I would like to explore this further. We ran two computers in a Multi-Two
station. One was a wired (Ethernet) connection into a D'Link router and the
other we ran wireless. The only time our computers would crash is when we
used the bandmap. This resulting in us having to reboot all computers. When
we did not use the bandmap, we were able to maintain the links without any
problems.
Thanks and Regards, Irwin KD3TB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Kennedy" <halken@comcast.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Network reliability
> Charlie, KI5XPs email is right on the money. We used to consistently
> run 48 hours without problems at K4JA, usually with five or six
> computers in the network. The link was NET-DDE not TCP/IP. All the OSs
> were the same as were the versions.
>
> When TCP/IP got introduced, many of us jumped on it - and left DNS
> enabled. This is a guaranteed recipe for disaster. As Charlie rightly
> points out, WL running on multiple computers under TCP/IP with the
> bandmap enabled and dynamic addressing will virtually always crash. Any
> drop, and there will always be some, will cause DNS to reassign the
> TCP/IP address for a given machine and then its crash-city. I can leave
> two computers networked here via TCP/IP with low data rate non-contest
> spotting traffic moving, no logging going on and no RFI, and they will
> seldom stay networked for more than about 10 hours if DNS is enabled.
>
>
> I have had decent luck with TCP/IP and static addressing on very stable
> networks, i.e. no RF problems. I think they finally got PJ2T stable by
> shielding all the CAT5, shielding the router, and using static
> addresses.
>
> Meanwhile, N1MM and WinTest seem completely immune to these problems....
> and they support LPT1, etc.
>
> I'm still a WL fan, but my patience is sorely tested. I can name
> several large multi stations that gave up on WL due to WL's inability to
> deal with anything less than a pristine network. And that is WRITELOG's
> inability to deal with the real world, not the real world's inability to
> satisfy WL.
>
> Hal, N4GG
>
>
>
>
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