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Steve, I have a couple of ideas I may try to discourage the abuse.
I'll post results if they work.<br>
And another solution may be to encourage the author of hamclock to
start his own node just for hamclock. He could then add all the
features he wants.<br>
73, John W1AN<br>
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<div>John,</div>
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<div dir="auto">This issue was discussed about a year ago,
search the listserver archives. A few of us were actually in
contact with the software author at that time, but I don't
have his email address anymore. In the end, not much changed
after numerous emails back and forth. Again, good luck!</div>
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<div dir="auto">73, Steve - AA4U</div>
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<div> Steve, It depends on what data hamclock is seeking. Why
all the show/heading requests by every hamclock user every
second? It makes little sense. Does someone know the
originator of hamclock who may be able to offer a solution?
For dxspider could there be an automatic rejection of some
or all commands by those hiding behind set/nohere? Before I
start the pain of rejecting multiple ips, I'll wait
patiently to see if another solution is offered. .<br>
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73, John W1AN<br>
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<div>There's no getting around the fact that Hamclock is
a bandwidth/resource hog! The software makes rigorous
data queries in order to populate the map, etc.
Without the queries there would be no data!</div>
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<div dir="auto">I have banned users from utilizing this
software on my node. They are free to go elsewhere,
but my 100mb internet connection gets bogged down
(especially during contests). In the beginning I had
10 hamclock users, before I realized what was going
on. I've configured my router to reject their IP
addresses, this prevents them from even reaching the
DXSpider computer.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Perhaps some high bandwidth nodes can
handle this constant barrage of data requests, but
mine can't. Good luck!</div>
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number of abusive show/heading commands has exploded
in the last few <br>
months, stealing much bandwidth especially on contest
weekends. The <br>
software causing is probably known to many on this
list. The users are <br>
setting themselves as not/here (call). Can someone
offer a solution <br>
other than banning the abusers? The software could
probably use a change <br>
as it seems the purpose is akin to a ping to see if
the node is still <br>
active. Maybe an alternative could be offered. I think
this was <br>
mentioned in the past. Consider not allowing
sh/headings for those who <br>
have set as not/here? Or ?<br>
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73, John W1AN<br>
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