<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:lucida console,sans-serif;}</style></head><body><div>Hi Kin</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Thanks for the reply. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I just checked my node links and right now I have this repeating sequence coming in to me from 20 different node connections. It is not going out on any of my links because I have blocked all PC9x traffic.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>When checking my links with DXSpider nodes I also found some that were not repeating the EI7MRE data but instead were repeating the same PC41 messages over and over again. CC Cluster software has never forwarded PC41 messages because they always cause loops.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I have serious concerns about the interconnecting between CC Clusters and DXSpider clusters due to all this unnecessary backbone traffic. It is easily consuming 100x more bandwidth than the DX spots, which is what I thought was the main purpose of the DX Cluster system. </div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>I have not attempted to contact EI7MRE.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>73 Lee VE7CC</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br></div><div>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Kin via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br>To: Lee Sawkins via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br>Cc: Kin <joaquin@cronux.net><br>Sent: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 01:21:28 -0600 (MDT)<br>Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] EI7MRE et al<br></div><div><br></div><p>Hi Lee,<br><br><br>After reading your email I have analysed my logs on 4 different<br>nodes with links to 10, 4, 10 and 15 neighbouring nodes.<br><br><br>My logs have doubled by day 15.<br><br>PC92 traffic increased on average by 6 times more.<br><br>LZ7A sentences suffered a 400% increase.<br><br>But this data remained the same regardless of the number of links<br>on the node (as expected).<br><br>I didn't notice any of my nodes down (links), but I did notice<br>multiple link down with your node.<br><br><br>I see that today is the same as yesterday, so PC92 traffic is<br>increasing.<br><br>Have you been able to contact EI7MRE?<br><br><br>Kin<br><br>EA3CV<br><br><br>Translated with <a href="http://www.DeepL.com/Translator" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-mce-href="http://www.DeepL.com/Translator">www.DeepL.com/Translator</a> (free version)<br></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 14/04/2022 a las 22:55, Lee Sawkins<br>via Dxspider-support escribió:<br></div><blockquote><div>I am surprised that no one seems to have noticed that EI7MRE<br>and other DXSpider cluster nodes have been sending out a huge<br>number of PC92 packets.</div><div>Here is a screen capture from my own cluster.</div><div><br></div><div>I would guess I have received at least several hundred<br>thousand of these spots since yesterday. Maybe millions. They<br>have crashed almost all the CC Cluster nodes, over and over<br>again. I have had to release a version of CC Cluster software<br>that ignores all PC9x packets in order to get the crashed nodes<br>back in operation.</div><div><br></div><div>Since they are all valid format and have increasing times<br>they continue to be passed by all DX Spider PC9x nodes and CC<br>Clusters. My own cluster has 60 links. I was receiving them<br>from ALL my node partners. Now they are stopped by my<br>software. Here is a small sample from GB7DJK.</div><div><br></div><div>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.37^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.38^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H92^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.39^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H92^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.40^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.41^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.42^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.43^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.44^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.45^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.46^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.47^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.48^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.49^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.50^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.51^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.52^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H94^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.53^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H94^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.54^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.55^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4 PC92^EI7MRE^74431.56^A^^5LZ7A:46.10.205.228^H95^<br><br>GB7DJK -> 4<br>PC92^EI7MRE^74431.57^K^5EI7MRE:5457:441^17^123^H95^</div><div><br></div><div>Lee VE7CC</div><br><fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset><pre class="moz-quote-pre">_______________________________________________<br>Dxspider-support mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-mce-href="mailto:Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">Dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a><a href="https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-mce-href="https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support">https://mailman.tobit.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dxspider-support</a></pre></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>