Is it normal for nslookup to fail for fxnet?

nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz NXDOMAIN

It seems when I try to send a netmail out it synchronet chokes because the lookup fails ...

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Re: nslookup failure
By: Fr333n3rgy to Digital Man on Tue Jan 18 2022 09:58 pm

Is it normal for nslookup to fail for fxnet?

nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz NXDOMAIN

Yes, fsxNet does not support DNS-based node look-ups.

It seems when I try to send a netmail out it synchronet chokes because the lookup fails ...

The init-fidonet.js script (you said you ran that, right?) should have added something like the following to your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini file automatically:

[node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
Name = Paul Hayton (Avon)
Comment = fsxNet Hub
...
GroupHub = fsxNet
BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
BinkpPort = 24556

Did it not do that?

That "BinkpHost" setting would cause the mailer (BinkIT, most likely) to contact to *that* hostname and not f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz, when attempting to perform a BinkP connection with 21:1/100.
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On 2022 Jan 18 21:58:30, you wrote to Digital Man:

nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

/me heads off to make some configuration changes to remove this option :(

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Hi Rob,
It did add that part see below


[node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
Name = Paul Hayton
Comment = avon@bbs.nz
Archive = None
PacketType = 2+
PacketPwd =
AreaFix = true
AreaFixPwd = (retracted)
SessionPwd = (retracted)
TicFilePwd = (retracted)
Inbox =
Outbox =
Passive = false
Direct = false
Notify = false
Keys =
Status = Normal
GroupHub = fsxNet
BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
BinkpPort = 24556
BinkpPoll = true
BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
BinkpAllowPlainText = true
BinkpTLS = false
BinkpSourceAddress =

[echolist:/sbbs/ctrl/FSXNET.NA]
Hub = 21:1/100
AreaMgr = AreaFix
Pwd = (retracted)
Fwd = false
Keys =

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Re: nslookup failure
By: Fr333n3rgy to Digital Man on Wed Jan 19 2022 09:57 am

Hi Rob,
It did add that part see below

[node:21:1/100@fsxnet]
Name = Paul Hayton
Comment = avon@bbs.nz
Archive = None
PacketType = 2+
PacketPwd =
AreaFix = true
AreaFixPwd = (retracted)
SessionPwd = (retracted)
TicFilePwd = (retracted)
Inbox =
Outbox =
Passive = false
Direct = false
Notify = false
Keys =
Status = Normal
GroupHub = fsxNet
BinkpHost = agency.bbs.nz
BinkpPort = 24556
BinkpPoll = true
BinkpPlainAuthOnly = false
BinkpAllowPlainAuth = false
BinkpAllowPlainText = true
BinkpTLS = false
BinkpSourceAddress =

[echolist:/sbbs/ctrl/FSXNET.NA]
Hub = 21:1/100
AreaMgr = AreaFix
Pwd = (retracted)
Fwd = false
Keys =

Okay, good, so the problem was that you mistyped a netmail address as 21:100/1 instead of 21:1/100?
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On 01-19-22 10:04, mark lewis wrote to Fr333n3rgy <=-

On 2022 Jan 18 21:58:30, you wrote to Digital Man:

nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups
any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).


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On 2022 Jan 21 10:53:00, you wrote to me:

nslookup f100.n1.z21.fxnet.nz

the proper domain is fsxnet ;)

but i note that apparenetly they are not doing the fnz domain lookups
any more... they used to... i don't know when or why they stopped...

I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).

i hadn't heard anything, either, but i'm not in fsxnet and haven't really been paying attention to my BBS in the last year or two for various reasons... i saw DM mentioned it the other day and my tests doing fnz conversion of random fsxnet addresses and attempting to look them up on fsxnet.nz failed... eg: the following lookup for 21:1/100@fsxnet


$ nslookup f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz
Server: 192.168.42.1
Address: 192.168.42.1#53

** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz: NXDOMAIN


i don't find anything obvious in the HISTORY.TXT file about discontinuing the fnz conversion lookups, either... not a big deal, though... i simply removed the entry from my binkd-networks.conf file so my binkd won't attempt fnz conversions and lookups for any fsxnet systems...

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On 01-21-22 11:23, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

I haven't heard anything. Check with Avon (Paul).

i hadn't heard anything, either, but i'm not in fsxnet and haven't
really been paying attention to my BBS in the last year or two for
various reasons... i saw DM mentioned it the other day and my tests
doing fnz conversion of random fsxnet addresses and attempting to look them up on fsxnet.nz failed... eg: the following lookup for 21:1/100@fsxnet

$ nslookup f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz
Server: 192.168.42.1
Address: 192.168.42.1#53

** server can't find f100.n1.z21.fsxnet.nz: NXDOMAIN

I tried the same thing, got the same result. Double checked against my own FTN subdomain, which works, just to eliminate user error as a probable cause. :)

i don't find anything obvious in the HISTORY.TXT file about
discontinuing the fnz conversion lookups, either... not a big deal, though... i simply removed the entry from my binkd-networks.conf file
so my binkd won't attempt fnz conversions and lookups for any fsxnet systems...

If I remember, I might ask Paul. :)



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