[Dxspider-support] A new version...

Thu Jun 21 04:24:18 CEST 2007

1.54 soon please!

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dirk Koopman" <djk at tobit.co.uk>
To: "The DXSpider Support list" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] A new version...


> Paul Nafzger Jr. wrote:
>> Hello Dirk
>>  Paul here. I am up for the new version. I have a node here (kb9kkn) and
>> also sysop a rf connected node (n9ew).
>> I was looking for a reason to upgrade anyway. I do have a small problem
>> with the rf connection tho. I think you touched on it sometime ago. With
>> pings between the nodes getting out of order some how. Only happens on
>> the rf connected node. Thanks for a great program so far
>
> One of the interesting questions that will need to be answered is
> whether this protocol will scale over an RF link. It may be that there
> is too much routing information for an RF link to carry, in which case
> it will require a set/isolate that will stop the routing info going
> across that RF link (hopefully, fingers crossed, 'cos I haven't tested
> it much).
>
> I should also say that as more people use it, there will probably be
> things crawling out of the code that I haven't experienced yet, but with
> the new "instant" CVS server, they will be dealt with quickly. It will
> also be possible to rewind back to 1.53 if I find that the problems are
> overwhelming (can't see why, but it is possible).
>
> For a bit of fun, here is my current configuration:
>
> sh/newc
> GB7DJK:3->2E0IKW 9A4K 9A5X DM3WPL G0GTM-1 G0JJL G0RCI G0REK G1ARI G1TLH
>         ->GI0DVU GM4OGI I5NPH M1WDK OE6IWG SM5UFB SP2EWQ W2QO WD5B ZL1IU
>   ED7ZAB-5->9A2CY 9A5MT AF2C CT1EAT CT1EPC CT1FUH CT1GPQ CT2FUQ DK3GG 
> DK5WL
>           ->DL3DTH EA1AIW EA2RU EA4ZK EA5FX EA5XQ EA5ZN EA6BF EA6SX EA7KW
>           ->EA7NW EA7ST EA7WA EB7DUY EC1CT EC7AKB EC7D EI4GJB F6AOJ F8AAL
>           ->F8BBL G0UOH G4RGK HA1VQ HA3MQ HL3IB I1LGR IK2RZQ IW1AZJ IZ1EPM
>           ->IZ5DKJ JA4PXC-12 LZ1BB LZ3NY N2TN OE8HIK OK2PAY ON3DFD 
> (ON4AGG)
>           ->ON6AA PP5JD PY2NQ SP1NY SP2QCR SP3RNZ SP5CFD SP6M SP8NR SP9GFI
>           ->SP9OHP SP9OYB SQ4CTK SQ8J SV8JE VE1WT VE7CC-5 VE7CC-8 W4TRH
>     CS1SEL-5->CT1CSX CT2HSN CT2JGU
>     EA1CYZ-5->DF8XC DL2DR DL2KUF DL2VM DO6GZ EB1DNA F5ELL-1 SP3V
>     EA1URF-5->DF1KBN DF8MM EA1BLA EA1BLX EA1DAX EB1AK EB1DCX HB9HFN
>     EA1URO-5->EA1BAF EA1URO
>     EA3RCF-5->(EA3CW)
>     EA5B-5
>     EA5C-5
>     EA5ELX-5->EB5ESX
>     EA5HQ-6->EA5DUA (EA5XU)
>     EA5RCG-5->CT1EKY (EA5AFP) EA5EZJ (EA5FFC)
>     EA5RCI-5->EA5SS
>     EA5URV-5->CP6XE CT3MD EA1BIH EB5ARP ON5CT PT7VB
>     EA7AH-5
>     EA7URG-5->EA7URG
>     EA7URM-5->EA9PY
>     EA7URP-5
>     ED1ZAC-5->EA1AY EA1GBE
>   GB7DJK-1:2
>     GB7BAA:2->7Z1UG 9H5L DJ9UX DL1EHF G0CHE G4PCS G8TIC HB9AUS
>       EI7WDX:2->EI6CPB G0PQO
>       GB7DXC:2->DX1QSL G0HDB G0LGS G4FUJ G4PDQ
>       GB7DXG-1:2
>       GB7IPT:2
