Subj : Unable to connect
To   : Marc Lewis
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Mon Oct 12 2026 02:43 pm


Hello Marc!

11 Oct 26 14:18, you wrote to me:


 > Hello Vincent!

 > 11 Oct 26 00:02, you wrote to me:

 >>> Hello Vincent!

 >  >> For quite some time now, connection to
 >>> applewoodbbs.linkpc.com:24555 has failed, over and over. Has
 >  >> something changed in that internet address?

 >>> --
 >>> Best regards,
 >>> Marc Lewis


 VC>> bash-5.3$ ping applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
 VC>> PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net (82.30.228.158) 56(84) bytes of
 VC>> data. 64 bytes from
 VC>> cpc138128-hatf10-2-0-cust157.9-3.cable.virginm.net
 VC>> (82.30.228.158): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.429 ms
 VC>> 64 bytes from cpc138128-hatf10-2-0-cust157.9-3.cable.virginm.net
 VC>> (82.30.228.158): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.486 ms
 VC>> 64 bytes from cpc138128-hatf10-2-0-cust157.9-3.cable.virginm.net
 VC>> (82.30.228.158): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.529 ms
 VC>> 64 bytes from cpc138128-hatf10-2-0-cust157.9-3.cable.virginm.net
 VC>> (82.30.228.158): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.848 ms
 VC>> ^C
 VC>> --- applewoodbbs.linkpc.net ping statistics ---
 VC>> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3013ms
 VC>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.429/0.573/0.848/0.162 ms

 VC>> Note address.

 > I changed the address to .net in the binkd nodes.cfg. Here's the
 > result:
 > ======cut======
 > 11 Oct 14:13:14 [24462] connection to 2:25/21@fidonet failed:
 > Connection timed out.
 > ======cut======
 > Perhaps binkd did not detect the change in the address. <?>
 > I'll wait for an hour and see if that's changed.
 > --
 > Best regards,
 > Marc


Works here by running ping applewood.linkpc.net

Vincent


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