[Dxspider-support] Initial cluster to cluster handshake

[Rudy Bakalov]

I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on what the initial handshake between two cluster partners looks like. Presumably it is something like this:
   
   - Cluster A connects to Cluster B.
   - Cluster B says "Login:"
   - Cluster A says "N2WQ-1"
   - What happens next?
I have been trying to see how this works by connecting to my cluster and providing a SSID registered as a partner, but nothing happens after I provide the SSID:


Meanwhile, I enabled logging in Winsock to see the chatter between partners and see something like this:

 -> 22:14:10 N2WQ-1 PC61^21339.0^K0WHY^08-Mar-2025^2214Z^OK QSO Party: Kay^K4SBZ^AE5E^135.129.119.21^H98^~ -> 22:14:11 ND4X PC61^21339.0^K0WHY^08-Mar-2025^2214Z^OK QSO Party: Kay^K4SBZ^AE5E^135.129.119.21^H98^~ -> 22:14:11 EA7JXH PC61^21339.0^K0WHY^08-Mar-2025^2214Z^OK QSO Party: Kay^K4SBZ^AE5E^135.129.119.21^H97^~
So going back to my question on the initial handshake, how do I get traffic going to show PC61 messages?
Rudy N2WQ
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