>       GB7MBC:2->2E0TGS DJ7PA DL1DTC G0OPH G0WTM G1ARI-1 G1OHH G1VDP G4DPF
>               ->G5XW G6VS G7KHF GD4IHC GM0EFT IC8TEM K4SE K7NN M0CKX M0JHW
>               ->M0NRH M0SPM M3DFW M3KHF M3SDE MI0JZZ MM0AMW MM0SJH MM3LLU
>               ->N3KV ON4KST VE7NBQ
>         G7VJR-5:2->F5VKT G0HSA G0KBL G0PZA G0UZP G3LZQ G3NKC G3RDC G3RTE
>                  ->G3SVD G3SWH G3WGV G3XRJ G3XTT G3ZSS G4AZN G4CCZ G4DYO
>                  ->G4IRN G4OBK G4OWT G7VJR G7VJR-1 GB7HQ GM0GAV GM3JQJ
> M0BJL
>                  ->M0OXO M0ZAK MW0CRI OZ4RT
>         GB7BAA:2 ...
>         GB7DXX-5:2->G3OAG G3RTU-8
>         GB7NHR:2->G3AKU G4AFJ G4EZT G4RCG G4VMX
>         GB7NHT:2
>         GB7XDX-1:2->9A3GS GM3WIL MM0BSM RW9WY W5VY
>         HB9DRV-2:2->FM1HN G6CSY K4KV SQ5FLP W4GNE
>         PA4AB-14:2
>         ZS6RO-1:2
>       GB7XDX-1:2 ...
>       (IK5PWJ-6):2->DL3SDF EA5DM F1NSR F5PYF G4NOI HA5MD I3VJW-8 I5ZSS
> IK0IOL
>                   ->IK1GPL IK3MTD IK4ATI IK4DRY IK5DNF IK5HHA IK5MEJ 
> IK5PWJ
>                   ->IQ2CJ IZ2DVI IZ5JMZ K1HTV UT5QAZ
>   GB7DXA->G8SJP
>   GB7DXE->F5ELL G0KOM G1NNB G3RGD G3ZQH G4CBW G4ZFJ HB9BIN-4 M1SMH
>   GB7MRS
>   GB7TDX->G0GTM
>   GB7WDX
>     GB7CGL-1->DF2UU G0CGL GB7CGL-9 JA0LXP K6PU KA9MOM SV9AHZ
>   GB7YDX->G0GTM-3 G0LFP G4FVP G6TVA
>   PI4TUE-8->F8CTY G0TPH G8TOK HB9DFG OK1CF PA0DTL PA0WLB PA3EZC PA7MM-1
> PE1RF
>           ->SV3AQR YZ1FA
>     ON0AN
>     ON0DXK-5->F5IDJ ON4ACH ON4CLQ ON4UK ON5TN OT2T OT6T
>     PA1RBZ->OZ4VW PA0HVF PA1RBZ-2 PA9M
>     PA5KT-15
>     PA6NL-1->PA0C PD0EAP PE1HWO
>     PE1M-7->ON4AJJ PA0COR PA0ZH PA2M PA2M-2 PA2RU PA3CNX PA3DOL-2 PA3DOL-5
>           ->PA3ECU-1 PA4PA-6 PE1M-5 PE1M-6 PE2RMI-9
>     PI1OSS-8->PA0PDO
>     PI4CC->DF2HL DL6KAI K4QL PA1BDO PA1PVH PA4A SP4SHD YO2NAA
>     PI5EHV-8
>     PI8CDR-7->DX1BOT DX1HTT PI4ASN
>     PI8DXC->PA2DW
>     PI8DXG
>     PI8RWD-7
>   S50DXS->S55YMS S58WW
>     9A0DXC->9A1CCY 9A3GI 9A4EW 9A5Y HB9AL HB9CWA IZ7HYA RK6HWW
>     S50CLX
>     S59DRJ
>   WR3D:2->KA8I W2KV
>     IR9ESI:2->IT9ESI
>     K1XX:2->K1XX-6 N4BAA N4FX W4VIC
>     K4UJ-2:2->K4UJ
>     K9USA:2->AA8LL JA1WLO K9CW-7 K9LTN WB0WIV WX0Y
>     SM4ONW-14:2->IK2ABJ LA1BNA LA3MHA LA4KF LA7LLA LA7QI LA9TY SM3CXS
> SP2UKY
>
>
> The :2 and :3 are some debugging that will help me nail any problems.
>
> If you look carefully (and this is not mangled too much by thunderbird),
> you will see a) loops and b) more than two levels of node connection. As
> each new style node comes on, it will link itself into the tree at the
> correct point - the tree can now grow to many levels. You can also see
> where the loops are (eg: GB7XDX).
>
> The protocol (is designed to and) *does* deal with loops :-) It will
> automatically span the tree in the most efficient way, because nodes
> know - for certain - whether they have had that routing broadcast already.
>
> Dirk G1TLH
>
>
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