• Hub 4

    From Black Panther@21:1/186 to All on Sunday, December 01, 2019 21:34:02
    Okay. It works better if you don't have any typos in the command line for the unpack command... NOW, it should be flowing smoothly... :)


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to All on Thursday, December 05, 2019 19:19:04
    Hi All,

    I just wanted to let everyone know, the netmail issue has been resolved on
    Hub 4. There was an slight order issue with the lines in the config file.

    If someone from net 4 could send an areafix/filefix message to 21:4/100, and send me a copy of it, I would appreciate it.

    Thanks,


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 19:35:14
    Hello Black,

    If someone from net 4 could send an areafix/filefix message to
    21:4/100, and send me a copy of it, I would appreciate it.

    I just sent a netmail to Areafix and another to Filefix. No reply as yet but they have gone out.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Thursday, December 05, 2019 20:50:30
    On 05 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    I just sent a netmail to Areafix and another to Filefix. No reply as yet but they have gone out.

    You should see a reply. It looks like they sent out via hpt/htick.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 19:52:48
    Hello Black,

    I just sent a netmail to Areafix and another to Filefix. No reply
    as yet but they have gone out.

    You should see a reply. It looks like they sent out via hpt/htick.

    Nothing as yet..

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 19:54:04
    Hello Black,

    I just sent a netmail to Areafix and another to Filefix. No reply
    as yet but they have gone out.

    You should see a reply. It looks like they sent out via hpt/htick.

    The one I sent to filefix had a bad password.. ;)

    I'll try again..

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 20:11:14
    Re: Hub 4
    By: Black Panther to All on Thu Dec 05 2019 07:19 pm

    If someone from net 4 could send an areafix/filefix message to 21:4/100, and send me a copy of it, I would appreciate it.

    I sent one around 4:00pm PST, don't have a copy. Could you check if I'm enrolled in FSX_NET?
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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, December 05, 2019 21:57:44
    On 05 Dec 2019, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

    If someone from net 4 could send an areafix/filefix message to 21:4/10 and send me a copy of it, I would appreciate it.

    I sent one around 4:00pm PST, don't have a copy. Could you check if I'm enrolled in FSX_NET?

    Yes, I noticed it before I had the netmail fixed, and manually set it up. You should be getting a response back from the areafix...


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Thursday, December 05, 2019 21:59:10
    On 05 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    You should see a reply. It looks like they sent out via hpt/htick.

    Nothing as yet..

    Doh! Forgot to put hpt pack in the batch file... Now you should have it. :)


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 21:01:36
    Hello Black,

    Nothing as yet..

    Doh! Forgot to put hpt pack in the batch file... Now you should have
    it. :)

    Yep, my hpt-incoming.sh ends with "hpt pack", just in case.. :)

    I have not seen a reply yet. I'll try again so you'll have something to look at. Is there a route for 21:4/106?

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Scarecrow@21:4/111 to Black Panther on Friday, December 06, 2019 00:10:32
    On 05 Dec 2019, Black Panther said the following...
    I just wanted to let everyone know, the netmail issue has been resolved
    on Hub 4. There was an slight order issue with the lines in the config file.

    Areafix still unresponsive here. Around Dec. 1 I spontaneously
    started receiving messages in 3 bases I wasn't linked to. Been trying to unlink them but Areafix has me on ignore. :)

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Thursday, December 05, 2019 23:02:44
    Hello Black,

    Doh! Forgot to put hpt pack in the batch file... Now you should have
    it. :)

    One other thing I seem to recall is that the flavour has to match what you have
    for the link, so if you have a link on hold in the link section your route statements need to be hold also.

    In your case I have your node listed in the route file like this..


