[HamGateNY] Welcome NY State 44Net Sysops

[Charles Hargrove]

With so many systems not within RF range of each other, the initial transfer
of messages would be via IP Encap over the internet.  The ability of a
particular system to provide incoming/outgoing messaging service will be a
selling point to users.  I liken it to when there were individual dial-up
systems around me in the 1980's that required me to check them all each
evening looking for messages.  Once the FidoNet system came on board, I could
log onto my local system and route a message to another system.  The FidoNet
systems had scheduled times to swap messages for storage or further routing
to another BBS.

Today, we find our packet BBS nodes as little islands that need to reach out
to each other.  The ability to use AX25 or TCP/IP can be used on RF as well
as the internet.  If all we have available is the internet, then why not
perfect our routing techniques there so that we can duplicate it on RF when
the opportunity arises.  Ultimately, we would want to have everything working
on RF so that we can still function when our connection to the internet goes
down locally or regionally.

BTW, I would like to compare notes on your Mystic BBS with JNOS and other
systems.  Let's see where we can already interface and what features we can
all borrow from each other.


On Wed, December 21, 2016 8:58 am, Corey Reichle wrote:
> For what it's worth, I am using my allocation at this time, however, I am a
>  bubble in a sea of void :)
>
> I'm only looking to do IP-over-RF links with this space, however, should
> someone make a good argument to the contrary, I'd be open to doing so.
>
> At this time, I have a Mystic BBS answering on 44.68.172.2, my gateway
> is 44.68.172.1. The BBS also listens on a couple of internet available IP's
> as well.


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Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
NYC ARECS/RACES Citywide Radio Officer/Skywarn Coord.

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