Hi Paul and Anne, Interesting that Anne would have the issue on Comcast; I am on Comcast and never had a problem. Anne is only 60 miles from me and is running an ipv6 address and I am on still on ipv4 both on the Comcast network. You just never know with these providers!
>From what I read this will become a larger issue as the mix of ipv4 and ipv6 >increases. Also, very nice Henbury Paul and the Sikhote slice is also really nice Anne :-) Best Regards, Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anne Black Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 4:52 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] MPOD 500-error Update Excellent Explanation Paul!! And it actually makes sense. Yes, the problem started right after I switched to Comcast (cable provider here). You should go help Google, their explanation explained nothing at all. And don't fire the idiot-programmer. Yet. Thanks. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: valparint <[email protected]> To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Nov 27, 2013 2:23 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] MPOD 500-error Update Hello List. One of the causes of "500" errors when accessing the MPOD was IPv6 addresses. What's that, you ask? An IP address uniquely defines an Internet node, which is any piece of Data Communication Equipment (server, router, hub, etc.) or any piece of Data Terminal Equipment (computer, printer, web cam, etc.) The original design of the Internet Protocol (IP) called for a 32-bit IP address, which allows for a bit over 4 billion addresses. That seemed like a lot back then but that is not the case now. So, the world is moving toward IPv6 addresses, which is a 128-bit quantity. That allows for 3.4 10^38 addresses, or 340 trillion trillion trillion using the 1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000 definition. That should be sufficient for a while. For certain technical reasons, not forseen by the idiot-programmer, the MPOD failed when it encountered an IPv6 address. That has been fixed. Anne, when you switched to ComCast you suddenly started coming through with an IPv6 address. Either URL - www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp or www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp - ought to work now. However, YOU MAY NEED TO DO A REFRESH ON THE PAGE One last thing. I apologize to Andreas Koppelt in particular and the list in general for using the term "bummer" in my previous post. Using slang on an international list is a poor practice that I try to avoid but I failed in this instance. "Bummer" is 1960s hippie slang for something bad. For example, "Bummer, man! We're out of dope." It is not hard to see how the word could be interpreted as "one who is a bum", or some other unpleasant thing. Cheers Paul Swartz IMCA 5204 MPOD Idiot-Programmer p.s. Please, if anyone has problems connecting to the MPOD, let me know. More information is very helpful in finding software bugs. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
