Rich,
We had the same problem at our VE2DXY (zone 2 Canada). This was a Multi-Two
station with two computers networked together. When we used the Band Map
feature, after a while it would cause Writelog and sometimes our computers
to lock up. The only solution was to reboot both computers during the middle
of the contest. Hence after this happed twice, we stopped using the Band Map
function.
Irwin KD3TB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. King" <k5na@ecpi.com>
To: "Bob Henderson" <bob@5b4agn.net>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Network reliability
> At K5NA multi-op efforts we have suffered with this also.
>
> We typically run 4 or 5 computers in the network that is also
> connected by telnet to a in-house DX Cluster network.
>
> This year we stopped using the band map function because it seemed to
> make the computers crash more often.
>
> But occasionally the computers will crash, usually at an inopportune
> time. This year, the worst crash I remember was during the best 15M
> run for all weekend. This caused "runnus interruptus", of course.
>
> A particular problem is when some of the computers go off the network
> and cannot be reconnected normally. Sometimes we have to close and
> restart Writelog on one or the other end of the connection, and
> sometimes both. At other times this isn't enough and one or both
> computers have to be shutdown and re-booted.
>
> Also, sometimes, when we recover a "lost" computer, that computer
> will repopulate the network with many, many duplicate QSOs. What
> seems to happens is that sometimes the re-populated QSOs are sent
> back with the frequency 1 kHz different than they were logged,
> causing the whole mess to be added to the log. Sometimes I get pages
> of duplicate QSOs back.
>
> It is a mystery to me why this happens. Perhaps I should invite Wayne
> to our next multi-op effort so he can get a handle on what is
> happening. Wayne lives in the Austin area and is a member of the local
> club.
>
> 73, Richard - K5NA
>
>
>
> At 18:10 11/5/2007, Bob Henderson wrote:
>>In recent years I've used WL MS and M2 but have been troubled by
>>periodic network failure and half hearted recovery. Having never
>>been able to nail down the cause, I have assumed the culprit to be
>>RF triggered by some combination of transmission frequency and
>>antenna direction. UNTIL that is for CQWW Phone this year some
>>visiting ops used Win-Test, which suffered no such network (or any
>>other) failures during the whole event.
>>
>>When I enquired about their choice of WT they said it was based upon
>>its overall reliability and in particular "rock solid" networking.
>>
>>It appears my WL network failures are much more to do with WL than
>>RF and may be a set-up issue. Could someone who is running WL in a
>>multi-op, networked environment and finding it to be robust, please
>>reveal the secrets of their particular network set-up.
>>
>>Many thanks.
>>
>>Bob, 5B4AGN, P3F
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