Understand.....thanks for the explanation. BTW, thanks again for tackling this project. We appreciate it. I am an annual buyer when there is an annual product to purchase.
Steve, N4JQQ Neal Campbell wrote: > 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 <http://www.dxbase.com> > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com <http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com> > www.sdrsystems.com <http://www.sdrsystems.com> > (540) 242 0911 > > Amateur Radio: K3NC > Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > <http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/> > > DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com <http://dxc.k3nc.com> port 23 > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Crownhaven <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 <http://www.dxbase.com> > www.abrohamnealsoftware.com > <http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com> > www.sdrsystems.com <http://www.sdrsystems.com> > (540) 242 0911 > > Amateur Radio: K3NC > Blog: http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/blog/ > DXBase bug reports: email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Abroham Neal forums: > http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/ > <http://www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/> > > DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com <http://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] > <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] > <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
