Hello folks,

I have been testing this new PING functionality that came with A47 release of Mystic. So far so good, but apparently the PONG responses that I am sending to John Dovey@4:920/69 are being treated as bad packets.

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system? It's a simple netmail to PING user, my address is 4:80/1. Please let me know if the response arrives corrupted to you.

Thanks a lot!

Flavio.

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Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system? It's a simple
netmail to PING user, my address is 4:80/1. Please let me know if the response
arrives corrupted to you.

I sent a couple, one routed that is still parked in my outbound until picked up and another direct that is at your node now but may be in your unprotected inbound.

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On 13 Apr 2022, Alan Ianson said the following...

I sent a couple, one routed that is still parked in my outbound until picked up and another direct that is at your node now but may be in your unprotected inbound.

Thanks Alan, I can see from my logs here that two PING responses were sent towards 1:153/757. Please let me know if they were correctly received or ended up at your BAD echomail directory.

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I sent a couple, one routed that is still parked in my outbound until
picked up and another direct that is at your node now but may be in your
unprotected inbound.

Thanks Alan, I can see from my logs here that two PING responses were sent towards 1:153/757. Please let me know if they were correctly received or ended up at your BAD echomail directory.

I have no netmail in my netmail area or any bad packets here.

However I see this in my logs..

This is the netmail I sent to ping @ 4:80/1 via 4:920/1.

220413 17:49 BMT: 1:153/757.0 -> 4:80/1.0, 139 bytes
220413 17:49 BMT: Alan Ianson -> Ping [Ping]
220413 17:49 Routing netmail to 4:80/1.0 via 4:920/1.0
220413 17:49 Creating new attach 23e7a7a1.pkt to 4:920/1.0

This packet was received from 1:320/219.

220413 18:06 Processing packet 569d17e6.pkt from 1:320/219.0, 250 bytes.
220413 18:06 BMT: 1:80/1.0 -> 1:153/757.0, 57 bytes
220413 18:06 BMT: -> []
220413 18:06 BMT: 1:80/1.0 -> 1:153/757.0, 57 bytes
220413 18:06 BMT: -> []

The From and subject are blank. I suspect this packet was grunged somehow but I don't have the packet to inspect.

Can you either set your mailer to reply directly or through 4:920/1 and we'll see if we get better results?

Let me know if you'd like me to try again.

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Hi Flavio.

13 Apr 22 19:13:54, you wrote to All:

Hello folks,

I have been testing this new PING functionality that came with A47 release of Mystic. So far so good,
but apparently the PONG responses that I am sending to John Dovey@4:920/69 are being treated as bad
packets.

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system? It's a simple netmail to PING user, my
address is 4:80/1. Please let me know if the response arrives corrupted to you.

I sent pings few moments ago, crash and routed.

No replies yet.

'Tommi

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Hello Flavio,

On Wednesday April 13 2022 19:13, you wrote to All:

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system? It's a simple netmail to PING user, my address is 4:80/1. Please let me know
if the response arrives corrupted to you.

Two ping requests are in the pipe. One crash, one routed.

I will try to test the TRACE functionality later.


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Flavio,

Thursday April 14 2022 09:29, I wrote to you:

Two ping requests are in the pipe. One crash, one routed.

I will try to test the TRACE functionality later.

No response from your PING robot yet. But I noticed something odd in the via lines of a ping to 464 routed through your system:

@Via 2:280/5555 @20220414.073614.608.UTC FMail-W32(Pack) 2.1.3.7-B20170919
@Via 0:0/0 @20220414.043431.UTC Mystic 1.12 A47
@Via 4:90/1 @20220414.043743 FMail/Win32 1.60+
@Via 1:229/426 @20220414.033728 D'Bridge 4
@Via 1:229/426@fidonet @20220414.073729.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
@Via 2:280/464 @20220414.074202.227.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss) 2.1.0.18-B20170815

Note the 0:0/0 in the via line generated by your system. The UTC time stamp is also wrong.


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Flavio,

Thursday April 14 2022 09:29, I wrote to you:

Two ping requests are in the pipe. One crash, one routed.

I will try to test the TRACE functionality later.

No response from your PING robot yet. But I noticed something odd in the via lines of a ping to 464 routed through your system:

@Via 2:280/5555 @20220414.073614.608.UTC FMail-W32(Pack) 2.1.3.7-B20170919 @Via 0:0/0 @20220414.043431.UTC Mystic 1.12 A47
@Via 4:90/1 @20220414.043743 FMail/Win32 1.60+
@Via 1:229/426 @20220414.033728 D'Bridge 4
@Via 1:229/426@fidonet @20220414.073729.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
@Via 2:280/464 @20220414.074202.227.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss) 2.1.0.18-B20170815

Note the 0:0/0 in the via line generated by your system. The UTC time stamp is also wrong.

Flavio,
this might be a hint. The message I get with grunged packets has to do with an invalid DateTime...

JD

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Hi Michiel.

