Subj : Connection Tests To : Michiel van der Vlist From : Rob Swindell Date : Wed Apr 05 2023 01:38 pm Re: Connection Tests By: Michiel van der Vlist to Rob Swindell on Wed Apr 05 2023 07:42 pm > Hello Rob, > > On Wednesday April 05 2023 10:08, you wrote to me: > > >> So all you have to do to earn your 'f' in the list is update the > >> DNS for the mew IPv6 address. > > RS> It probably makes more sense to just create a new hostname for fido > RS> traffic and have that point to that IPv6 address. > > Yes. Always a good idea to have different host names for different services. > Then you have the option to split the services over different machines > without having to change host names if the need arises. Most DNS providers > have no limit on the number of subdomains. I'm my own DNS provider, so yeah, no limit. :-) I added binkp.synchro.net for the f1d0 address and updated my _binkp._src SRV record as well. Next up, the Fidonet nodelist. > RS> Is this just a vanity address or does it have some functional puporse? > > It is just vanity, it serves no technical purpose. But it is quit popular > among the Fidonet IPv6 sysops. Over a third of them have such a vanity > address. It's showing off a "feature" of IPv6. :-) > >> Binkd has the possibility to specify the address to use for > >> outgoing calls. It overrides the OS preference. > >> > >> bindaddr 2600:6c88:8c40:5b:f1do:1:103:705 > >> > >> I don't know about BinkIT. > > RS> Maybe. Outbound IPv6 interface control isn't very strong in Synchronet > RS> right now. > > You can always discuss it with the author. ;-) I didn't write most of the IPv6 support in Synchronet, that was Stephen Hurd, but I can certainly look into it. > >> I am still a bit puzzled about your setup. Do you have /any/ > >> barrier between the big bad InterNet and your Fido Machine? > > RS> Just the Windows firewall. > > So you can configure it to pass ICMP6 Ping so that your binkp server address > becomes pingable... True that. -- digital man (rob) Synchronet "Real Fact" #24: 1584 Synchronet BBS Software registrations were sold between 1992 and 1996 Norco, CA WX: 67.6øF, 23.0% humidity, 0 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs .