[nos-bbs] netrom alias - discussion on uppercase / lowercase

[Bob Tenty]

Yes, I understand you but it seems you have adapted their implementation
because your Alias is correctly showing as MBGATE  at Gus, I0OJJ-3 (Xneand
so also here.

Path is intermittent. Can not always connect from VE3MCH-8

seems to be the tx path v 9A0TCP-5

73,
Bob VE3TOK


On 11-09-01 03:27 PM, Maiko Langelaar wrote:
>
> Thanks Bob, I figured that part on the broadcasts.
>
> Now on a completely different topic, it would appear that Xrouter and
> Xnet actually use the ALIAS embedded within an L3RTT query to set that
> same alias on their side. I was reading the original INP spec and it was
> saying that the L3RTT mechanism is implementation specific. Well, reason
> why JNOS and 0i are showing up as my ALIAS on Gus and Jean's system I
> think
> now is because I am not following the exact same L3RTT format used by
> both
> the Xrouter and Xnet systems (ie, it is not implemenation specific at
> all,
> if one uses that term to denote specific to JNOS or Xnet or Xrouter,
> etc).
>
> If any of the above makes no sense, then forget it, but it just goes to
> show you that any form of specification unfortunately is very dependant
> on interpretation and not any particular standard. Sigh ...
>
> Maiko
>
>
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