* 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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