[Dxbase] Re: Internet Cluster Question

[Richard Kruse]

I believe you are correct in that it takes either an internet problem or the 
cluster itself to drop you. But if the internet connection "blinks", it will 
not reconnect - I have to reboot dxbase to reconnect.
regardss,
K8GTQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Huyck" <ks4v at comcast.net>
To: "'Bill Parry'" <bparry at rgv.rr.com>; "'Stephen M. Murphy'" 
<murphys at comcast.net>
Cc: <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Re: Internet Cluster Question


>I have a PC running Windows XP Service Pack 3 with DX Base 2007.  I have
> used to connect to our club's cluster without failure for three years now.
> We had a "keep alive" function activated on our cluster that prevented
> connection drops.  My connection has only dropped when there was a problem
> with my internet service.  It sounds doubtful that it is a DX Base 
> problem,
> at least on my end....   Bruce  KS4V
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Bill Parry
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 4:46 PM
> To: 'Stephen M. Murphy'
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> Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Re: Internet Cluster Question
>
> I'm not so sure. There are several cluster sites I use. One will drop me 
> 6-7
> times in a day consistently. Another will let me go for the better part of 
> a
> week. I am computer illiterate but this seems to point to something on the
> other end.
>
> Bill W5VX
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Stephen M. Murphy
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:27 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Re: Internet Cluster Question
>
> I almost wonder if the "comatose connection" problem isn't a Windows
> bug.  I used to see my DXSpider node drop it's connections like this
> when I had it running under Windows 2000, but my connections have been
> rock-solid since I switched to the Linux operating system a couple of
> years ago. My Windows PC (which I have DXB running on) continues to
> momentarily lose connectivity in the manner described.  I should check
> to see what happens if I connect to the node from the Windows PC without
> going out over the internet, but I'm lazy.
>
> For what it's worth, I've used VE7CC's AR-User for years.  I first began
> using it as a work-around to the dropped connection problem (it has an
> automatic reconnect feature), but it has such a nice user interface (for
> configuring filters and stuff) that I'd use it even with a rock-solid
> connection.
>
> 73,
>
> Steve N8NM
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