    Link Dan Richter
    Aka 21:4/100
    ourAka 21:4/106
    AccessGrp I
    Password RUST2018
    Flavour Crash
    Packer zip

    And this is what your node looks like in the route file..

    route crash 21:4/100 21:*


    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From PalKat@21:4/137 to Black Panther on Friday, December 06, 2019 07:51:45
    I have also sent both and no replies yet...not too worried if they don't
    arrive soon I will just walk over to your house and ask in person for my replies! ;)

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  • From Beanzilla@21:4/110 to Black Panther on Friday, December 06, 2019 12:28:53
    If someone from net 4 could send an areafix/filefix message to
    21:4/100, and send me a copy of it, I would appreciate it.

    Ok as of 12PM EST I have sent 2 messages to areafix and to filefix (1 to each)
    Now awaiting responses.

    Oh Side note... I seem to be still getting dupes... (Possible side effect?)

    Take Care,
    Beanzilla

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Saturday, December 07, 2019 09:35:18
    On 05 Dec 2019 at 09:59p, Black Panther pondered and said...

    You should see a reply. It looks like they sent out via hpt/htic

    Nothing as yet..

    Doh! Forgot to put hpt pack in the batch file... Now you should have it.

    Do you have netmail running now Dan?

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Beanzilla on Friday, December 06, 2019 12:37:30
    Hello Beanzilla,

    Oh Side note... I seem to be still getting dupes... (Possible side effect?)

    I see dupes too. Is it dupes from Spectre you are seeing?

    I get one message with soft CRs, and I get another on a different path without the soft CRs.

    If I've been following what's happening I think Mystic strips soft CRs so they likely both look identical on your BBS, but they didn't start out that way. That is why you get two of them.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to PalKat on Friday, December 06, 2019 21:06:42
    On 06 Dec 2019, PalKat said the following...

    I have also sent both and no replies yet...not too worried if they don't arrive soon I will just walk over to your house and ask in person for my replies! ;)

    No problem. I've got some cold beer in the fridge. ;)

    Try it again. I think I have it working 100% now. I've been running tests
    from the 4/10 gateway system, and have the responses flowing back out.


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Beanzilla on Friday, December 06, 2019 21:08:34
    On 06 Dec 2019, Beanzilla said the following...

    Ok as of 12PM EST I have sent 2 messages to areafix and to filefix (1 to each) Now awaiting responses.

    Give it another shot. I had to do a bit a tweaking, and it should be working now.

    Oh Side note... I seem to be still getting dupes... (Possible side effect?)

    How many dupes are you getting? There should have only been a couple on the
    day that I switched over...


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Avon on Friday, December 06, 2019 21:09:44
    On 07 Dec 2019, Avon said the following...

    Do you have netmail running now Dan?

    Yes, it's working now.

    Oh, could you turn of the netmail encryption between 1/100 and 4/100. That is one thing that husky either doesn't do, or I haven't figured it out yet...


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Friday, December 06, 2019 21:12:00
    On 06 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    If I've been following what's happening I think Mystic strips soft CRs
    so they likely both look identical on your BBS, but they didn't start
    out that way. That is why you get two of them.

    Do you know of a way to eliminate them with HPT? I've already got it set for HashDupesWMsgId for DupeBaseType.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Friday, December 06, 2019 20:18:26
    Hello Black,

    If I've been following what's happening I think Mystic strips
    soft CRs so they likely both look identical on your BBS, but they
    didn't start out that way. That is why you get two of them.

    Do you know of a way to eliminate them with HPT? I've already got it
    set for HashDupesWMsgId for DupeBaseType.

    The messages are getting changed. Mystic is removing instead of ignoring the soft CRs, and there is no MSGID in the affected messages.

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you should only get
    one copy from 1/100 or 2/100 and it'll have the soft CR already removed so dupes won't (shouldn't) happen.

    It would be better if there were no changes being made in transit but that is not possible ATM.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Beanzilla@21:4/110 to Al on Saturday, December 07, 2019 12:24:21
    I see dupes too. Is it dupes from Spectre you are seeing?

    Yup same here.

    Take Care,
    Beanzilla

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  • From Beanzilla@21:4/110 to Black Panther on Saturday, December 07, 2019 12:24:21
    How many dupes are you getting? There should have only been a couple on
    the day that I switched over...

