[App_rpt-users] connection timeout timer

[Bryan D. Boyle]

most (not all, but most) allstar ops are more than willing to have nodes interconnected.  our network up here between nyc and phl has, at various times, had long-term transient nodes from fl, va, and me...along with connecting to the Lincoln Highway coast-to-coast net a couple years ago.  

Only 'mode' that is of questionable use, to me, due to the utter lack of development since it was released is Echolink; many of us have 'dummy' echo nodes that aren't connected to anything, but catch the bored drive-by Echo surfers without disturbing the allstar link.  (my own opinion?  Echolink is the 11 Meters of the amateur radio world)

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Bryan
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> On Jun 12, 2016, at 08:06, Steve Agee <n5zua at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Part of the reason IRLP has that rule is because their nodes perform nightly node updates that won't happen while the node is connected. Generally, Allstar does not have that as a blanket system wide policy. It is possible that some node owners may have more stringent polices, but I've never run across one yet.
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> N5ZUA
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>> On 6/11/2016 10:56 PM, Elden Fenison wrote:
>> I have an IRLP node and an Allstar node. I'm afraid I'm not very knowledgeable on either. 
>> 
>> It seems that in the IRLP world it's customary (and considered good etiquette) to have a fairly short (like 20 minute) connection timeout timer. No activity from your node within 20 minutes and the connection will drop. I guess they expect if you're going to dial up a node/reflector that you're going to be making a contact, not just listening. I've read the policy on at least one reflector that says they will ban you for circumventing the connection timeout. 
>> 
>> Is this also standard in the Allstar world? I don't believe my node times out at all. And I tend to favor camping out on various hubs just to listen. But I want to follow whatever the best practice is.
>> 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
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