[Dxspider-support] Bad IP

[Gregor Surmann]

Rene, that sounds reasonable. But of that 50 (in the past) links, some work 
only in "part time", so maybe 40 are stable. And 2 are RBN, injected locally 
as Skimmer.

I understand, that this may produce more traffic, but at the end, we don't 
live in the times of dedicated E1 links anymore, and those fer hundred kbps 
won't hurt any one.

I did some research (that were the "Test 0x..." spots, to check the 
distribution of spots in the network, and with over 30 links it's in the 
sweet spot now. My node misses maybe 5 spots a day (however that happens, 
don't know yet).

Surely the software and protocol is not designed to keep all nodes 
interconnected, but I guess this is not a real problem now, as probably no 
node will peer with all others, ever.

best regards

73 de Gregor, DO5SSB



On 05.02.25 19:18, Rene Olsen via Dxspider-support wrote:
> Hi Gregor.
> 
> If all 400 nodes peered with eachother, everything would probably stop working.
> 
> Everytime a DX spots is recived from some link partner, it would be passed on to 399 other
> nodes, while we would probably get the same spot from I don't know how many other link
> partners. In my opinion it would be total caos. But maybe I misunderstand something.
> 
> It woul create a LOT of totally unneeded trafic.
> 
> It has never been the intention, that everyone should peer with everyone. thats why you will
> probably see, that most nodes have in the range from 3-20 link partners.
> 
> Myself have been doing finr with three for many years, but have 5 links now. and if I miss a
> single dx spot for whatever reason, it will not kill me.
> 
> Maybe Dirk can chip in, and give us some idea what would happen if all nodes peered with all
> nodes 😄
> 
> Vy 73 de Rene / OZ1LQH