[Dxbase] Fwd: Re: Internet Packet Disconnects

Fri Dec 29 16:20:17 EST 2017

This problem has become almost nonexistent here for years after setting 
my time-out timers to a low value.
3 minuted usually suffices.
My node runs  "DX SPIDER"
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Larry K2LS  Sysop  DXC.K2LS.COM Spots from NA zones 1-8 only

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.
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> On Dec 29, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Kim Elmore <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 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> 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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