[Dxspider-support] Dx-World and DxCluster

[Danilo Brelih]

gu6efb at cwgsy.net je 11.2.2023 ob 11:43 napisal:

And yes, from now on I would ask everyone first which DXSpider release he is 
using before becoming our new partner node.

73,
Dan S50U sys S50CLX



> Hi Dan
>
> That was an interesting few minutes as I just as I used your command that you 
> showed RCMD partner_call SH/VER and all of my node connection with the 
> exception of three are all running
>
> Old software some of them very old.
>
> I agree with many of the sentiments of recent posts about the state of the 
> network.
>
> At our local radio club Friday meeting this was a hot topic and without 
> exception all of the members present want to see 2FA to be able to login to a 
> DXcluster and bad nodes disconnected.
>
> This is something that I am not sure how we achieve without some additional 
> coding by Dirk and others but this should not be entirely up to them as they 
> have not caused this issue.
>
> If all DXclusters had as a minimum registration to log on this would help and 
> DXcluster all using the most up-to-date software but it’s going to take the 
> majority of sysops to play an active role
>
> and I can see this being the most difficult part.
>
> I am no Linux expert but I manage to keep the clusters here up-to-date and 
> this forum is a fantastic resource with lots of help if required you just need 
> to ask.
>
> I think we need to collectively start to think about what we do, as it can’t 
> stay as is for any longer.
>
> 73 Keith GB7DXG-1
>
> *From:*Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> *On Behalf Of 
> *Danilo Brelih via Dxspider-support
> *Sent:* 11 February 2023 08:38
> *To:* Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
> *Cc:* Danilo Brelih <danilo.brelih at siol.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Dxspider-support] Dx-World and DxCluster
>
> Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support je 10.2.2023 ob 17:04 napisal:
>
>     I have added my views to this website. Will it make a difference? I hope
>     so. Dirk G1TLH
>
> Maybe it is time to start taking small steps ourselves.
>
> My partners all have latest Mojo build installed except one. Today I wrote 
> owner of the outdated node an email saying that I am suspending my connection 
> with him until he upgrades his system and then I can restore the connection 
> easily.
>
> Let's check the version installed used by our partner node with:
>
> RCMD partner_call SH/VER
> RCMD 'sh/ver' sent to partner_call
> S50U de S50CLX 11-Feb-2023 0751Z 2.4481  dxspider >
> DX Spider Cluster version 1.55 (build 0.181 git: 65ed61f[r]) on Linux
> Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
>
> Because his system is outdated I removed connection routine from my 
> /spider/local_cmd/crontab line starting with # and this line will be ignored.
>
> #0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('partner_call') unless connected('partner_call')||
> ||
> ||
>
> Next disconnect your outdated node issuing DISC command from console.
>
> DISC partner_call
> Node partner_call has logged out
> Channel partner_call disconnected
> S50U de S50CLX 11-Feb-2023 0810Z 2.4481  dxspider >
>
> If your outdated node is connecting to you then use lockout command from 
> console which prevents it from connecting to your node.
>
> SET/LOCKOUT partner_call
>
> Maybe this is only "one small step for man, but one giant leap for ......" 😉
>
> CU Dan S50U sys S50CLX
>
> ||
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>
> Gorje, Cerkno h=604m <https://s50e.si/gorje.html>
>

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