[Dxspider-support] Bad IP

[Gregor Surmann]

Hi Kin,

no, it's not a "caprice" to insert the IP in the PC61 message, but that will 
requiere me to write a PC61 implementation here, instead of simply using 
telnet. I am sure, that I've read the documentation carefully, but have not 
seen any note about the IP beeing so important.

The previous solution worked for over 10 years (probably somehow 13 years) 
as I used DB0SUE-7, no one said that there was multiple callsigns with the 
same IP, and there were maybe 3 cases of abuse in those years. Now all of a 
sudden it's a big problem, so I'm a little bit surprised ;)

Regardless of that I will have to do it probably, so define the webserver as 
node and insert PC61 from there, with valid user IP (from the http request), 
but that may need a few days/weeks.

Btw., I understand what you mean, even with my (also) "broken" English ;)

73 de Gregor, DO5SSB


On 05.02.25 20:23, Kin wrote:
> Hi Gregor,
> 
> I read you and I have the impression that you think that putting the real IP
> is a caprice. I guess it's because of my bad English 🙁
> Dirk has tried to endow the archaic AK1A protocol with some functionalities
> that help sysops, and therefore everyone, to detect problems, to maintain
> the network. This has allowed us to know that a certain node/user is or is
> not the cause of a problem, and therefore allows us to act to solve it. When
> data is missing, problems sometimes arise and hasty decisions are made.
> 
> When one reads the discussions here over time (I recommend it), one can be
> amazed at what some humans are capable of doing out of boredom.
> 
> There are web frontends likehttps://webcluster.ure.es/  ,
> https://www.dxheat.com/dxc/  orhttps://www.dxfuncluster.com/  who are using
> dxspider and had no problems attaching the user IP to the spots. I don't
> remember any of them objecting to problems when I explained the reason for
> adding the real address.
> Even one of them I know works with HA and it works great.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kin EA3CV
>