Subj : WInPoint Version 389 Available
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Martin Foster
Date : Wed Jan 12 2022 13:14:15

Hello Wilfred!

*** Tuesday 11.01.22 at 14:13:11, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Ulrich Schroeter:

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 TS>>>> � �NEW Editor: New Uplink selection   �

 MF>>> This one sounds very interesting but as I only have one Uplink
 MF>>> configured, the option is greyed out. I'm not entirely sure what the
 MF>>> implications would be in having more than one Uplink, care to expand a
 MF>>> little on this new feature please.

 US>> what it is for ....

 US>> you've heard about fidoweb?

 US>> all links are encouraged to establish links with more then one uplink in
 US>> case a connection breaks ... or goes down unusaly ...  like Janis link
 US>> goes
 US>> down with only prior 48 hours warning. This dont only effects nodes, but
 US>> also points.

 WvV> Of course a point can have multiple boss's, using different pointnumbers
 WvV> for each. But I wouldn't advise connecting 1 area at multiple bosses
 WvV> with different pointnumbers from the same setup. That's a guaranteed
 WvV> dupe loop.

It's not guaranteed at all, it would depend on whether the Point software in use could handle receiving identical echos from multiple Boss Nodes without creating dupe loops and without creating a pile of local dupes ;)

Regards,
Martin

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 * Origin: WinPoint Test Rig - UK - (2:310/31.7)

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