The question comes up again and again. At one point, someone (Chris, Brian, ?) posted the update intervals for the encaps file and the RIP updates. It clearly defined how long it would take before any change on the portal showed up in both outputs. But I can't find it and it's really info that should be posted on the wiki.
Can someone who knows the details post the info on the wiki?
And for any future topics like that, if you're the person providing the answer, can you post the answer on the wiki and then send a link on the list? Sending the info to the list virtually guarantees that it will be unfindable after a few months and we'll continue to have a black hole in the amprnet documentation.
Michael N6MEF
-----Original Message----- From: 44net-bounces+n6mef=mefox.org@hamradio.ucsd.edu [mailto:44net-bounces+n6mef=mefox.org@hamradio.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Marc, LX1DUC Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 2:50 AM To: 44net@hamradio.ucsd.edu Subject: Re: [44net] Can't add redundant AMPR gateway to portal
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ On 29/03/2014 01:36, Marc, LX1DUC wrote:
(The version on the portal seemed to be generated on request... let's see how current the FTP version will be...)
Well I have been watching the FTP file, it seems from my perspective that the delay is more than 1 hour, or the file has been generated irregularly in the last hours.
It's a pity. Networks with dynamic IP addresses changing once a day (disconnect forced by ISP) will be unreachable from other 44net networks for up to the delay of regeneration of the encap.txt file.
Those disconnecting more frequently will be unreachable for a good part of the day.
The HTTP link allowed me to have an up2date encap.txt whenever I needed it.
I would like to suggest to add a 2nd way to access the HTTP link automatically. For example via a "key" provided as an option:
https://portal.ampr.org/getdata.php?key=.....
The value of the key could be calculated from
md5(concat(ftpusername,':',ftppassword)) or md5(concat(portalusername,':',portalpassword))
73 de Marc
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