[Dxspider-support] Massive reduction in users following router reboot (and DXUtil.pm error)

[Dirk Koopman]

What version of perl are you running?

$ perl -v

will tell you.

Dirk

On 11/02/2025 08:33, Keith, G6NHU via Dxspider-support wrote:
> A few months ago, I set up a scheduled reboot of my internet router at 
> 05:25 every Tuesday morning.  It’s been absolutely fine, within 
> seconds of the connection coming back up, my user count has gone back 
> to where it was before (around 850 users).
>
> Two weeks ago, when the router restarted after the last round of 
> Spider updates, only around 650 users connected straight back on and 
> for the last week, my user count has been pretty stable.
>
> This morning, I only have 450 users after the reboot.
>
> I also notice that when anyone connects, I have this error in the 
> debug file:
>
> 1739261870^(chan) <- A G4UDU telnet
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU Hello Phil, this is G6NHU-2 in 
> Frinton-on-Sea, Essex
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU running DXSpider V1.57 build 564
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU Capabilities: ve7cc rbn
> 1739261870^(state) G4UDU channel func  state 0 -> prompt
> 1739261870^(DXCommand) G4UDU connected from 80.229.221.76 cols 80
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU 
> ****************************************************************
> *1739261870^(*) Argument " " isn't numeric in int at 
> /spider/perl/DXUtil.pm line 616.*
> *1739261870^(*)  at /spider/perl/DXUtil.pm line 616.*
> 1739261870^(progress) CMD: 'show/cluster ' by G4UDU ip: 80.229.221.76 1mS
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU Nodes: 31/388 Users [Loc/Clr]: 452/3875 
> Max: 793/6611 - Uptime:  6d 12h 8m
> 1739261870^(chan) -> D G4UDU G4UDU de G6NHU-2 11-Feb-2025 0817Z dxspider >
>
>
> I have no idea why a huge number of users aren’t able to reconnect 
> after a router restart.  The only changes here are the dxspider 
> updates and there’s been about three or four updates in this time.
>
> Dirk, if you see this, is there anything that’s changed within 
> dxspider that could be causing this?  I’m not restarting the node, 
> simply rebooting the internet router but as you can see from the 
> attached screenshot, I literally have 200 fewer users after each reboot.
>
> 73 Keith
>
>
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