    I know yesterday I got about 5 dupes... (nothing super major, I think it's natural)
    Today I got only 1 so far.

    Ok so I will resend the areafix and filefix netmail. (If I can remember what all I can do with it)

    Take Care,
    Beanzilla

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  • From Black Panther@21:4/100 to Al on Saturday, December 07, 2019 11:13:28
    On 06 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    The messages are getting changed. Mystic is removing instead of ignoring the soft CRs, and there is no MSGID in the affected messages.

    Ok, I really wasn't following this thread too close...

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you should only get
    one copy from 1/100 or 2/100 and it'll have the soft CR already removed
    so dupes won't (shouldn't) happen.

    Yep, let's see how that works.


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  • From Black Panther@21:4/100 to Beanzilla on Saturday, December 07, 2019 11:17:56
    On 07 Dec 2019, Beanzilla said the following...

    I know yesterday I got about 5 dupes... (nothing super major, I think
    it's natural)
    Today I got only 1 so far.

    With the changes made on hub 3, let me know if they continue.

    Ok so I will resend the areafix and filefix netmail. (If I can remember what all I can do with it)

    Did you get responses from them? They should be working correctly now.

    Thanks,


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Saturday, December 07, 2019 13:22:32
    Hello Black,

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you
    should only get one copy from 1/100 or 2/100 and it'll have the
    soft CR already removed so dupes won't (shouldn't) happen.

    Yep, let's see how that works.

    Yep, I'd call that a monkey wrench solution, but I don't see a better way at the moment.

    That monkey wrench solution may cause more monkey wrenching as we go.


    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Black Panther on Sunday, December 08, 2019 11:48:14
    Re: Re: Hub 4
    By: Black Panther to Al on Sat Dec 07 2019 11:13 am

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you
    should only get
    one copy from 1/100 or 2/100 and it'll have the soft CR already
    removed so dupes won't (shouldn't) happen.
    Yep, let's see how that works.

    Actually, I was only going to do that, so we could determine if Mystic was part
    of the problem.

    Sounds like we've confirmed that?
    ...лоег

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Al on Sunday, December 08, 2019 12:04:43
    Re: Hub 4
    By: Al to Black Panther on Sat Dec 07 2019 01:22 pm

    Yep, I'd call that a monkey wrench solution, but I don't see a better way at the moment.

    Oh wait, maybe I should stop routing to 4/100?

    But when Avon implements his hpt, the problem will resurface...

    We need to get g00r00 to fix this... :-|
    ...лоег

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Saturday, December 07, 2019 17:40:06
    Hello Alterego,

    Yep, I'd call that a monkey wrench solution, but I don't see a
    better way at the moment.

    Oh wait, maybe I should stop routing to 4/100?

    I think so but that is something for you hubs to determine.

    But when Avon implements his hpt, the problem will resurface...

    If/when that happens we might need to make changes.

    We need to get g00r00 to fix this... :-|

    Ultimately yes, that is the solution.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Saturday, December 07, 2019 18:42:22
    Hello Alterego,

    But when Avon implements his hpt, the problem will resurface...

    Just to clarify my thoughts on this, and I hope it clarifies and not mudies it all up more.

    We know when Specter's soft CRs pass a Mystic BBS they will be changed (the soft CR removed). As long as there is a Mystic BBS in the works I think you should point your output to it, either or both 1/100 and 2/100. There rest will
    still get his posts via those nodes, changed but they won't dupe after that.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Saturday, December 07, 2019 21:42:20
    On 07 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you

    Yep, let's see how that works.

    Yep, I'd call that a monkey wrench solution, but I don't see a better
    way at the moment.

    For now, I can't think of anything else either.

    That monkey wrench solution may cause more monkey wrenching as we go.

    It may, but I don't foresee anything, with the interconnectivity we have between hubs. (Wow, such big words for this late at night...) ;)


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Alterego on Saturday, December 07, 2019 21:56:30
    On 08 Dec 2019, Alterego said the following...

    I think Deon was going to stop sending directly to 4/100 so you

    Actually, I was only going to do that, so we could determine if Mystic
    was part of the problem.

