The ratflector that came with the original download shut down almost a year ago.??Here is a list of active ratflectors from around the country.??The top one in the list has replaced the original.

?(New Replacement for RAT)






155.98.24.13





162.230.129.139





Set up all ratflectors as a network type connection.??The port is 9000 with the password left blank.

Glen Strecker -KG5CEN

After I sent you the list, I did notice that kb8pmy.net was down.??This happens from time to time with some ratflectors.??Why???Well, sometimes the computer that the ratflector is running on??sucks in an update that requires a system reboot.??If the operator doesn’t check the computer every now and then, they will miss that the computer went off line.??Sometimes it could be an internet or IP issue or that the electricity went out and came back on and the software needs to be rebooted.??Don’t worry, at present you are not missing much.??Unless someone has a net going on, not too many stations are up online all the time.??In fact the Southeast US D-Star Weather Net that used to meet every Sunday night just ceased operation on December 4.??The ratflector is still in operation, but the net will no longer meet.?

I try to keep my ratflector, sttammany.ratflector.com, up as much as possible, but I live in Southeast Louisiana just northeast of New Orleans, an area prone to having thunderstorms and those cause power glitches from time to time.??I also run a D-Rats client behind it as KG5CEN-1 that we use as an Email Message Drop and File Server.??Here is another ratflector you can try k3pdr.dstargateway.org.??They also run a mail drop and file server and are located in the Philadelphia area.

Glen Strecker -KG5CEN

Examples being?

: Connected - which is good

But also

Socket connect failed: [Errno 10060] A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond

or?

12/16/2021 12:09:38 Comm ? ? ? : Socket connect failed: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
12/16/2021 12:09:38 Transport ?: Comm [NET closed] did not connect: Unable to connect ([Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

or

12/16/2021 12:09:36 Comm ? ? ? : Socket connect failed: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed
12/16/2021 12:09:36 Transport ?: Comm [NET closed] did not connect: Unable to connect ([Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed)

Is there somewhere I can lookup all these error codes so I can start to fix these ongoing issues.

From the previously mentioned list I only get about a 30% connection success.

Unfortunately is one of the ones that fails for me.