Subj : IPv6 Nodes in Fidonet.
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Jan 27 2013 10:20:39

  Re: IPv6 Nodes in Fidonet.
  By: Kees van Eeten to Nicholas Boel on Sun Jan 27 2013 01:58 pm

 NB>> If you know of a good way to update the v6 address when the v4
 NB>> address is updated, please share!

 KV>  Yes I remember that, but I run the update once a day, the lease time of
 KV> my  dynamic address is over 30 days. In practice it does not change unless
 KV>  the provider changes hardware, or I release the address for some time.

True. Which I believe is about the same as over here. I've had this same
external IP address for quite some time, and it rarely ever changes.

 KV>  I changed the update software I originally used to ddclient.
 KV>  Ddclient is standard available in the Debian distribution.

I actually just run a script that wgets my IP and logs into dyndns.com to send
it.

 KV>  The following snippet of the configuration file does the trick.

 KV> use=if, if=eth1
 KV> usev6=ip, ip=2001:888:132a::34
 KV> mx=mail.ddutch.nl

I've been looking for a way to send my v6 IP to dyndns.com with my script
along with the v4 IP, but haven't found anything useful yet. I wonder if a
&usev6=$v6ip in the same line that updates the hostname and v4 address would
work. I'll definitely have to look into this more.

 KV>  By the way your dns responce is now correct and I used it to make a call.
 KV>  By accident I bothered Jim again, apologies to him.

Exellent. Thank you for confirming, and the continuous tests!

 KV>   Success.

... is always a nice thing. :)

Regards,
Nick

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