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Just looking over your file, did you mean to comment out "set/var $DXProt::senderverify 2"? I thought we were supposed to include this?</div>
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Also, does the "Download updates tools" section automatically update DXSpider to the latest version? If so, does it ever break and require a manual fix?</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> on behalf of Kin via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'The DXSpider Support list' <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Dxspider-support] Some examples. Very personal</font>
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<div>I have received several direct enquiries about an ‘ideal’ configuration.</div>
<div>I get quite a few emails asking the same question, what better place for all of us to find out, than our support list.
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<div>First, there is no magic or ideal configuration, every sysop can customise their spider to suit their needs, but I understand that it can be overwhelming with so many variables, so many messages.</div>
<div>What I can do is to share what I think should be in all nodes at least.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Let everyone modify it according to their needs:</div>
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<div><b>*** local_cmd/crontab</b></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
<div># Connections Partners</div>
<div>05,15,25,35,45,55 * * * * start_connect('<partner_1>') unless connected('<partner_1>')</div>
<div>00,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('<partner_2>') unless connected('<partner_2>')</div>
<div> </div>
<div># Connections RBNs</div>
<div>* * * * * start_connect('SK0MMR') unless connected('SK0MMR')</div>
<div>* * * * * start_connect('SK1MMR') unless connected('SK1MMR')</div>
<div> </div>
<div># Check new build</div>
<div>0 3 * * * run_cmd("check_build Y 4")</div>
<div> </div>
<div># Check dynamic IP</div>
<div>00,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * run_cmd("update_ip")</div>
<div> </div>
<div># Download updates tools</div>
<div>50 0 * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_cmd; wget -N <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/check_build.pl" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/check_build.pl</a> -O /spider/local_cmd/check_build.pl')</div>
<div>52 0 * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_cmd; wget -N <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/update_ip.pl" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info/main/update_ip.pl</a> -O /spider/local_cmd/update_ip.pl/')</div>
<div>55 0 * * * run_cmd('load/cmd')</div>
<div> </div>
<div># AutoUpdate USDB</div>
<div>0 1 * * * spawn("cd /tmp; wget -qN <a href="ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz" data-auth="NotApplicable">
ftp://ftp.w1nr.net/usdbraw.gz</a>; /spider/perl/create_usdb.pl usdbraw.gz")</div>
<div>5 1 * * * run_cmd("load/usdb")</div>
<div>10 1 * * * spawn("rm /tmp/usdbraw.gz")</div>
<div> </div>
<div># AutoUpdate Keps</div>
<div>0 1 * * * spawn("cd /tmp; wget -qN <a href="http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt</a>; /spider/perl/convkeps.pl -p nasabare.txt")</div>
<div>5 1 * * * run_cmd("load/keps")</div>
<div>10 1 * * * spawn("rm /tmp/nasabare.txt")</div>
<div> </div>
<div># AutoUpdate CTY.DAT</div>
<div>0 2 * * * spawn("cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN <a href="http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat")" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.country-files.com/cty/cty.dat")</a></div>
<div>0 2 * * * spawn("cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN <a href="http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw")" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.country-files.com/cty/wpxloc.raw")</a></div>
<div>2 2 * * * spawn("/spider/perl/create_prefix.pl")</div>
<div>3 2 * * * run_cmd("load/prefix")</div>
<div> </div>
<div># TOR & Others</div>
<div>10 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN <a href="http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torexit')" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torexit')</a></div>
<div>10 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN <a href="http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torrelay')" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.torrelay')</a></div>
<div>10 * * * * spawn('cd /spider/local_data; wget -qN <a href="http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.global')" data-auth="NotApplicable">
http://www.dxspider.net/download/badip.global')</a></div>
<div>12 * * * * run_cmd('load/badip')</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div><b>*** scripts/startup</b></div>
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<div>set/var $Spot::maxspots = 100</div>
<div>set/var $DXCommandmode::maxbadcount = 3</div>
<div> </div>
<div>set/var $main::reqreg = 1</div>
<div>set/var $main::passwdreq = 0</div>
<div> </div>
<div># Slot 1 min</div>
<div>set/var $Spot::timegranularity = 60</div>
<div># Slot 1 kHz</div>
<div>set/var $Spot::qrggranularity = 1</div>
<div># Max dupepage 5 min</div>
<div>set/var $Spot::dupage = 300</div>
<div># Autospot</div>
<div>set/var $Spot::minselfspotqrg = 0</div>
<div> </div>
<div>#set/var $DXProt::senderverify = 2</div>
<div> </div>
<div>#set/var $DXProt::pc92c_ipaddr_enable 1</div>
<div>set/var $DXProt::pc92_ad_enabled 1</div>
<div> </div>
<div>set/var $main::localhost_alias_ipv4 = '<public_ip>'</div>
<div>set/var @main::localhost_names ('127.0.0.1', '::1', '<local_ip>')</div>
<div> </div>
<div>set/spider <partner_1></div>
<div>set/spider <partner_2></div>
<div>set/arc <partner_3></div>
<div>set/spider <partner_4></div>
<div> </div>
<div>set/pinginterval 0 <partner_3> # ARCluster</div>
<div> </div>
<div>set/rbn SK0MMR</div>
<div>set/rbn SK1MMR</div>
<div> </div>
<div>conn <partner_1></div>
<div>conn <partner_2></div>
<div>conn <partner_3></div>
<div>conn <partner_4></div>
<div>conn SK0MMR</div>
<div>conn SK1MMR</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
<div><b>*** Example of a connection file:</b></div>
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<div>connect/<partner_1></div>
<div> </div>
<div>timeout 15</div>
<div>connect telnet <name_ip_partner_1> <port_partner_1></div>
<div>'login:' '<your_callsign_node>'</div>
<div>'assword:' '<password>'</div>
<div> </div>
<div><b>*** From console spider (partner type spider):</b></div>
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<div>set/spider <partner_1></div>
<div>set/register <partner_1></div>
<div>set/password <partner_1> <password></div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
<div>Note: I recommend the same password on both nodes of the pair.</div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font></div>
<div>The rest I leave to the imagination of each one <font face="Segoe UI Emoji">
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<div>Kin EA3CV</div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://clustermap.cronux.net/map.html" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://clustermap.cronux.net/map.html</a></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://github.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://github.com/EA3CV/dxspider_info</a></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://github.com/EA3CV/dxspider_update" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://github.com/EA3CV/dxspider_update</a></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">DXSpider Channel: t.me/dxspider</span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/index.php" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.dxcluster.info/telnet/index.php</a></span></font></div>
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