Hello Wilfred!

12 Mar 26 18:13, you wrote to me:

Well, it seems that 2:250/1 may be either off-line or is simply
not
answering:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
? 12 Mar 11:48:13 [223] connection to 2:250/1@fidonet failed:
Connection timed out. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

I can reach it with no problem. So there seems to be some (firewall) blocking going on somewhere between your systems.

So lets start with some of the basics to resolve this.

How does applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolve to an IPv4 address on your system? This is what I get:

# host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

Here is what my ping returns:
PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

Unfortunately Vince's system can not be pinged, but 82.30.228.1 in the same sub-net can be. So you can try to ping that system to test if
there is some kind of geo blocking going on.

And can you open http://applewoodbbs.linkpc.net/ in your webbrowser
(from your fidosystem)? You should get the home webpage from Vince's system...

That's going to take a bit of doing as under OS/2 my Firefox for OS/2 is very dated. I do have a Windows machine on the same network; I can try it from there.

--
Kindest regards,
Marc


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Hello Wilfred!

12 Mar 26 13:03, I wrote to you:

I can reach it with no problem. So there seems to be some
(firewall) blocking going on somewhere between your systems.

So lets start with some of the basics to resolve this.

How does applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolve to an IPv4 address on
your system? This is what I get:

# host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

Here is what my ping returns:
PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

[snip]

And can you open http://applewoodbbs.linkpc.net/ in your
webbrowser (from your fidosystem)? You should get the home
webpage from Vince's system...

That's going to take a bit of doing as under OS/2 my Firefox for OS/2
is very dated. I do have a Windows machine on the same network; I can
try it from there.

Here is the result from my Windows machine:

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-
Applewood BBS Statistics for Node:

Mailer Statistic for nodes 2:250/1 (& 2:25/0; 2:25/21; 2:250/0; 2:263/0@fidonet)

MBSE Mailer History

Tic file groups Statistics

Polled Node Statistics

Message groups Statistics

Messages areas Statistics

TIC file area Statistics

System Information

Select here for the BBS download file areas

Note that you can also use the anonymous ftp server at applewoodbbs.linkpc.net to download files
-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-CUT-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-

Marc


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Hi Marc,

On 2026-03-12 13:03:24, you wrote to me:

# host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

Here is what my ping returns:
PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

That is the wrong IPv4 address! And probably the cause of your connection problems. So the dns resolving on your fido machine seems broken somehow.

And can you open http://applewoodbbs.linkpc.net/ in your webbrowser
(from your fidosystem)? You should get the home webpage from Vince's
system...

That's going to take a bit of doing as under OS/2 my Firefox for OS/2 is very
dated. I do have a Windows machine on the same network; I can try it from there.

Please do! And also show us the nslookup (or ping) from that machine to applewoodbbs.linkpc.net.


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

12 Mar 26 19:25, you wrote to me:

On 2026-03-12 13:03:24, you wrote to me:

# host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

Here is what my ping returns:
PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

That is the wrong IPv4 address! And probably the cause of your
connection problems. So the dns resolving on your fido machine seems broken somehow.

And can you open http://applewoodbbs.linkpc.net/ in your
webbrowser (from your fidosystem)? You should get the home
webpage from Vince's system...

That's going to take a bit of doing as under OS/2 my Firefox for
OS/2 is very dated. I do have a Windows machine on the same
network; I can try it from there.

Please do! And also show us the nslookup (or ping) from that machine
to applewoodbbs.linkpc.net.

I was able to use Firefox on my Windows machine to reach it successfully.

I have altered my binkd NODES.CFG to directly connect 2:250/1 to 82.30.228.158... Let's see how that goes.

--
Kindest regards,
Marc


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Hi Marc,

On 2026-03-12 18:17:19, you wrote to me:

# host applewoodbbs.linkpc.net
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net has address 82.30.228.158

Here is what my ping returns:
PING applewoodbbs.linkpc.net: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 172.235.136.206: icmp_seq=0. time=30. ms

I was able to use Firefox on my Windows machine to reach it
successfully.

Ok, so it isn't a problem on your network, but just on your OS2 fido machine.

I have altered my binkd NODES.CFG to directly connect 2:250/1 to 82.30.228.158... Let's see how that goes.

That should work, but still why isn't the host name not resolving to the correct IP address on your OS2 fido machine, that is the problem to address! Otherwise who knows what other host names it won't resolve correctly...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Marc!

12 Mar 26 21:50, I wrote to Vincent Coen:

@REPLY: 2:250/1@fidonet 69b34f75
@MSGID: 1:396/45 69b38b72
@CHRS: CP437 2
@TZUTC: -0600

Hello Vincent!

12 Mar 26 23:42, you wrote to me:

Hello Marc!

12 Mar 26 18:17, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:

Hello Wilfred!

[snip]

12 Mar 26 19:25, you wrote to me:
I was able to use Firefox on my Windows machine to reach it
successfully.

I have altered my binkd NODES.CFG to directly connect 2:250/1 to
82.30.228.158... Let's see how that goes.

Can you use the nodelist with Binkd ?

No, it strictly utilses the NODES.CFG file:
node 2:250/1@fidonet 82.30.228.158

I have located the issue with the odd-ball IP address. I have altered the actual routing in that machine's (OS/2) IP system where it routes
applewoodbbs.linkpc.net directly to 82.30.228.158. And as you can now see, all the Echo updates have been processed by your system.
--
Kindest regards,
Marc


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Hi Marc,

On 2026-03-13 11:18:32, you wrote to you:

I have located the issue with the odd-ball IP address. I have altered
the actual routing in that machine's (OS/2) IP system where it routes applewoodbbs.linkpc.net directly to 82.30.228.158.

And does that keep working if Vince for some reason changes the IP address that applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolves to?


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

13 Mar 26 18:35, you wrote to me:

On 2026-03-13 11:18:32, you wrote to you:

I have located the issue with the odd-ball IP address. I have
altered the actual routing in that machine's (OS/2) IP system
where it routes applewoodbbs.linkpc.net directly to
82.30.228.158.

And does that keep working if Vince for some reason changes the IP
address that applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolves to?

Hmmm... Quite obviously not. Hopefully though, his system is on a fixed IP, but I haven't any way of knowing without him saying so, or not.
--
Regards,
Marc


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Hi Marc,

On 2026-03-15 22:26:49, you wrote to me:

And does that keep working if Vince for some reason changes the IP
address that applewoodbbs.linkpc.net resolves to?

Hmmm... Quite obviously not. Hopefully though, his system is on a fixed IP,
but I haven't any way of knowing without him saying so, or
not.

Even fixed IP's sometimes change... I'm just saying you should try and resolve the real problem, not patch it. ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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