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   Message 256 of 1,004   
   Martin Foster to Wilfred van Velzen   
   WInPoint Version 389 Available   
   12 Jan 22 13:14:15   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.7 1d5b9f03   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   REPLY: 2:280/464 61dd91ac   
   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   *** Tuesday 11.01.22 at 14:13:11, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Ulrich Schroeter:   
      
   [snip]   
    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   
   --- WinPoint 389.0   
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