Re: Try next server flag?

Weedy <[email protected]> Sun, 11 May 2014 18:14:37 -0400
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irssi never STOPPED trying to reconnect, so I got banned from my channels.
If it would have just fallen back to another sever in the group I would
have been fine. I mostly wanted to know why irssi handles reconnects like
it does. Specifically why short lived connections still count as successful.

On 11 May 2014 16:33, "Nathan Van Ymeren" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sounds like OP's problem is being dropped from the network due to server
issues.  Using a BNC is not likely to solve these types of problems (I.e. a
bad server is dropping clients).
>
> On May 11, 2014 10:24 AM, "Max Sigma" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Honestly,
>>
>> Not meaning to act like a cock or anything but most people set their ZNC
configs to reconnect/rejoin rooms if you were kicked, local kill'd or
dropped connection.
>>
>> If you don't already use ZNC I'd reccomend you check it out.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Weedy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I just finished up with a wonderful experience where card.freenode.netbecame a steaming pile of crap.
>>> I'm not really active on freenode as of late so I didn't notice how
many time or how often I was lagging out, By the time I fixed the problem I
was banned from almost every channel on the network.
>>>
>>> Two things:
>>>  1. Why doesn't /reconnect have a -next or -cycle?
>>>  2. Why aren't there any heuristics for server where if I'm dropped X
times in a hour it's probably a bad server and we need to try another. Or
at least every say 3 reconnects try another server.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>>

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<p dir=3D"ltr">irssi never STOPPED trying to reconnect, so I got banned fro=
m my channels.<br>
If it would have just fallen back to another sever in the group I would hav=
e been fine. I mostly wanted to know why irssi handles reconnects like it d=
oes. Specifically why short lived connections still count as successful.</p=
>

<p dir=3D"ltr">On 11 May 2014 16:33, &quot;Nathan Van Ymeren&quot; &lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Sounds like OP&#39;s problem is being dropped from the network due to =
server issues.=C2=A0 Using a BNC is not likely to solve these types of prob=
lems (I.e. a bad server is dropping clients).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On May 11, 2014 10:24 AM, &quot;Max Sigma&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Honestly,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Not meaning to act like a cock or anything but most people set the=
ir ZNC configs to reconnect/rejoin rooms if you were kicked, local kill&#39=
;d or dropped connection.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; If you don&#39;t already use ZNC I&#39;d reccomend you check it ou=
t.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Weedy &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:weed=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I just finished up with a wonderful experience where <a href=
=3D"http://card.freenode.net">card.freenode.net</a> became a steaming pile =
of crap.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I&#39;m not really active on freenode as of late so I didn&#39=
;t notice how many time or how often I was lagging out, By the time I fixed=
 the problem I was banned from almost every channel on the network.<br>

&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Two things:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; =C2=A01. Why doesn&#39;t /reconnect have a -next or -cycle?<br=
>
&gt;&gt;&gt; =C2=A02. Why aren&#39;t there any heuristics for server where =
if I&#39;m dropped X times in a hour it&#39;s probably a bad server and we =
need to try another. Or at least every say 3 reconnects try another server.=
<br>

&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Thank you for your time.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
</p>

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