[Dxspider-support] DXspider and WinSock

[Lee Sawkins]

If forgot that over 20 years ago many AR Cluster sysops were using the old version of winsock.exe.  It fixed many problems of version 4 of AR Cluster.  Also a few DX Spider nodes of the same time period used it to overcome the limitation of 60 users per instance of Windows version of DX Spider.  I left the old version up on the web for AR Cluster sysops to use if they wanted.  The winsock.exe has exclusively been used by CC Clusters since early 2000s.  I think it is time to remove these ancient links.

Don't use winsock.exe with DX Spider.   Version 1.99 was the last version that worked with Spider.  It was last updated about 20 years ago.   Spider has gone through a few revisions since then.
 
Lee VE7CC

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From: Testing 123 via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
To: dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk
Cc: Testing 123 <iulianp at msn.com>
Sent: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:08:55 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] DXspider and WinSock

Hi Lee,
Many thanks for the prompt reply. Did you mean ‘that’ as a determiner or
conjunction? That particular version of winsock or any winsock? If the
former is valid then which version should I use? If the latter is valid,
given your definitive answer makes me wonder whether “it’s all in my
head” as they say. I was under the impression there are several versions
of winsock for various type of clusters, CC, DXS, AR possibly others,
acting as a proxy between user and the respective type of cluster, with a
monitoring program on the side. Maybe I am missing something fundamental
here, but, without trying to get them out of context, I did see sentences
like :
“The winsock.exe program prevents lockouts of Dx Spider users (Window's
version) when too many try to connect to the same cluster.[...]”
“Download Winsock.exe for AR Cluster or Dx Spider. CC Cluster requires a
special version linked to from the CC Cluster page. [...]”
“Winsock Setup for Dx Spider running in Windows. Dx Spider for Windows has
a limitation of about 60 telnet connections. The solution is to run 2 or
more copies of Dx Spider in your computer and use this program to look
after the users. [...]”
It would be great if you could find time to clarify.
V3.21 off the page mentioned in my previous post was actually the one I was
trying yesterday; a v3.24? , as far as I remember, off CC groups.io when I
exhausted all possibilities with v3.21. 
Again, maybe I was missing something fundamental whilst skipping through
the winsock and monitor pages, as I had done with mailing lists vs Internet
groups/forums...
Regards, mni 73 de J, MØIPU YOЗFCA


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