[FADCA] Re: Message system ... new paradigm?

[Bill Sinbine]

At 09:23 AM 1/13/2005, Rick Williams wrote:

>I had asked about coming up with some kind of HF/VHF/UHF network that can
>work at least within a region or a state. Why couldn't this be developed by
>the LinLink team instead of reinventing the wheel? The main thing is that it
>would allow robust connections between ham stations in some kind of network
>topology but the connections would usually be amateur radio RF.

Hi Rick
You are mixing two topics here. Winlink is NOT a networking protocol and we 
already have just what you are looking for in FPAC!!

If you want to set up a packet NETWORK then I would invite you to look at 
FPAC www.qsl.net/fpac . This is a dos AND linux program that runs on a PC 
and is very powerful. The web site listed above is for the DOS version that 
we are using in Florida with FADCA  www.fadca.org for more info.
We are working on converting our network over to the linux version since 
there are so many more things that we can do with it. Another good site to 
look at fpac is www.f6fbb.org and follow the path to fpac for more info.

Our network here in Florida is broken right now from the 4 hurricanes that 
we had last year and we are working on converting the sites over to linux 
as we learn how to get it done easy for linux dummies like me. If anyone 
would want to give us a hand with making a very easy install cd for linux 
fpac that we could just drop in the computer and it will self load linux 
and fpac so all we need to do is add our routing then please drop me a note 
and I can put you in touch with the proper people.




>What other system can do this? This does not seem to be one of the WL2K
>strong points since WL2K is more focussed on e-mail for the served agencies.

Like I said above Winlink is not a networking program and FPAC will do what 
you ask.

>Of course it would be OK if it went into the internet for the purpose of
>sending and receiving e-mail, but I have no idea how you can implement this
>without having a server like the WinLink 2000 system uses to act as the
>internet access address point.

If you were to use linux fpac for your network you could set up the linux 
version of telpac and go right into the internet to a winlink PMBO and it 
is a done deal.  From a user stand point it seems that we would need linux 
versions of Airmail,  Paclink and whatever other USER programs that are out 
there for Winlink. If someone would want to make a linux version of winlink 
2k down the road then I'm sure it can be worked out. But right now I see 
the need to have the USER side of the network converted over. I'm pretty 
sure that
Jim ke6rk-3 at airmail2000.com would work with anyone with his airmail code if 
you were a serious programmer and you would have to prove this.


OAN to the list owner,
Would it be possible for you to add [linlink] to the subject area so we 
would know that the message is from the list. I've almost deleted messages 
before this thread because I didn't know who the person was and the subject 
didn't make any pointers to the list. I almost deleted them as spam. Thank 
You!!!


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Bill Sinbine
n4xeo at bellsouth.net