    Sounds like we've confirmed that?

    I'm still trying to get caught up on the thread myself, but it sounds like it has been confirmed.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Saturday, December 07, 2019 22:48:00
    Hello Alterego,

    Actually, I was only going to do that, so we could determine if Mystic
    was part of the problem.

    Sounds like we've confirmed that?

    I have yes, that is what I see here. It would be a good thing if someone could confirm that is a correct conclusion.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Al on Sunday, December 08, 2019 20:30:45
    Re: Hub 4
    By: Al to Alterego on Sat Dec 07 2019 06:42 pm

    But when Avon implements his hpt, the problem will resurface...
    We know when Specter's soft CRs pass a Mystic BBS they will be changed (the soft CR removed). As long as there is a Mystic BBS in the works I think you should point your output to it, either or both 1/100 and 2/100.

    Yeah, I think I understand the problem - maybe I'm confused about what Avon is doing. I know he was changing over to hpt, which I thought would forward mail on to hubs and his downstream (and his downstream would be via Mystic).

    So even if I stop sending the mail to 4/100, when sending it to 1/100, hpt would send it on as-is and 2/100 (mystic) would see a dupe (via me and and via 1/100)?
    ...лоег

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Sunday, December 08, 2019 03:01:44
    Hello Alterego,

    Yeah, I think I understand the problem - maybe I'm confused about what Avon is doing. I know he was changing over to hpt, which I thought
    would forward mail on to hubs and his downstream (and his downstream
    would be via Mystic).

    I'm not sure that Avon was going to change anything at 1/100. You guys will need to stick together on all that.

    So even if I stop sending the mail to 4/100, when sending it to 1/100,
    hpt would send it on as-is and 2/100 (mystic) would see a dupe (via me
    and and via 1/100)?

    I got Spectre's last few messages via 3/100 and 4/100, and I have not seen any dupes.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Al on Sunday, December 08, 2019 22:26:13
    Re: Hub 4
    By: Al to Alterego on Sun Dec 08 2019 03:01 am

    I got Spectre's last few messages via 3/100 and 4/100, and I have not seen any dupes.

    Hmm... there is something more to this then - I havent changed anything yet.

    The theory was, you should have got this via 1/100 or 2/100 as well..?
    ...лоег

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Sunday, December 08, 2019 03:34:22
    Hello Alterego,

    I got Spectre's last few messages via 3/100 and 4/100, and I have
    not seen any dupes.

    Hmm... there is something more to this then - I havent changed
    anything yet.

    That's what I was thinking, but I have got dupes for the last few.

    The theory was, you should have got this via 1/100 or 2/100 as well..?

    I always get them from 4/100. The ones without soft CRs always via 1/100 or 2/100.

    Except for the few message that didn't dupe (for reasons unknown), I still think it would be best for you to stop exporting to 4/100 and let those messages flow through mystic. They'll be changed there but then they won't dupe. Everyone should just get one copy of message from 21:3/*.

    That's only a suggestion on my part, discuss all this with Avon and Dan.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Avon on Sunday, December 08, 2019 23:29:33
    Re: Hub 4
    By: Al to Alterego on Sun Dec 08 2019 03:34 am

    That's only a suggestion on my part, discuss all this with Avon and Dan.

    So I'm not sure if you've been following this thread - and your thoughts on this issue?

    For now, I'll stop exporting to 4/100 (but can still receive), since it appears
    that a dupe occurs when stuff comes from 3/101 (via hub 1 or 2). I dont think the problem is with Spectre, I think the conclusion is that mystic is transforming messages (when it shouldnt), resulting in a dupe for the nodes in Hub 4.

    What would be useful is to check a packet that I export to you, and that you export to your links, and we compare the content to validate that it has changed, since g00r00 doesnt appear to be around to offer his view. (Minus seen-by and path lines.)

    Dan - dont know if you can do something on your side to detect the dupes? Since
    it appears to have started recently - did I read that you've switched over to HPT from Mystic?

