Fwd: Re: [FADCA] Re: Questions about the network

[Chuck Hast]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:22:25 -0800 (PST), Burt wizeman <ki4fh at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> --- Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at gte.net> wrote:
> > From Ron Wetjen Mon Mar 28 09:45:25 2005
> > X-Apparently-To: burt at burtwizeman.com via
> > 216.136.224.50; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:45:59 -0800
> <snip>
> >
> > Burt wizeman wrote:
> >
> > > I am getting hooked up to the Florida Packet
> > Network
> > > and the port for 2 meters at N4SER for hopping to
> > > W1NPR to port mail upstream is down at the
> > repeater.
> >
> > Glad to FINALLY see someone locally pick this up and
> > run with it!
> >
> > > The FADCA database shows that the call letters for
> > the
> > > site is WB4NJV-9.  Is this still correct?  I
> > thought
> > > it was N4SER-10 or some other SSID.  Anyhow, if it
> > is
> > > to change, we need to get the info up to FADCA and
> > to
> > > the Repeater council.  Switches on the network
> > > throughout the state will need to be reprogrammed
> > for
> > > the call letter change if the call letter change
> > is
> > > needed.

No, only the neighbor switches that talk to that switch need
to have the call sign change data. That is one of the reasons
we like FPAC, callsigns can change but the address stays
the same. 

> >
> > The call NEEDS to be changed.  I don't know how to
> > program the node (nor
> > have any interest to learn), so if that can be taken
> > care of, PLEASE
> > let's do it!  It should be N4SER.  -10 is the APRS
> > digi, so we can use
> > whatever we want.  N4SER-9 would be fine.
The call+SSID format is
CALL-9 for network links
CALL-8 for user access
So you will use N4SER-9 and N4SER-8





> >
> >  > I am looping you in so you are aware that we will
> > be at the site.
> >  > Let me know if there is any pre-visitation
> > process we need to
> >  > go through at the site.  Can you be there?  Do
> > you want to be there?
> >
> > Let me know what time, and I'll be there to get us
> > in.
> >
> > Ron
> >
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> >
> Hey Guys,
> Just got the above note from Ron.  We will need to let
> him know the date and time so that he can be there to
> gain entry.  Tenative Saturday.  Also, we need to
> change the call to N4SER-xx.  Gosh, look at all the
> trouble a newbie creates!
Remember
N4SER-8 and N4SER-9

Hey!! that is what makes it fun. Now you can take that thing
over and let Doug not have to worry about it. Besides you can
learn about the networking piece and how to add other switches
and also in the future there is the move to Linux FPAC which
is even more entertaining.


> 
> What TNC do you like to use at these sites?  In the
> case the TNC is down, do you carry a replacement?
> 

By the way if you want to ssh into my Linux FPAC switch and
poke around from that direction you ssh to the following address

24.129.134.206
When it ask you for a log in use
fpacuser
password is
fpac
Then it will ask you for your callsign,
at which point you are logged into the switch at that point you
can start poking around. The following are speed connects and
can be issued at the switch command line.
BBS will connect you to the W4DPH BBS in Clearwater FL.
SRQ will get you connected to the Sarasota switch you will only
        see activity on port 2.
ARC will get you to the Arcadia switch (providing conditions are
        good)
TPA will connect you to the Tampa switch in down town Tampa.
CLW gets you the Clearwater switch.
PAR will connect you to the FPAC gateway switch in Paris France
ROQ will connect you to another gateway switch in Roquettes
        France.

These last two are over the internet, be nice to have a satellite tie
so we could boast that they are all radio.

Connect and ENJOY!!


-- 
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."