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Bill Vodall wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">The thing we really need is NetGates.
These are simply a TNC and a radio hooked to the internet
but they look to the RF user just like a TheNet or NetROM
node. Thus, they are a global level-4 AX.25 packet radio
Network that is independent of application and transparent
to the existing RF system.
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Bob's NetGate idea has some merit. Simpler to setup and use then
what we have now. But fully integrated with Internet tools. A merge
of the APRS-IS concepts and existing TCP/IP and Legacy AX25 technology.
This definitely is worth some more thought and discussion....
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However, with regards to APRS (this is the APRS sig, isn't it?
<g>), it is not any easier, if not more difficult than using the
current IGates for long-distance messaging. All you have to do is send
a message on a regular path (in some extreme circumstances, a "regular"
path wont reach an Igate, but as I said earlier this morning, that is
becoming rare) and the IGates will automatically figure out where to
output it on RF. What could be more simplistic than that?<br>
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For Non-APRS packet, the NetGate idea has some merit.<br>
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73<br>
Phil - AD6NH
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