[Dxspider-support] Hops = 24 Bug?

[Lee Sawkins]

According to the Spider manual, "In /spider/data you will find a file
called hop_table.pl."
However, in my /spider/data I had NO hop_table.pl.
I copied the example hop_table.pl and edited it.
I changed "$def_hopcount = 5;" to "$def_hopcount = 40;"
I removed all the data in "%hopcount=" and "%nodehops="
I then did a "load/hops"

Now all my PC16s and PC17s go out with a hops count of 39.   This
includes incoming PC16s and PC17s that come in with say a hops count of
19.  Is this the way its supposed to work.  Are not the hops counts used
to stop loops.  If my node keeps bumping them up to 39 every time they
come through, they will keep circulating forever.

And yes, by the way, I noticed that almost all of my links which are
isolated have hops counts for PC16s and PC17s of 24 when they arrive
here.

Lee 

Darren GØTSM wrote:
> 
> Looking though my debug file I have incoming
> PC16's & 17's from GB7UJS and they are both hop count H24.
> A coincidence?
> 
> Darren
> 
> At 22:10 03/04/2006, you wrote:
> >This is not the problem.
> >
> >The only hop_table.pl file I can find is in the examples folder, and it
> >has not been modified at all since installation of the Spider software.
> >
> >Lee
> >
> >
> >Darren GØTSM wrote:
> > >
> > > Nothing set in Hoptable.pl?
> > >
> > > There are three places in that file where you can
> > > specify the hop count of the PC's.
> > >
> > > 1) Default hop count
> > >
> > > 2) Hop count by message type
> > >
> > > 3) Hop count to a particular node and by message type
> > >
> > > 3) overrides 2) which overrides 1)
> > >
> > > 73 Darren
> > >
> > > At 20:27 03/04/2006, you wrote:
> > > >I notice that my spider node ve7cc-1 sends out
> > > >PC16s and PC17s with a hops count of 24
> > > >(^H24).  I can find nowhere that this is set in
> > > >any configuration file in my system.
> > > >.
> > > >The problem is PC16s and PC17s come in from
> > > >other nodes with lower hops counts than 24 and
> > > >go  out with H24.   This causes loops of PC16s
> > > >and PC17s that will not stop except by isolating
> > > >the nodes to which ve7cc-1 is connected.  Why?
> > > >
> > > >I am using the very latest version of Spider.
> > > >
> > > >Lee