[FADCA] Network Status E-Central Flroida

[bud thompson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "DICK K4FUY SEM CO EC" <dickfess at juno.com>; "JAX BBS KC4OUA" 
<willy3jax at covad.net>; "Mike Mullikin W8EHH" <w8ehh at cfl.rr.com>; "earl 
leach" <wx4j1 at comcast.net>; "Dave N4GMU" <n4gmu at bellsouth.net>; "Charlie 
N3PPC" <ccrook at cfl.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 08:45
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Network Status E-Central Flroida


On 6/17/05, bud thompson <budt at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Friday 0820
>
> The network is back to 'normal' working from the Orlando Switch through to 
> Jacksonville. (Thanks to KC4OUA for fixing the NTS X1-J node!)  Also, this 
>  >despite the fact that my retuning the 9.6kb UHF Backbone radio at Orlando 
> initially appeared to make things worse!  The link seems to be about the 
> same now, >so not sure about my initial impressions after the tuning.

Do the two switches digipeat through that node or does a user have to 
connect to
the node and issue a connect through the neighbor swich to get to the
destination?
Sounds like that node would be a great place to test a Linux switch running 
both
FPAC and NetRom, it does IP so that takes care of the only other thing taht 
X1-J
brings to the table, and it runs FPAC so it gives a added ability to the 
site.

-- 
Chuck Hast

* * *

Chuck-  The only present route between St. Augustine and JAX is via the STA 
LAN to the NTS X1-J node.  That will change soon when we get an FPAC at 
Orange Park and perhaps another at JAX. (I think that is what is planned.) 
I belive that Russ and Bill KC4OUA are planning something like you are 
recommending.

Meanwhile I have two secret weapons - David KO3O and Dan WH6A, both in 
Volusia County who will be working with N3PPC to get LINUX FPAC working in 
E. Central Florida.  Once it works on the bench, we'll  make the change 
first at Orlando while here at my ATH where we have an internet connection 
and can confirm compatibility with DOS FPAC at DeLand.  Then we'll change 
over DeLand to LINUX FPAC.

Looking forward to joining the LINUX FPAC team!

bud