[Skimmertalk] Telnet Server

[W3OA]

I have run into an unexpected issue when connecting to Skimmer's telnet 
server over the Internet.  If you have two Internet telnet connections 
from the same IP address to the same Skimmer, closing one connection 
seems to close both connections.  This doesn't occur if all the 
connections are within the same LAN.

Yesterday I was setting up a Skimmer (version 1.4) at a remote QTH.  I 
planned to use two telnet connections from my home LAN to the remote 
Skimmer, one to get the spots and the other to change Skimmer's 
frequency periodically using Skimmer Scanner 
(http://home.roadrunner.com/~w3oa/SkimScan/).  Skimmer Scanner opens and 
closes it's telnet connection every time it sends a command to Skimmer.  
I found that when Skimmer Scanner closed it's connection the telnet 
connection I was using to receive the spots also closed.  I have also 
duplicated this action with two connections from Command Prompt windows.

This doesn't seem to be a problem with all telnet servers.  I can 
establish two telnet connections to ve7cc.net, close one, and the other 
stays open.

So I'm wondering if there is a bug in Skimmer's telnet server?

My work around for now is to run Skimmer Scanner on the same computer 
Skimmer is on at the remote site.  The I use UltraVNC to make changes ti 
Skimmer Scanner's operation, such as changing schedules.

73 - Dick, W3OA