 13:21 [2776] trying 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d
 MvdV> [2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d]... ? 13:21 [2776] connection
 MvdV> to 1:14/0@fidonet failed: {W32 API error 10061} Connection refused

 MvdV> Note: not a time out, which one would expect if the mailer is
 MvdV> off-line, but a "connection refused" instead.

The "connection refused" message means the host is reachable, but nothing listens on a given port, so the kernel responds with a "TCP reset".

And the host is really reachable:

gremlin@hren:~ > ping6 -c2 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d
PING 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d: icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=136 ms
64 bytes from 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d: icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=136 ms
--- 2602:41:6726:ae00:7181:e7b2:36cc:668d ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 136.070/136.077/136.085/0.368 ms

2 JS: check whether binkd listens at [::]:24554 (`netstat -tunl` will help).


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