    I'm guessing this dupe problem will re-surface when you switch over to HPT for hub 1...
    ...лоег

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Alterego on Sunday, December 08, 2019 11:36:56
    On 08 Dec 2019, Alterego said the following...

    Dan - dont know if you can do something on your side to detect the
    dupes? Since it appears to have started recently - did I read that
    you've switched over to HPT from Mystic?

    I have recently switched from Mystic to HPT on Hub 4. The dupe detection is working, but due to the message content being changed, it is seen as a different message.

    I'm guessing this dupe problem will re-surface when you switch over to
    HPT for hub 1...

    I've been thinking about it. For now, don't send to hub 4. Once Paul changes things over to HPT, only send to hubs 1 & 4. At that point, the soft CRs will not be removed, until the go through a Mystic system, which will then be hub
    2.


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Sunday, December 08, 2019 14:14:50
    Hello Black,

    I'm guessing this dupe problem will re-surface when you switch
    over to HPT for hub 1...

    I've been thinking about it. For now, don't send to hub 4. Once Paul changes things over to HPT, only send to hubs 1 & 4. At that point,
    the soft CRs will not be removed, until the go through a Mystic
    system, which will then be hub 2.

    For the time being I think mail with soft CRs should only be sent to a Mystic BBS. If 2/100 is the only remaining Mystic in the loop then send them only to 2/100. The reason is that Mystic will pass them on changed. If some are changing and some are not there will be dupes.

    That is no solution and it shouldn't be that way, but I think it needs to be that way for now so changed messaged don't flow through the hubs.

    When it's possible the hubs should all send directly to the other hubs.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From PalKat@21:4/137 to Black Panther on Sunday, December 08, 2019 15:25:55
    On 06 Dec 2019, Black Panther said the following...

    No problem. I've got some cold beer in the fridge. ;)

    "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

    Try it again. I think I have it working 100% now. I've been running tests from the 4/10 gateway system, and have the responses flowing back out.

    "We have clearance, Clarence."

    Sorry had Airplane in the brain for some reason! But yes I am getting replies now, and fast than it would take to get to your beer stash from my house! ;)

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to PalKat on Sunday, December 08, 2019 18:28:38
    On 08 Dec 2019, PalKat said the following...

    "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"

    "I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you."

    Sorry had Airplane in the brain for some reason! But yes I am getting replies now, and fast than it would take to get to your beer stash from
    my house! ;)

    That's what I want to hear. :)

    Probably faster than I could get to my beer stash at MY house! ;)


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Sunday, December 08, 2019 19:34:52
    On 08 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    I've been thinking about it. For now, don't send to hub 4. Once Paul changes things over to HPT, only send to hubs 1 & 4. At that point, the soft CRs will not be removed, until the go through a Mystic system, which will then be hub 2.

    For the time being I think mail with soft CRs should only be sent to a Mystic BBS. If 2/100 is the only remaining Mystic in the loop then send them only to 2/100. The reason is that Mystic will pass them on changed. If some are changing and some are not there will be dupes.

    Kinda the same thinking, but looking at it a bit differently. :) I was
    thinking once Paul changed over to HPT, Deon could send to hubs 1 and 4,
    where the soft CRs would not be changed, and then sent over to hub 2, where they would get changed. At that point, Mystic shouldn't send them back out as dupes, as it's the one that is changing them...


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Sunday, December 08, 2019 18:55:18
    Hello Black,

    For the time being I think mail with soft CRs should only be sent
    to a Mystic BBS. If 2/100 is the only remaining Mystic in the
    loop then send them only to 2/100. The reason is that Mystic will
    pass them on changed. If some are changing and some are not there
    will be dupes.

    Kinda the same thinking, but looking at it a bit differently. :)

    The way you are looking at is correct if things work according to plan. When 3/100 sends stuff to 1/100 2/100 and 4/100 shouldn't that stuff stay in net 2? In spite of that I see stuff here from 3/100 ?/100 that dupes.

