I think this is the problem this is the output of netstat -tulpna
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
527/sshd                     
tcp        0    224 173.212.204.188:22      81.100.200.204:60536    ESTABLISHED
674/1                   
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN
527/sshd        
tcp6       0      0 :::2424                 :::*                    LISTEN
546/bbbsd       
tcp6       0      0 :::8000                 :::*                    LISTEN
546/bbbsd       
tcp6       0      0 :::2121                 :::*                    LISTEN
546/bbbsd       
tcp6       0      0 :::24554                :::*                    LISTEN
546/bbbsd  

As you can see all the services are listening on IPV6 and not in IPV4 but...I
can reach the BBS via IPV4...
Tony
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