In a reply from Thom LaCosta on 03:19 about IP numbers

TL> Well, it's the silly circle season as far as ip numbers go.

ok

TL> The correct IP to reach the robot is
TL> 76.160.123.50

I can ping it :

C:\>ping 76.160.123.50

Pinging 76.160.123.50 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 76.160.123.50: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=120
Reply from 76.160.123.50: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=120
Reply from 76.160.123.50: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=120
Reply from 76.160.123.50: bytes=32 time=134ms TTL=120

Ping statistics for 76.160.123.50:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 132ms, Maximum = 134ms, Average = 132ms

C:\>

but unable to connect with it by ftn (taurus), wish I could show you the
log but it not even doing that

here the callout line : "76.160.123.50"_24555,TCP,CM,BND

TL> I was confused, as I was looking at the ip of the server that
TL> houses echolist.net  ... which is hundreds of miles away from here.

ok

TL> Sorry for any confusion.

it's ok

quick update, just unpaused it and it went out (was sort-of trying to get a 
message)

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