    That is all a bit mystifying when I look at it, but nevertheless, that is what happens. I wonder (but don't know) if Mystic incorrectly reads it's own seen bys? I know BBBS can't read Mystic's seen by lines correctly.

    I was thinking once Paul changed over to HPT, Deon could send to hubs
    1 and 4, where the soft CRs would not be changed, and then sent over
    to hub 2, where they would get changed. At that point, Mystic
    shouldn't send them back out as dupes, as it's the one that is
    changing them...

    That should work as long as stuff doesn't make the rounds from net 2. If it happens that way we may need to get Deon to send to net 2. It'll get changed there but we'll all get the changed message without dupes.

    A monkey wrench solution if ever there was one.. :)

    But by all means try it that way and if the dupe problem persists we can try it
    that way. If there are a few dupes while we work through this I don't think it's that big of a deal.

    It's not an easy thing to try and work out.. I know.. :)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Alterego@21:2/116 to Black Panther on Monday, December 09, 2019 14:39:08
    Re: Re: Hub 4
    By: Black Panther to Al on Sun Dec 08 2019 07:34 pm

    Kinda the same thinking, but looking at it a bit differently. :) I was thinking once Paul changed over to HPT, Deon could send to hubs 1 and 4, where the soft CRs would not be changed, and then sent over to hub 2, where they would get changed. At that point, Mystic shouldn't send them back out as dupes, as it's the one that is changing them...

    I was thinking along the same lines.

    Effectively, Hub 2 would recieve the same (untouched soft CRs) from hubs 1/3/4,
    which should in theory all dupe to the same message (after it messed with the soft CRs). Right?

    We just need to make sure that Hub 2 becomes the rotten egg (gets the message last) :)
    ...лоег

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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Black Panther on Sunday, December 08, 2019 19:36:20
    Hello Black,

    Kinda the same thinking, but looking at it a bit differently. :) I was thinking once Paul changed over to HPT,

    Deon could send to hubs 1 and 4, where the soft CRs would not be
    changed, and then sent over to hub 2, where they would get changed.
    At that point, Mystic shouldn't sen them back out as dupes, as it's
    the one that is changing them...

    After re-reading that I think that is a good plan. Mystic should have no problem reading seen bys from any other net, so that stuff should stay in net 2, I think.

    I concur, that is a good plan

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Al on Sunday, December 08, 2019 20:55:16
    On 08 Dec 2019, Al said the following...

    That should work as long as stuff doesn't make the rounds from net 2. If it happens that way we may need to get Deon to send to net 2. It'll get changed there but we'll all get the changed message without dupes.

    A monkey wrench solution if ever there was one.. :)

    This is making my brain hurt... ;)

    But by all means try it that way and if the dupe problem persists we can try it that way. If there are a few dupes while we work through this I don't think it's that big of a deal.

    I'm thinking we see if Deon can not send to hub 4, and see what happens with dupes. If it, and I think it will, works, we can adjust as needed when Paul gets changed over.

    My brain is a bit fuzzy right now... I've had a couple drinks... :)


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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to Alterego on Sunday, December 08, 2019 20:58:12
    On 09 Dec 2019, Alterego said the following...

    Effectively, Hub 2 would recieve the same (untouched soft CRs) from hubs 1/3/4, which should in theory all dupe to the same message (after it messed with the soft CRs). Right?

    In theory it should.

    We just need to make sure that Hub 2 becomes the rotten egg (gets the message last) :)

    I'm thinking we could just put hub 2 at the bottom of the polling list. He would still get the messages fairly quickly, but the other hubs should have them already.

    I'm also wondering if we should move this over to the FSX_NET echo. It seems like the traffic never really transferred over to the new echo...


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  • From Al@21:4/106 to Alterego on Sunday, December 08, 2019 19:58:28
    Hello Alterego,

    Effectively, Hub 2 would recieve the same (untouched soft CRs) from
    hubs 1/3/4, which should in theory all dupe to the same message (after
    it messed with the soft CRs). Right?

