<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Understood. Thanks for your input.</span><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"> <br><b>Regards,<br><br>Anthony </b><div><b> N2KI</b><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM Mikel EA2CW via Dxspider-support <<a href="mailto:dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk">dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks Anthony,<br>
<br>
Well, I think they are different POVs. I see the cluster network as a <br>
peer-to-peer net, not a pyramidal structure. I mean, I don't receive the <br>
spots from some nodes and pass them to others. The spots can come from <br>
any node in the net, and they will be distributed to all other nodes, <br>
not up to the upper levels or down to the lower ones. That is how the dx <br>
cluster network is structured.<br>
<br>
I mean, there is not a "master cluster/group" of nodes and then <br>
secondary ones, tertiary, etc., but all at the same level, not some <br>
being the spots "servers" and others the "clients". The spots flow in <br>
both directions, and so the connections might be (IMHO), as far as I <br>
understand it.<br>
<br>
Just a different point of view...<br>
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73 de Mikel<br>
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El 4/3/25 a las 14:31, Anthony (N2KI) via Dxspider-support escribió:<br>
> Mikel,<br>
> <br>
> Certainly.<br>
> <br>
> You point out having bidirectional connections to your node partners. <br>
> As an example, If we were node partners, and you would connect to my <br>
> node for spot data, why would I initiate a connection to your node from <br>
> my end. You are connecting to me. So I do not understand the <br>
> rationale of having bidirectional connections other than it comes into <br>
> play if the link is broken somehow so as to reestablish the link.<br>
> <br>
> The way I have my node set it to connect to my primary node partner. <br>
> Periodically, it checks to make sure the connection is established. If <br>
> it is not, it will connect to my secondary node partner. While <br>
> connected to the secondary partner, it periodically checks to see if <br>
> primary is viable. If it is, then it will connect to the primary <br>
> again. I also have a tertiary in the event that the primary and <br>
> secondary are non viable links.<br>
> <br>
> This is my script for primary, secondary and tertiary node partners. <br>
> Perhaps there is a more efficient way, I don't know. But it's what my <br>
> node has been doing.<br>
> <br>
> 0,30 * * * * start_connect('wb3ffv-2') unless (connected('wb3ffv-2') or <br>
> connected('g6nhu-2') or connected('wc2l'))<br>
> 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56 * * * * start_connect('g6nhu-2') unless (connected('g6nhu-2') or connected('wb3ffv-2') or connected('wc2l'))<br>
> 15,33,47 * * * * start_connect('wc2l') unless (connected('wc2l') or <br>
> connected('g6nhu-2') or connected('wb3ffv-2'))<br>
> 28,59 * * * * disconnect('g6nhu-2') if connected('g6nhu-2')<br>
> 58,29 * * * * disconnect('wc2l') if connected('wc2l')<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> *Regards,<br>
> <br>
> Anthony *<br>
> * N2KI*<br>
> <br>
-- <br>
73 de Mikel Berrocal EA2CW-AE2CW<br>
Bilbao, Basque Country<br>
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