[OZAPRS] Aprs Server Question

[Geoff - VK2XJG]

G'day Norm,  The weekend couldn't come around fast enough this week :-)

The extra frame is a keepalive.  Its part of the server's protection
against 
hung ports, where a client connects but sends no data.  What used to
happen 
was clients connected and then crashed, leaving the port hung on the
server. 
If the keepalive goes un-acknowledged, then port is torn down.

20 seconds is the default, however we can experiment with increasing the 
time, I'll try 5 minutes and see if that causes any issues :-)

Regards,
Geoff

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Norm McMillan <njmcmillan at bigpond.com>
To: OZAPRS <ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au>
Sent: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:53:12 +1100
Subject: [OZAPRS] Aprs Server Question

> G'day,
> It's the weekend!!!!!!! :)
> 
> A brief question for the server types.
> 
>   I'm connecting to first.aprs.net.au:14580 with the extra logon 
>  filter m/300. this should show stations within 300km of my qth, no? 
> OK it appears to work. I get another frame from the server  every
20sec...
> 
> <javaAPRSSrvr 3.9b05 [date/time string] APRSAUS 203.220.0.74:14580>
> 
> Whats the purpose of this frame? Every 20sec 24/7 eats a little 
> download allocation, any idea how much? It's something I didn't 
> allow for!
> 
> TIA
> -- 
> Norm, VK2XCI,
> Voice of The Edge of The Outback.
> QF27wd
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