Subj : Config question
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Wed Mar 18 2026 05:22 pm

Hello Marc,

On Wednesday March 18 2026 10:31, you wrote to All:

 ML> I am having an issue connecting to an IP address. For some odd-ball
 ML> reason my OS/2 system cannot resolve applewoodbbs.linkpc.com, so I'm
 ML> using its actual IP address in my binkd.cfg file like so:

 ML> node 2:25/21@fidonet 82.30.228.138:24555

 ML> What comes back is:

 ML> + 18 Mar 09:09:01 [33615] call to 2:25/21@fidonet
 ML> + 18 Mar 09:09:01 [33615] getaddrinfo failed: hostname nor servname
 ML> provided, Any ideas on how to get around this issue?  I'm sure I'm
 ML> configuring this wrong. -- Thanks in advance, Marc

Try 82.30.228.158
               ^
Without the non standard port number.


Cheers, Michiel

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