[Dxspider-support] Connection Refused

[Dirk Koopman]

Dave Court wrote:
> Dear All
> I'm currently running V1.55 build 0.9 on a Linux Slackware OS at EI7SDX. 
> I have an intermittent problem which started about 4 months ago. 
> Essentially from time to time (sometimes quite regularly) when any user 
> initiates a command e.g. sh/dx, sh/qrz, who etc. the following comment 
> is returned:
> "IO::Socket::INET: connect: Connection refused"

I can't see how this can happen on a normal command: e.g. sh/dx, who 
because it isn't doing one of these. However, I *can* see it happening 
on sh/qrz, sh/contest etc because these *are* doing a socket connect.

> 
> Once this occurrs if the same command is initiated almost immediately it 
> generally works correctly.

Sounds like the normal slowness of the internet to me. However, there 
does seem to be a case for an improved error message.

> 
> Is this a common problem? Any ideas on a cure?

No (AFAIK).

Dirk G1TLH