Subj : ipv6 resolvability
To   : David Gonzalez
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Nov 17 2024 09:27 pm

Hello David,

On Sunday November 17 2024 14:23, you wrote to me:

 DG> With regards to your question, yes I'm on bbs.skynetbbs.com which
 DG> points to 2800:e2:5480:60::20, I think I created the AAAA on my DNS
 DG> control panel, so if you poll it should let you in, word of caution my
 DG> BBS is still very stock but that's because I've found it difficult to
 DG> modify Mystic default theme and menus.

I tried it:

+ 21:25 [1060] call to 4:930/1@fidonet
  21:25 [1060] trying bbs.skynetbbs.com [2800:e2:5480:60::2]...
? 21:26 [1060] connection to 4:930/1@fidonet failed: {W32
               API error 10060} Connection timed out
  21:26 [1060] trying bbs.skynetbbs.com [181.142.97.252]...
  21:26 [1060] connected
+ 21:26 [1060] outgoing session with bbs.skynetbbs.com:24554 [181.142.97.252]
- 21:26 [1060] OPT CRAM-MD5-d622da334d8cd27747b0356c9cb4cd70
+ 21:26 [1060] Remote requests MD mode
- 21:26 [1060] SYS SkyNet BBS
- 21:26 [1060] LOC Medellin, Colombia
- 21:26 [1060] ZYZ DavidG
- 21:26 [1060] TIME Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:26:08 -0500
- 21:26 [1060] VER Mystic/1.12A48 binkp/1.0
- 21:26 [1060] BUILD 2023/01/15 15:29:47 Windows/32
+ 21:26 [1060] addr: 21:3/188@fsxnet (n/a or busy)
+ 21:26 [1060] addr: 3:633/2744.188@fidonet
+ 21:26 [1060] addr: 4:930/1@fidonet
+ 21:26 [1060] addr: 4:930/0@fidonet
+ 21:26 [1060] addr: 4:93/0@fidonet
- 21:26 [1060] QSIZE 0 files 0 bytes
+ 21:26 [1060] done (to 4:930/1@fidonet, OK, S/R: 0/0 (0/0 bytes))
  21:26 [1060] session closed, quitting...
  21:26 [4008] the queue is empty, quitting...
D:\FIDO6\BINKD>

So no IPv6 connect yet. The first thing to look at would be the firewall. You should create an IPv6 pinhole fo port 24554.

 DG> I'll try to be active on this area because I'm an IPv6 advocate and
 DG> very pasionate about it, in fact I teach IPv6 classes for "living".

Great!


Cheers, Michiel

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