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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Dirk,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am coming to the conclusion that there is a bug in my router –a Huawei HG635. Having done more research this seems to be a relatively common problem with this router. Once the ports “block” to outside connections, sites such as “Shields Up” show the ports to be “Stealthy” ie they do not respond to connection requests. This is an annoying intermittent problem; external users can sometimes connect all day – and then the incoming ports block. After a router reboot all is well for a period.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I should say that this does not affect the outbound connections to partner nodes. Frustrating or what <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The DX Spider node is always completely accessible right across my LAN by all devices whether connected by Wireless or ethernet. (The DX Spider is connected by ethernet). Hence my now being pretty certain that this is a router problem albeit a new fault. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, for completeness and interest, my node is running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+</p><p class=MsoNormal>Raspberry Pi running Raspbian 10 (Buster)</p><p class=MsoNormal>Perl version 5.28</p><p class=MsoNormal>DX Spider Cluster version 1.57 (build 279 git: mojo/841b6104[r]) on Linux</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t think the Pi can block the external internet – can it?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike</p><p class=MsoNormal>G3YPP</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:dxspider-support-request@tobit.co.uk">dxspider-support-request@tobit.co.uk</a><br><b>Sent: </b>30 June 2020 11:01<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Dxspider-support Digest, Vol 209, Issue 31</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Send Dxspider-support mailing list submissions to</p><p class=MsoNormal> dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</p><p class=MsoNormal> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</p><p class=MsoNormal>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</p><p class=MsoNormal> dxspider-support-request@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can reach the person managing the list at</p><p class=MsoNormal> dxspider-support-owner@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</p><p class=MsoNormal>than "Re: Contents of Dxspider-support digest..."</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Today's Topics:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 1. Re: Incoming telnet connections getting blocked after about</p><p class=MsoNormal> 30 minutes (Dirk Koopman)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Message: 1</p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2020 20:15:17 +0100</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Dirk Koopman <djk@tobit.co.uk></p><p class=MsoNormal>To: G3YPP via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Incoming telnet connections getting</p><p class=MsoNormal> blocked after about 30 minutes</p><p class=MsoNormal>Message-ID: <04b6b7ef-ce44-e6e3-9a0a-a6e6ba5a7734@tobit.co.uk></p><p class=MsoNormal>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When you say "blocked" do you mean they just hang or are actively </p><p class=MsoNormal>"connection reset by peer" or some such message.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What operating system, which perl and what build of DXSpider are you </p><p class=MsoNormal>running (sh/version)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dirk G1TLH</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 29/06/2020 17:49, G3YPP via Dxspider-support wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Since I upgraded to the version 1.57 mojo branch incoming port </p><p class=MsoNormal>> connections are getting blocked on my inbound telnet ports ie 7300 and </p><p class=MsoNormal>> 7373.??? This happens after about 30 minutes of running.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I reboot the router, reboot the node and all is well for 30 minutes or </p><p class=MsoNormal>> so ? then boom, the ports block again.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Any ideas anyone?</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Mike</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> G3YPP</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dxspider-support mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal>> https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------- next part --------------</p><p class=MsoNormal>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...</p><p class=MsoNormal>URL: <https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/pipermail/dxspider-support/attachments/20200629/61a5d0c7/attachment-0001.htm></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: Digest Footer</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dxspider-support mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>End of Dxspider-support Digest, Vol 209, Issue 31</p><p class=MsoNormal>*************************************************</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>