[Dxspider-support] Disconnects

Bob Nielsen nielsen at oz.net
Tue Jan 28 06:48:53 GMT 2003


I've been using Charlie's modified links command for several weeks and
found it quite helpful in understanding what is happening with a
disconnect problem I have with another node (AR-cluster).

Bob, N7XY

On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 05:27:52PM -0500, charlie carroll wrote:
> Ian:
> A default DXSpider installation sends a ping every 5 minutes and
> disconnects if 2 ping responses are missed, a total of 10 minutes.
> 
> I found while trying to determine the source of disconnets that better
> values might be something on the order of 2 minutes between pings and an
> obscount of 5 instead of 2.  There's was nothing magic about the values
> that I used; I did, however, want to still maintain a total time of
> about 10 minutes before a disconnect would occur. 
> 
> You might try the same values and see what happens.  Use the commands:
> set/pinginterval 120 <callsign of other node>
> set/obscount 5 <callsign of other node>
> 
> DXSpider has a "links" command which shows the RTT on each of your
> links.  I have modified my links command to show the Ping interval and
> Obscount for each of my node links. This will allow you to see the
> Obscount value as it changes due to pings being received and/or missed. 
> If you want, I'll send you a copy of the file.  Contact me off the mail
> reflector.
> 
> 73 charlie, k1xx
> 




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