[FADCA] Re: Fw: NTS

Mon, 1 Mar 2004 10:26:58 -0500

Evans
Well, for NTS you could if the traffic is not too heavy use a BBS
in a TNC (save the machine for the switch) then you would not have
so much power consumption.

As to the switch, the network is FPAC, the problem with TheNet is
it is not network transparent so it will not pass FPAC network layer
packets. In order to use it in the network a user would have to
connect to or through it in order to get on through the network,
that defeats the reason for having a homogenous network, now one of
the reasons for moving to LINUX FPAC is it can and will have the other
protocols in the box so if someone wants to play with NetRom (the
foundation protocol for TheNet) it will be there, if they want to
try Flex, it will be there. If they want to run IP, it will be there
(I see the future going that direction, with FPAC becoming sort of
the background pipes for the network but the user will mostly see
IP, FPAC will just keep the routing clean and fast).

Let me see if Gary and I can get with you and talk a bit more about
this as he is also working on some other stuff over in your area, and
we should get it all coordinated so that there is not replication of
services when other services go needed. The switch thing may be taken
care of in which case you dedicate your box to the BBS and all you
will need is a dedicated drop to the switch site so you have a dedicated
pipe between your BBS and the switch. If you want to set up a general
purpose BBS it could be the BBS that has the speed connect on the
switch (the speed connect is one of the SSID callsigns that users
can connect to without having to know anything else, as soon as they
connect to that call on the switch the switch routes the call to the
associated BBS, the user does not know the difference, in fact many
times the response time is better than a direct LAN connect because
of the way things can be tweeked between BBS and switch.

Chuck Hast
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evans Mitchell kd4efm / afa2th fl [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, 01 March, 2004 02:52
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Chuck Hast
> Subject: Re: [FADCA] Re: Fw: NTS
> 
> Hey Chuck, Prefer a BBS for NTS, but I like your Linux thought 99% over
> anything else.
> as far as frequency, we have a dedicated local KPC node / digi in Bartow
> and use it
> as nothing more then a digipeater (un via cq, wc4pem) and just keyboard
> through it.
> I would like to take one of those KPC's and put TheNET in it since I deal
> with one myself for AFMARS.
> You tell me what would be best. I can bring the PC to you or you can come
> over to Polk in two weeks to
> my ARES meeting and get it then, (meeting is in Bartow) either way, let me
> know......
> 
> Evans F. Mitchell
> KD4EFM / AFA2TH
> Polk County EC
> Polk ARES Group
> Polk County Florida
> Nextel: 161-174484-2
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 00:54
> Subject: RE: [FADCA] Re: Fw: NTS
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Evans Mitchell kd4efm / afa2th fl [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Sunday, 29 February, 2004 07:50
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Cc: bud thompson
> > > Subject: Re: [FADCA] Re: Fw: NTS
> > >
> > > Hey Bud,
> > > I have a spare machine down here in Polk County and would like to get
> your
> > > help
> > > or help from Chuck / Gary on getting a "BBS" / NODE / wide area
> network
> > > setup.
> > > I have talked to Joe (ke4wdp) and he says there is this network called
> > > INI???
> > > which is an open network, which is something we all would like to have
> > > since
> > > we are going to have a local node, and a SEDAN node in the county.
> > > Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Evans F. Mitchell
> > > KD4EFM / AFA2TH
> > > Polk County EC
> > > Polk ARES Group
> > > Polk County Florida
> > > Nextel: 161-174484-2
> > >
> >
> > Evans,
> > What do you want to install, a switch or a BBS?
> >
> > With regards to the network the  layered network is a open
> > network and in fact will pass other protocols through it with
> > no problems. In fact the next major phase of the network is to
> > move the switches to LINUX FPAC which will also give us other
> > protocols to play with at the switch sites (IP, NetRom and I
> > think a open version of Flex) I am at this moment working on
> > getting a machine set up to play with so I can learn how to
> > install all of the bits and pieces that are needed to make a
> > LINUX switch do it's magic.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chuck Hast
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
> > To paraphrase my flight instructor;
> > "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
> > out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
> > and twisted metal."
> >
> >
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