huge delay when YSFGateway loads/reloads YSF hosts list about pi-star_dv_dash HOT 4 CLOSED

There are a couple of solutions here, since we dont currently update the host files without restarting the service - I could choose to set the reload time much higher, without any impact.

But I agree, the best action is likely to be to resolve the name to IP once at the update server and pull in IP's only.

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Modified the YSF_Hosts.txt update process, now pulling the IP only version of the update file, and dropping hosts that are not resolvable to IP address.

That should make YSFGateway start up quickly, and should make a reload of the host file seamless again.

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Yes, I think this is the best solution, because changing ReloadTime would not fix the startup delay. Also I remember an old problem, when power outage occurs and is then restored Pi-Star would usually startup faster than my router, this would make YSFGateway fail resolution and be unable to connect to any YSFs with host name on the list until restart, this should also fix this issue :)

I confirm it is very fast now:

M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.027 Opening YSF network connection
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.027 Opening UDP port on 4200
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.027 Opening YSF network connection
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.027 Opening UDP port on 42000
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.027 Resolving FCS00x addresses
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.405 Opening FCS network connection
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.405 Opening UDP port on 42001
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.405 The ID of this repeater is 42620
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.408 Loaded 306 FCS room descriptions
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.423 Loaded 654 YSF reflectors
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.426 Loaded YSF parrot
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.426 Loaded YSF2DMR
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.426 Loaded YSF2NXDN
I: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.426 Loaded YSF2P25
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.519 Starting the APRS Writer thread
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.519 No connection startup
M: 2020-02-19 13:38:18.520 Starting YSFGateway-20190130_Pi-Star

Thank you again!

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nice, I'm glad it was quick to fix it :)

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