using wfview 2.21 on Raspberry Trixie. Working nicely, but I can not make the DX Cluster function work. My input in the settings window is dxc.hamserve.uk, port 7300, 10 minutes and my call as user. The answer is connecting, but no connection is made.
I also set up wfview on a windows computer and tried that with the same result. But if i give the command “telnet dxc.hamserv.uk 7300” in a terminal window on the same windows computer, it does connect and give me spots.
First I suspected a firewall issue, but it cant be as the telnet command gets through, right?
on the same raspberry pi I also have CQR Log, and that also does not connect to any DX Cluster site that I have tried. So I figure that the Pi OS perhaps does not permit telnet commands, or my firewall puts a stop for telnet traffic.
Do I understand this correctly, that the telnet command is initially issued from the pi, and as return traffic is allowed from the web to my internal networks, the firewall should not stop the telnet traffic?
My firewall rules are allow all from internal to external, and allow return traffic from external to internal, so I would not need any further rules for DX cluster traffic?
I installed wfview 2.21 on a windows 11 computer, connected to internet over a mobile internet connection, totally separate from my LAN network. Same problem there, wfview works, but I can not open the DX Cluster connection by dxspider.co.uk, port 7300, my call as login or the 10 minute time limit.
So the problem is not related to my Raspberry os, or my LAN, it seems like it is related to wfview 2.21.
It is unusual for a firewall to stop you from using a basic dx cluster. But if the telnet command works from the terminal, then it should work fine from wfview. It’s unclear to me if the telnet command works for you or does not work for you.
wfview does not use the telnet command (it uses a socket connection directly), but network-wise what it does should look indistinguishable to your computer and network hardware.
I have two wfview 2.21 installations. One is on a pi running trixie, the other is on a win 11 laptop. I can not get the dx cluster funvtion to work on any of them. The answer is ”connecting”, but no connection is made.
To investigate this I tried the telnet command in a terminal window on the win laptop, and that worked. To eliminate local LAN issues I also tried a mobile data internet connection on the win laptop, with the same result, the telnet command working, but not the dx cluster function within wfview 2.21.
I also tried to do the telnet command on the pi, but my knowledge how to to it on the Pi is lacking, so I got nowhere with that.
In other aspects wfview works nicely on both platforms. Before 2.21 I used 2.11 where dx cluster worked.
Could this point to a problem in the 2.21 version?
