[Dxspider-support] installing dx-spider

[Roland Huysentruyt,ON6HH]

Hi
As a coming user of spider  I feel free to adress  some comments /questions  to this board.

For the moment I am running ak1a for 10 years ( ON0DXK)
I was one of the guys asking for a CD to install spider on a more easy way but I managed
to do it without althought I am still interested to receive the CD when it comes out.
The installation was a lot easyer I thought hi .My linux knowledge was almost zero and still
is very poor .Reading and reading again the "RedHat" manuals and the howto's did help and
when in big troubles having someone to relie on was all I needed.
It is also a must to write down all the steps you make and also the most linux-commands you regulary
need .
The documentation delivered with the spider-distribution  is ok for me,no critics.
Many thanks to Ian and of course to Dirk for writing all this code !
The ax25 kernel and utils are in my opinion a difficult task but with  the help of a written
procedure made by Gert,ON1BLU  I could set it up without many difficulties.
On the linuxbox I am running also the node ( linuxnet ) connected to the ax25 rf-network via
a kiss port and via ethernet.
If all goes well I am planning to install the the linuxbox  very soon at the definitive site.

But now my questions :

1.Database chaining : QSL databases f.e.

The database-chaining is ok but the output  is not the way it is  now on on0dxk (ak1a)
for many years.
I have 5 databases having each there own properties.
The output for "key" ( if  found ) is  displayed  for each database that way the user can
interprete  what info is the correct one at that time.
If "key" not found  no display .
Whit spider once the "key" is found the other databases are not searched any more.
I  miss also the .pre  and  .nof   files and the  upload facility ( f.e. upload/qsl)  from  the
ak1a  system .
A few time ago I think it was Dirk who you asked  for wanted new features .
Maybe the ak1a system for the databases is one hi !
The qsl-database on on0dxk is very popular and much used specialy because there
is very recent info in it .F.e the qslinfo taken out the dxspots by f6cyv every 2-3 days.
He uploads the new info's ( file ) and during maintenance the file is added and dupes are
cleaned, all written in dbase(clipper).
The qslnew-database updated by users is very interresting to.
All this make it unnecessary for users to give all this ennoying announces (pc12) we see now
on most clusters.

2. I heard abt a problem when more then +- 50 users are connected .

It was not sure yet spider was the cause .
Because On0dxk has often more then 50 users and during contests the users
are at their maximum ( 62 ) I am very interrested to have follow up of the problem and
for this reason I will wait to shut down the ak1a cluster for the moment
.
Thanks for reading all this hi and sorry for my poor English.

73
Roland,ON6HH,sysop ON0DXK
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