[Dxspider-support] Partner seek.

[Dirk Koopman]

On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 13:55 +0000, Jose M. Valdes R (Joe) YV5LIX wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Wow, what a great response to my request.
> 
> I received 14 offers for connecting the node, thanks to every one who reply.
> 
> To be in the fair site, and since I'm new to the DX cluster community, I
> selected the first two offers that I received in the order in which they
> arrived to my mailbox; now I have some few questions.
> 
> To how many nodes should I connect? 
> 

To start with, just connect to *one* (well connected) node. By "well
connected", I mean a node that is used to dealing with many nodes,
therefore has a full "WW" feed and is used to guiding people through the
minefield of network loops.

Connecting to more than one node at a time can cause loops and much
anguish, depending on what sort of software you connect to and also the
default node filtering policies of those nodes. 

> It is a good idea to be connected to several nodes? 
> 

It depends on your requirements. For a normal, user oriented, "leaf"
node, one good connection and (maybe) a backup is all you need.

As you become more experienced and also proficient at filtering, you can
then start to offer connections to other (new) nodes.  

For now, please, PLEASE just stick to one connection.

Dirk G1TLH
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Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk>