[FADCA] Network Status - E Central Florida

[Russell Oder]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Freeman Crosby" <crosby at ewol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Network Status - E Central Florida


On 11/23/05, Russell Oder <oderr at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Chuck and others:
>
> Orange Park (Clay County) is 904026 right now
> Clay County (Green Cove Springs - County seat) will be come 904284
> Orange Park will become 904272
> Keystone Heights will become 352473
> Penny Farms will become 904529
> Jacksonville is 904356
> Jacksonville Beach is 904246
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Free, has there been discussion of adding the X.121 addresses to the data 
> on
> the web page as well as the SSID?  That data in in the database.
>
> Russ
Until Linux is deployed all across the network the X.121 addresses need to
be published as they form a integral part of the connect sequence to the far
end of a link.

--
Chuck Hast
To paraphrase my flight instructor;

I agree. the LAN and other resource X.121 addresses need to be published. 
The FADCA web site information on the data base is a good place to display 
that information as everyone has access.  Also, we need to make the 411 
information available by Area Code so that the users can look up destination 
addresses while in operation, particularly if they are mobile or portable 
without access to the web page.

While the link information won't be of much help to the users the 
sponsors/system operators of the switches need to know what their neighbors 
have to make the tables and .cfg files work to route the connect requests 
and that can be shared with sysops as they contact their neighboring sysops 
to discuss the link frequencies and paths, etc.

I found that was one of the most difficult parts of coordination - having 
people talk to their neighbors.  They would ask for a LAN frequency but have 
no idea that they also needed link frequencies that had to be worked out 
with their neihboring LANs and their routing tables or configuration files 
needed to include that information.

Unlike voice repeaters where you just want to know what your neighbors have 
to stay away from (unless you are linking a system), establishing a Packet 
LAN and participating in a network of LANS requires cooperation and 
planning.

It also requires some knowledge about how the system works.  Perhaps some 
additional resources need to be made available on the web site to help those 
that would like to participate in the building of the Layered Network have a 
more complete picture of how the network operates and what is needed to make 
it work.

Russ