The only advantage to multiple Internet DXCluster capability is that sometimes clusters go down (mine goes down abt every 3-4 months and its usually because of my cable service or a bad power outage). Having 2 connections means you should always have a connection (unless its you who loses the internet connection). More than 2 really isn't needed and as a DXCluster sysop I would not impose that capability on other sysops.
I could consider a list as proposed where if you fail on the first one, it goes to the second one, etc. That way you would only have 1 connection but you could define the clusters you want to go to when the primary fails. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software www.dxbase.com www.abrohamnealsoftware.com www.sdrsystems.com (540) 242 0911 Amateur Radio: K3NC Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com port 23 On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Crownhaven <[email protected]>wrote: > Neal, what would be the advantage of having two Internet DX Cluster > connections? I think they are all synched together and pretty much provide > the same spots. I might be wrong but that is my understanding. It will be > interesting to see how many users still get their spots via RF. I just quit > using an RF cluster here but it might be nice to have the option when they > "take out the Internet." :)))))) Of course, the whole backbone would be > gone too so maybe this whole discussion is moot. > The "auto reconnect" is VERY important. > Steve, N4JQQ > > > Gene Shablygin wrote: > >> Last time I used VHF packet cluster was 10 years ago. So will not miss it >> at all. >> >> Two internet clusters is a good idea. However, more important thing is an >> "auto reconnect". If the internet connectivity is lost even for a short >> period of time, the cluster drops the connection, but DXBase still thinks >> that the connection is OK. I think that if DXBase Packet Cluster interface >> does not receive any reply for 2 or 3 "stay alive" requests, it should try >> to disconnect and reconnect. >> >> Another feature which I would like to see -- ability to connect to another >> cluster from the list of predetermined ones, rather than just returning >> error, in case a cluster is not available. >> >> 73 W3UA >> >> Neal Campbell wrote: >> >> >>> I just wanted to get an indication from you about your usage of VHF for >>> packet clusters. I know that almost every sysop I know (myself included) >>> have shut down their VHF ports a long time ago but there are some still >>> offering the service. >>> >>> The reason I was asking was that I was considering moving towards >>> allowing 2 >>> internet DXCluster connections instead of 1 VHF and 1 Internet. How does >>> this affect your operation? >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> >>> Neal Campbell >>> Abroham Neal Software >>> www.dxbase.com >>> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com >>> www.sdrsystems.com >>> (540) 242 0911 >>> >>> Amateur Radio: K3NC >>> Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ >>> DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] >>> Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ >>> >>> DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com port 23 >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Dxbase mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
