[FADCA] FADCA SSIDs

[Aa4mi at aol.com]

Hi FADCA members,
 
Many, many thanks for your definitive answers regarding SSIDs.  I  really 
appreciate your "in-depth" explanations.  Be assured that I have  already saved 
the text so that I can refer to it often.
 
I feel that the capability to have less than, at least 30 SSIDs, is an  
inherent shortcoming of software development.  Yes, I know about aliases  etc. but 
even these limit our ability for a truly uniform functional  identity.  This 
is not in any way a criticism of the current state of the  packet.  But it is 
an observation of how the versatility of a seamless,  definitive 
multi-network/multi-client system has evolved over the years.   The many complexities we now 
encounter were never even conceived during the  "incubation thinking" of the 
original packet system development.
 
I am however absolutely positive that these shortcomings will be and are  
being solved daily by the efforts of many forward thinking individuals.  I  
salute you!
 
I see one glimmer of hope.  The incorporation of LINUX will provide a  great 
scope and freedom of developing software, as and when needed.  This  freedom 
will unleash a vast amount of fast concept-to-implementation software  unheard 
of in the restrictive world of "corporate licensing software".  It  has the 
remarkable capacity to respond to the "I want it NOW" thinking of  current 
developers.
 
But also remember that with this freedom comes the responsibility to avoid  
implementation of concepts/software that hold us hostage to a control by a  
single individual or group. My 35 years as a software/hardware systems developer  
have taught me, and should you, that we must be constantly vigilant to avoid  
these "esoteric traps".
 
Many thanks again for your thoroughly helpful words and I can see one of  the 
benefits of asking "I have a simple question" is that we are all, both  
technical and non-technical FADCA members, constantly learning.
 
73,
Carl, AA4MI
email: _aa4mi at arrl.net_ (mailto:aa4mi at arrl.net)