[Dxbase] Internet Packet Disconnects

[Kim Elmore]

I have left my system running ever since I changed the keep-alive timer 
to 3 min. The connection has remained up all this time! I haven't 
fiddled with the keep-alive timer to see what the maximum interval is: 
now that it doesn't disconnect, I'm leaving it this way!

73 & HNY,

Kim N5OP


On 12/29/2017 2:42 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:
> My suspicion is that possibly some cluster types or firewalls at the 
> cluster are trapping the keep alive message. DXB is just sending a 
> carriage return Line feed when the timer expires. In Spot (my Mac 
> cluster client) I send sh/time so it actually has a real command to 
> process. I have made this change to the version currently under 
> development and will see if it makes any difference.
>
> 73
>
>> On Dec 29, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net 
>> <mailto:cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>> An FYI for everyone: Larry Strasser suggested I set the "Keep Alive" 
>> timer to 3 min instead of the default 15 min. During a period of 
>> about 5 h using the 15 min interval, I had three disconnects. Around 
>> 4 PM I set the keep alive timer to 3 min and let everything run 
>> overnight (something I never do). DXBase has remained connected to 
>> the the Internet Cluster I've been using (W4NJA) overnight and is 
>> still active.
>>
>> HNY,
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
>>
>> On 12/28/2017 4:28 PM, RIchard Williams wrote:
>>> Kim,
>>>
>>> This has been a "bug" in DXBase for years; the one sure fix is to 
>>> download  VE7CC www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/Ver3/V3Help.htm 
>>> <http://www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/Ver3/V3Help.htm>  Get that up and 
>>> running and then connect DXBase to it.
>>>
>>> Once you have it up and running, in the Config tab, go to 
>>> Ports/logging program.  Set the node to Telnet. In the top middle, 
>>> check "Enable Telnet".  In "data sent to logging program, I have all 
>>> checked
>>> but two of them  (DX Tab format for live spots and DX Orginators 
>>> QTH.  Also have the Dat sent to cluster checked to Ignore BYE from 
>>> loging program.  Make sure you fill in user information (just leave 
>>> Usual
>>> DX Cluster blank (you are using VE7CC-1)..
>>>
>>> IN DXBase in the Internet window, set IP Host to 
>>> 127.0.0.1:7300#localhost CC User    That should be in the list of 
>>> hosts,  just scowl down to it.  In the interface block in the same 
>>> window, I have
>>> Connect Interface at program startup checkied, and keep alive timer 
>>> checked and set to 15 mins.  Other checks are up to you.
>>>
>>> Never had a disconnect since I started using it.
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>>
>>> Dick, K8ZTT
>>>
>>> On Thursday, December 28, 2017, 1:54:50 PM MST, Kim Elmore 
>>> <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net <mailto:cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm finding that after a while my Internet Packet windows is losing it's
>>> connection and I have to restart it. The Keep Alive timer is set for 15
>>> min. I've shortened that to 10 min, but I'm not convinced that's the
>>> problem I'm seeing. When this happens, I simply see lines of "Keep Alive
>>> Sent" (or something like that). If I check the connection with a SH/DX,
>>> nothing happens, so I know the connection is no longer active.  This has
>>> happened from time to time in the past, but it's getting more frequent
>>> and annoying. What else might I set on my end to keep the connection
>>> from being dropped or simply becoming what amounts to dormant? I've been
>>> using the W4NJA node, so I suppose it's also possible the problem is on
>>> that end,  someplace.
>>>
>>> MX & HNY,
>>>
>>> Kim N5OP
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
>>> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>>
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>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, 
>> PP SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>>
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>> that it doesn’t matter who said it./
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./