Subj : Re: WinPoint Version 404 IPV5
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Tue Mar 08 2022 20:24:00

//Hello Michiel,//

on *07.03.22* at *21:45:20* You wrote in Area *WINPOINT*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"WinPoint Version 404 IPV5"*.

 MvdV> Hello Tim,

 MvdV> Monday March 07 2022 19:21, Rinaldo Visscher wrote to you:

 RV>> Stil I am polling with a 4d adres instead of 6d. Is it win 11?

 MvdV> What I see in my binkd log is this:

 MvdV> - 07 Mar 22:15:33 [4052] incoming from 213.127.14.225 (17846)
 MvdV> + 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] incoming session with
 MvdV>                          ip-213-127-14-225.ip.prioritytelecom.net
 MvdV> [213.127.14.225]
 MvdV> - 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] SYS Rinaldo's Point
 MvdV> - 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] ZYZ Rinaldo Visscher
 MvdV> - 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] LOC Amsterdam
 MvdV> - 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] VER TCMBinkP/0.71 binkp/1.1
 MvdV> + 07 Mar 22:15:33 [1496] addr: 2:280/5555.10@fidonet

 MvdV> I had him check that his WIN11 machine actually has IPv6. ipv6-test.com
 MvdV> says he has a public IPv6 address.

 MvdV> So, he has IPv6, I have IPv6, he is using WP 404.  but he still comes
 MvdV> in with an IPv4 address. Any suggestions?

As long as the host also has an IPv4 address, WP will use the IPv4. That is the common practice to aviod trouble with IPv6 infratstructure issues. WP will only use IPv6, if the host only presents an IPv6 address.

Regards,
Tim

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