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   Message 262 of 1,004   
   Martin Foster to Tim Schattkowsky   
   WInPoint Version 389 Available   
   14 Jan 22 10:44:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet f86af5ec   
   REPLY: 2:310/31.6 1d9ce104   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   Hello Tim!   
      
   *** Wednesday 12.01.22 at 22:19, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to Martin Foster:   
      
    WvV>>> Of course a point can have multiple boss's, using different   
    WvV>>> pointnumbers for each. But I wouldn't advise connecting 1 area at   
    WvV>>> multiple bosses with different pointnumbers from the same setup.   
    WvV>>> That's a guaranteed dupe loop.   
      
    MF>> It's not guaranteed at all, it would depend on whether the Point   
    MF>> software in use could handle receiving identical echos from multiple   
    MF>> Boss Nodes without creating dupe loops and without creating a pile of   
    MF>> local dupes ;)   
      
    TS> The latter happens in WP. As there is only one uplink in WP I see no risk   
    TS> of a dupe loop at all.   
      
   Did you mean "only one *active* uplink" :)   
      
   Regards,   
   Martin   
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