[FADCA] Re: FADCA Digest, Vol 9, Issue 13

[Chuck Hast]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:41:18 EDT, kg4fcd at aol.com <kg4fcd at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 10/11/2004 3:57:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> fadca-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
> 
> > Virgil,
> > >Yes, you are getting into the network. DPH is still down. I do not know
> > what
> > >has happened, I am going to try to find out. But here is a alternative
> > that
> > >you can try. This is the Arcadia BBS W4MIN it is at address 863494. Here
> > >is the connect sequence you will issue from your TNC
> > >
> > >C W4MIN V KC5QCN-9 863494
> > >This will get you to the Arcadia BBS. If you have any sort of problem tell
> > >me what error message you get. It may take a while as the path jumps
> > >back and forth between Arcadia and Sarasota so it may take a bit for the
> > >system to find a good path.
> > >Hope this gets you in, meantime I will see what I can find out about DPH.
> >
> Sometimes I think I am begining to be a pain, but when things don't work I
> need to know why. (Got me into more trouble that way).
> I did the "C W4MIN V KC5QCN-9 863494"
> My machine said it was ignoring the input.
> When I tried to connect without the "863494" it tried to connect but naturaly
> it timed out.

Did it do something like this
C W4MIN V KC5QCN-9 863494
                                    ^ Input ignored
If it did so, then it must be a Kantronics TNC, I thought that they had fixed
that but perhaps they have not. Kantronics TNC code required at least one
alpha in the address fields or it would barf on the connect string, the original
fix was to use a later 'O' vice zero or a 'I' vice one when the NNX codes used
a 0 or 1 in them but now that they can be almost anything it no longer works.

If Kantronics has not fixed this, we need to tell them or make it well
known that
their product is not compatible with the network.

All other TNC products will work just fine, this is a singularly
Kantronics product
issue.


-- 
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."