-<P>This section describes the installation of DX Spider v1.35 on a
-<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat</A> Linux Distribution. I do not intend to try and cover the installation of Linux or the setup of the AX25 utilities. If you need help on this then read Iains original HOWTO on the
-<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org">DXSpider</A> website.
-<P>
-<P>I am assuming a general knowledge of Linux and its commands. You should know how to use <EM>tar</EM> and how to edit files using your favourite editor.
-<P>
-<P>The crucial ingredient for all of this is
-<A HREF="http://www.perl.org">Perl 5.004</A>.Now I know Perl 5.005 is out and this will almost certainly work with it, but
-<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat 5.1</A> comes with 5.004. <EM>Be Warned</EM>, earlier versions of
-<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat</A> <B>do not</B> come with 5.004 as standard, you need to
-<A HREF="ftp://upgrade.redhat.com">upgrade</A><P>
-<P>In addition to the standard Red Hat distribution you will require the following
-<A HREF="http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html">CPAN</A> modules: -
-<P>
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI> MD5-1.7.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> Data-Dumper-2.10.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> FreezeThaw-0.3.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> MLDBM-2.00.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> TimeDate-1.8.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> IO-1.20.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> Net-Telnet-3.02.tar.gz</LI>
-<LI> Curses-1.05.tar.gz
-</LI>
-</UL>
-<P>
-<P>
-<P><EM>Do</EM> get the latest versions of these packages and install them but use the above list as the earliest versions usable.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Preparation</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>I will assume that you have already downloaded the latest tarball of the DXSpider software and are ready to install it. I am assuming version 1.35 for this section but of course you would use the latest version.
-<P>
-<P>Login as root and create a user to run the cluster under. <B><I>UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES USE ROOT AS THIS USER!</I></B>. I am going to use the name <EM>sysop</EM>. You can call it anything you wish. Depending on your security requirements you may wish to use an existing user, however this is your own choice.
-<P>
+<P>In /spider/data you will find a file called hop_table.pl. This is the file
+that controls your hop count settings. It has a set of default hops on the
+various PC frames and also a set for each node you want to alter the hops for.
+You may be happy with the default settings of course, but this powerful tool
+can help to protect and improve the network. The file will look something
+like this ...