Subj : My turn for testing IPv6...
To   : Andrew Leary
From : RJ Clay
Date : Sat Aug 15 2015 10:23 am

* Replying to a msg in IPV6 (IPv6 Discussions)

Hi Andrew!

09 Aug 15 13:54, I wrote to you:

RC> 02 Aug 15 16:35, you wrote to me:
AL>> 02 Aug 15 13:48, you wrote to me:

RC>>>    Excellant!  Now just need to test outbound FTN IPv6 connects,
RC>>> and how to do that with the programs I have available...  (MBSE
RC>>> BBS, BinkD, Qico.)

AL>> MBSE will use IPv6 first, and then fall back to IPv4 if
AL>> necessary, assuming that the hostname has both A and AAAA
AL>> records.

RC>    What else might be needed for that?  Because on a Debian 8 install
RC> of v1.04, a poll attempt to your system went via IPv4.  (I'll check
RC> the settings I was using, and follow up as necessary in the MBSE
RC> echo...)

 I tried your 1:320/219 node as well and it still went out via IPv4.  Is it
really MBSE that "will use IPv6 first"? Or it perhaps related to OS settings?
The new system hosting 1:120/545 is a 64bit system on Debian 8.


AL>>  It is not
AL>> currently possible to specify a literal IPv6 address in the
AL>> hostname field of a node record (I'm working on changing that.)

RC>    I'll be updating the install to the new version (v1.06) at
RC> 1:120/545 when I have a chance so I can test that.

 I can ping6 your system with no issue so I'll be testing that.





Jame

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