YSF network connection lost

[PE1KZU]

To IK4NZD; Your statement [Since then there have been some changes in the ysf code, so it makes you think that the problem is there......] is correct.
For what I know until so far only pistar suffers from the disconnect problem. For example, WPSD does not have the disconnect issue.

[DG0LFL]

when the connection is interrupted, pi-star rebuilds the connect! (eg. 24h reconnect or pi-star reboot)
The problem has existed since the takeover of DV-Ref. and is currently still a major construction site.

[PE1KZU]

From what I have learned so far, the disconnect issue is related to something that is in the cron.daily file.
Due to lack of knowledge I can not find where exactly the issue occurs in this script.
I have run the HostFilesUpdate.sh script manually several times without any problem.
I suspect the issue occurs somewhere in the lines that connect to github. But as said I have not enough knowledge to confirm this.

[DG0LFL]

The PiStar coders will have to look into this,
if it doesn't occur in elsewhere, the bug should be found.

[ea1flk]

I reverted last night to standar configuration and i think now the hotspot is working normally without connection lost after several hours. I hope the bug was squashed. I will keep my fingers crossed for that.

[MW0MWZ]

I agree that setting the timer longer than an hour is probably a good idea, I have been asked more than a few times to change YSFGateway to allow the use of host names, and now you can all see why I resisted doing so. Looks like we're going to need to go back to IP addresses again...

Here you can see I suggest to make the re-resolution time longer..
viewtopic.php?p=25299#p25299

This is not a problem in Cron or changes to YSFGateway, this is exactly due to the move to support DNS names in the host file for YSFGateway.

[PE1KZU]

Good morning Andy,

Thanks a lot for your response and clarification. This brings peace back into my life
Now I can dive into the weed problem in my garden

Best Regards,
Bert PE1KZU

[ea1flk]

I reverted last night to standar configuration and i think now the hotspot is working normally without connection lost after several hours. I hope the bug was squashed. I will keep my fingers crossed for that.

Nope... disconnected again.

[MW0MWZ]

Good morning Andy,

Thanks a lot for your response and clarification. This brings peace back into my life
Now I can dive into the weed problem in my garden

Best Regards,
Bert PE1KZU

You're welcome, happy gardening!

[MW0MWZ]

I reverted last night to standar configuration and i think now the hotspot is working normally without connection lost after several hours. I hope the bug was squashed. I will keep my fingers crossed for that.

Nope... disconnected again.

Updated the host generation back to IP-only... should be back to normality again now (when you next press update or the overnight updates run).