14 Apr 22 10:13:28, you wrote to Flavio Bessa:

No response from your PING robot yet. But I noticed something odd in the via lines of a ping to 464
routed through your system:

..

@Via 4:90/1 @20220414.043743 FMail/Win32 1.60+
@Via 1:229/426 @20220414.033728 D'Bridge 4
@Via 1:229/426@fidonet @20220414.073729.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
@Via 2:280/464 @20220414.074202.227.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss) 2.1.0.18-B20170815

Strange routing from zone 4 to zone 2.

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'Tommi

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Hello folks,

I have been testing this new PING functionality that came with A47 release of Mystic. So far so good, but apparently the PONG responses that I am sending to John Dovey@4:920/69 are being treated as bad packets.

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system? It's a simple netmail to PING user, my address is 4:80/1. Please let me know if the response arrives corrupted to you.

Thanks a lot!

Flavio.

Flavio,
The commit to sbbsecho.c looks as if it could be the fix. I'll give it a try later and let you know.

All the best
John


--- AfterShock/Android 1.6.8
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Hello Tommi,

On Thursday April 14 2022 17:54, you wrote to me:

@Via 4:90/1 @20220414.043743 FMail/Win32 1.60+
@Via 1:229/426 @20220414.033728 D'Bridge 4
@Via 1:229/426@fidonet @20220414.073729.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
@Via 2:280/464 @20220414.074202.227.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss)
2.1.0.18-B20170815

Strange routing from zone 4 to zone 2.

Indeed. AFAIK, ZC4 and ZC2 have direct links, so why not use that instead of routing via Z1?


Cheers, Michiel

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Flavio,

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system?

I did and nothing came back.

Remember, you and I entertain a direct link ...

\%/@rd

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Re: Issues with PING functionality
By: John Dovey to Flavio Bessa on Thu Apr 14 2022 10:16 am

The commit to sbbsecho.c looks as if it could be the fix. I'll give it a try later and let you know.

The SBBSecho commit you're referring to had nothing to do with the corrupted PING-response packet problem you're encountering. I know we already discussed this in a Synchronet-specific echo, but just for everyone else's understanding.
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Flavio,

Could I ask if anyone could send a PING request to my system?

I did and nothing came back.

Remember, you and I entertain a direct link ...

Ward,
even with a direct link, the ping responder should reply correctly. Flavio and I have pretty much figured out that the problem lies with the Mystic implimentation of ping and he's reported it as such to the developer.

all the best
John
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Re: Issues with PING functionality
By: John Dovey to Flavio Bessa on Thu Apr 14 2022 10:16 am

The commit to sbbsecho.c looks as if it could be the fix. I'll give it a
try later and let you know.

The SBBSecho commit you're referring to had nothing to do with the corrupted PING-response packet problem you're encountering. I know we already discussed this in a Synchronet-specific echo, but just for everyone else's understanding. --
digital man (rob)

Thanks Rob. I've tested the fix and seen it works. The packet problem has been reported to the Mystic dev.

All the best
John

--- AfterShock/Android 1.6.8
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Hello Flavio,

Thursday April 14 2022 10:13, I wrote to you:

No response from your PING robot yet.

I tried again. One ping crash, one routed.

No response after more than 24 hours.

It just doesn't seem to work. :(


Cheers, Michiel

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* Originally in FIDOTEST
* Crossposted in MYSTIC

Thursday April 14 2022 10:13, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Flavio Bessa:

No response from your PING robot yet. But I noticed something odd in the via
lines of a ping to 464 routed through your system:

@Via 2:280/5555 @20220414.073614.608.UTC FMail-W32(Pack) 2.1.3.7-B20170919 @Via 0:0/0 @20220414.043431.UTC Mystic 1.12 A47
@Via 4:90/1 @20220414.043743 FMail/Win32 1.60+
@Via 1:229/426 @20220414.033728 D'Bridge 4
@Via 1:229/426@fidonet @20220414.073729.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
@Via 2:280/464 @20220414.074202.227.UTC FMail-lnx64(Toss) 2.1.0.18-B20170815

Note the 0:0/0 in the via line generated by your system. The UTC time stamp is
also wrong.

I noticed the same thing happening in another Mystic. This one is running A48.

===
Via 2:221/6.6 @20220417.155028.UTC hpt/w32-wc 1.9 2022-04-14
Via 0:0/0 @20220417.114640.UTC Mystic 1.12 A48
Via 2:221/6 @20220417.155056.UTC hpt/lnx 1.9 2022-02-13
Via 2:221/1 @20220417.155144.UTC O/T-Track+ 2.85
===

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi,

On Sunday April 17 2022 19:07, you wrote to me:

Note the 0:0/0 in the via line generated by your system. The UTC
time stamp is also wrong.

I noticed the same thing happening in another Mystic. This one is
running A48.

Via 0:0/0 @20220417.114640.UTC Mystic 1.12 A48

A48 indeed. So the bugs have not bneen fixed yet. Now why am I not surprised... :(


Cheers, Michiel

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