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    From Greg Meckel@VERT/THEICECA to All on Sat Feb 1 18:32:58 2025
    I recently upgraded to synchronet 3.20b and I am getting an error while polling my hub. The error is "BINKPOLL Connection to 1:153/757:24554 failed (Error: No such host is known.
    However, incoming co0nnections from my host have no problem. Any help is appreciated
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Greg Meckel on Sun Feb 2 00:02:39 2025
    Re: error
    By: Greg Meckel to All on Sat Feb 01 2025 06:32 pm

    I recently upgraded to synchronet 3.20b and I am getting an error while polling my hub. The error is "BINKPOLL Connection to 1:153/757:24554 failed (Error: No such host is known.
    However, incoming co0nnections from my host have no problem. Any help is appreciated

    It sounds like you don't have the BinkP host address set correctly for your hub in echocfg->Linked Nodes. The Bink->Host setting is supposed to be set to the IP address or hostname of your hub (not an FTN address).
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  • From Greg Meckel@VERT/THEICECA to Digital Man on Sun Feb 2 10:34:51 2025
    Re: error
    By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun Feb 02 2025 12:02 am

    The error is "BINKPOLL Connection to 1:153/757:24554
    failed (Error: No such host is known.
    However, incoming co0nnections from my host have no problem. Any help is appreciated

    It sounds like you don't have the BinkP host address set correctly for your hub in echocfg->Linked Nodes. The Bink->Host setting is supposed to be set to the IP address or hostname of your hub (not an FTN address).

    OK. I will try that and see what happens. Thanks for your assistance.....again ---
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  • From Greg Meckel@VERT/THEICECA to Digital Man on Sun Feb 2 11:10:05 2025
    Re: error
    By: Digital Man to Greg Meckel on Sun Feb 02 2025 12:02 am

    However, incoming co0nnections from my host have no problem. Any help is appreciated

    It sounds like you don't have the BinkP host address set correctly for your hub in echocfg->Linked Nodes. The Bink->Host setting is supposed to be set to the IP address or hostname of your hub (not an FTN address).

    Error fixed. Thanks DM
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