Subj : Re: Synchronet BBS stopped connecting to FSXnet suddenly!
To   : Rixter
From : Matty
Date : Sun Oct 27 2024 01:33 pm

 Ri> 24 hours ago my synchronet bbs v 3.19b stopped connecting to FSXnet. I
 Ri> have made no changes or updates to SBBS. I have rebooted my PC and still
 Ri> get this message. I am running windows 10 64b. This has all been working
 Ri> great up until 24 hours ago when SBBS stopped making a polling
 Ri> connection with FSXnet. Here is my Poll Log:
 Ri> 
 Ri> 10/27  09:58:52a  BINKPOLL Running timed event: BINKPOLL
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:52a  BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.41 invoked with options: -p
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:52a  BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 21:1/100@fsxnet
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:52a  BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 21:1/100@fsxnet started
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:52a  BINKPOLL Connecting to 21:1/100@fsxnet at
 Ri> f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz:24554
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:56a  BINKPOLL Connection to f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz:24554
 Ri> failed (Error: This is usually a temporary error during hostname
 Ri> resolution and means that the local server did not receive a response
 Ri> from an authoritative server. ).
 Ri>   10/27  09:58:56a  BINKPOLL Timed event: BINKPOLL returned 0

The hostname you should be connecting to is agency.bbs.nz - if that is what you have configured, are you able to ping it?

It should reply with the IP address of 103.193.138.76

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32)
 * Origin: bbs.CabanaBar.net:11123 (21:1/246)

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