[Dxspider-support] "you are connected to me" Problem

Kjell Jarl K-Jarl at algonet.se
Fri Dec 31 09:59:51 GMT 2004


I would like to see a possibility to have the user information (locator 
etc) propagated, and SSID propagated in spots so I can be on another QTH 
with another locator under another SSID and it be shown alongside spots 
on other nodes.
73
Kjell


Lee Sawkins wrote:
> Hi Dirk.
> 
> If you allowed users to bump existing connections with the same SSID, I
> think that would be all that is really necessary.
> 
> Lee VE7CC
> 
> 
> Dirk Koopman wrote:
> 
>>>One thing that Spider does that I don't like is that it treats all these
>>>SSIDs are completely separate users.  They have to log in and resend all
>>>their information.   The big problem is that the filters don't carry
>>>over from one SSID to the other.  In AR Cluster the filters are carried
>>>from one SSID to another, unless the SSID is over 15.  That is why you
>>>occaassionally see AR Cluster users with SSIDs of -16, -17 etc.
>>
>>Now this is a long standing gripe that many people have had, but I have
>>several problems with doing it differently.
>>
>>Firstly a callsign is treated as a unique (primary) key on a node. It
>>would be *very* inconvenient for me if this was to be changed. It makes
>>everything very much more complicated. There is a further, important
>>issue for node operators: most parts of the world you don't have the
>>(in)convenience of a completely separate callsign for the node (eg, for
>>me, GB7DJK/GB7TLH for the nodes and G1TLH for me). So you have to run it
>>under some version of your callsign. In order for the unique key to
>>operate then you will need either to run the node with <call>-<ssid> and
>>the sysop alias as <call>, or the other way around.
>>
>>I also reckon that other software would get a bit confused if you appear
>>as node one minute and a user the next, then keep swapping.
>>
>>It could all be fixed of course, it is just a load of work and testing.
>>
>>However, I will take on board your remarks about cloning user data from
>>the non-ssided call onto ssided ones.
>>
>>The real question is: if I allow bumping of existing users (so people
>>could reconnect with the same callsign) would all this problem with
>>ssids still exist to the same extent?
>>
>>Dirk
>>
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