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And just to confirm my understanding, these "pings" are performed within spider as PC51 exchanges<BR>
and not via standard ICMP ping? <BR>
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And this is true irrespective of type of node partner? (Spider, AK1A, ?)<BR>
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Am asking because of possible firewall implications <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">The reason this happens is that both ends (if they are DXSpider nodes)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">ping each other. If they don't get back the correct callsign, the pings</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">are ignored. On the third ping, that then is ignored, the node</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">disconnects. The default ping time is 5 minutes, therefore on the stroke</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">of the third ping (10mins) it disconnects.</FONT>
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