    Technically correct. With all the other hubs in the seen bys hub 2 should only send those message to those in net 2. So far so good.

    We just need to make sure that Hub 2 becomes the rotten egg (gets the message last) :)

    I hope that works out as planned. That's what I think you guys should do.

    If that doesn't work for some reason you can send to hub 2, and only hub 2.

    But let's see how that works first.. it should work.. ;)

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 21:24:50
    On 06 Dec 2019 at 09:09p, Black Panther pondered and said...

    Oh, could you turn of the netmail encryption between 1/100 and 4/100.
    That is one thing that husky either doesn't do, or I haven't figured it out yet...

    Done. Thanks!

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Alterego on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 21:46:21
    On 08 Dec 2019 at 11:29p, Alterego pondered and said...

    That's only a suggestion on my part, discuss all this with Avon and D

    So I'm not sure if you've been following this thread - and your thoughts on this issue?

    I have been on and off... but not super closely. I understand there are
    issues with soft CR and the way they are being handled between different HUBs running different software.

    For now, I'll stop exporting to 4/100 (but can still receive), since it appears that a dupe occurs when stuff comes from 3/101 (via hub 1 or 2).
    I dont think the problem is with Spectre, I think the conclusion is that mystic is transforming messages (when it shouldnt), resulting in a dupe for the nodes in Hub 4.

    It's becoming apparent to me that there are upsides and downsides in running different softwares are different hubs not to mention what any said software does or doesn't do correctly (or not) - sigh ...


    What would be useful is to check a packet that I export to you, and that you export to your links, and we compare the content to validate that it has changed, since g00r00 doesnt appear to be around to offer his view. (Minus seen-by and path lines.)

    Yep OK I can try to do this...

    Yep g00r00 is not about at the moment, looks like he surfaced briefly but is not active at the moment. I am just compiling a list of things we have collectively spotted and hope to pass this info to him when he is next active and working on things. It's really all that can be done at this stage...

    Dan - dont know if you can do something on your side to detect the
    dupes? Since it appears to have started recently - did I read that
    you've switched over to HPT from Mystic?

    I'm guessing this dupe problem will re-surface when you switch over to
    HPT for hub 1...

    I am looking to shift to HPT in NET 1 in part as a test so I can ensure I can configure and run the darn thing, and also to address some of the issues
    noted re SEEN-BY etc.. until such time as g00r00 can work on them.

    I spent tonight working on routing lines and more keywords, it's a total mission to be drowning in a sea of keywords and config... good to learn but still feels like a total PITA compared to the simplicity and ease of Mystic.

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  • From Black Panther@21:1/186 to All on Monday, April 12, 2021 03:14:42
    Hello All!

    First of all, Thank you all for the well-wishes. This trip was a lot more difficult for me than when my Dad passed three years ago. I'm glad I was there for the service and spend time with family.

    After a 3 1/2 hour delay in Chicago, we made it back to New Mexico. However, it is just after 3 AM and we just got home...

    It looks like the Hub 4 system was down. I haven't looked yet to see how long it was down, or why. It is up and running again. I hope it wasn't too long...

    Anyway, I think I'm gonna go try to get some sleep. The interrupted sleep on the plane just wasn't enough. :)


    Black Panther

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Black Panther on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:16:33
    On 12 Apr 2021 at 03:14a, Black Panther pondered and said...

    First of all, Thank you all for the well-wishes. This trip was a lot
    more difficult for me than when my Dad passed three years ago. I'm glad
    I was there for the service and spend time with family.

    I'm glad it went as well as it could for you and the family. Good too you
    guys were bale to travel and not be stuck with lock down stuff that's
    happening in other parts of the globe.

    It looks like the Hub 4 system was down. I haven't looked yet to see how long it was down, or why. It is up and running again. I hope it wasn't
    too long...

    Not sure, I think a few hours but no biggie... I'm grateful to you for running it and keeping an eye on things when able.

    Anyway, I think I'm gonna go try to get some sleep. The interrupted
    sleep on the plane just wasn't enough. :)

    Sleep well!

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