[nos-bbs] NETROM REACHABILITY, INP2011 (INP3), and NRR

[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

Maiko,

INP3

The problem with INP3 in jnos is that I don't get the nodes of the links hooked up to jnos or the other nodes of the jnos netrom table in Xnet.
Only the jnos node is received. 'inp ifaces xnet'  and 'netrom interface xnet 230' as well as the node timer is clearly specified in the jnos config.
I believe you based it on some German code. You might have a look at the INP3 implementation by John, G8BBQ (available for Linux and Windows)
as that works for both the transmit and receive side.  I know, to digest the code made by somebody else is very time consuming :-(

Bob VE3TOK

On 2021-01-09 12:49, M Langelaar wrote:
> I got asked about a few things, so maybe this will help others ?
>
> > #undef J2_NETROM_REACHABILITY
>
> nope, it became very time consuming, then I kinda forgot about it.
>
> This was a project I wanted to do that would actively got out and
> make sure nodes in the netrom table were 'reachable', and if not
> they would be removed, kinda like a garbage collection of sorts.
>
> > #undef    INP2011
>
> this is INP3, yes, still read only, but many have reported stability issues
> with it, and it too became very time consuming back then, the documentation
> was horrible with regard to the protocol, and I wrote it based on some linux code
> from before that time. I've always meant to go back to it, but ... you know ...
>
> It was quite technical, overwhelming to work on, I don't think it was ever a
> good implementation (read only just allowed JNOS to mingle with Xnet and
> other networks, it never wrote any INP3 back to the system, thank god).
>
> Feedback from people would be nice. I have received some from a few of
> the veterans on here, but just never got to it .. usual excuses ...
>
> > #define NRR        /* NRR (Netrom Route Record) feature */
>
> Works for some systems (Xnet and JNOS that have it compiled in), examples :
>
> [JNOS-2.0m.5F-B1FHIM$]
> You have 101 messages  -  81 new.
> (#6) >
> nrr ve3mch-8
> (#6) >
> *** route: VE4KLM-3 VE3MCH-8* VE4KLM-3
>
> If I telnet to Jack's system and I do the same to my NETROM call (that's important) :
>
>    Telnet session 1 connected to aa6hf
>
>    JNOS (aa6hf.ampr.org)
>
>    login: ve4klm
>    Password:
>    [JNOS-2.0m.5C-B1FHIM$]
>    >
>    nrr ve4klm
>    >
>    nrr ve4klm-3
>    >
>     *** route: AA6HF-4 VE4KLM-3* AA6HF-4
>
> Maiko / VE4KLM
>
>
>
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