[nos-bbs] Update - Full Blast TCP/IP (DATA) over VARA experiments

[Maiko (Personal)]

Good morning all,

Note : original posted to VARA-MODEM at groups.io

Last night was epic. I got the prototype working that allows me to use 
tcp/ip between two linux hosts, over a VARA connection. Telnet is slow 
on login and password because of all the control characters (it's not 
raw tcp/ip) so VARA just doesn't have the 'chance of getting to full 
speed'. However, once you get to things like 'ls -lsR' of a directory 
structure, then it ramps up. IF you were to use netcat to transfer files 
between the two linux hosts, it should really make VARA shine, being 
it's raw TCP/IP.  I am VERY pleased with this at the moment, more to 
follow in a few weeks.

There are obviously pros and cons of doing TCP/IP over VARA, you have to 
think to yourself 'what is the most efficient way to use VARA' ? UDP 
over VARA is an idea as well, one could use AXUDP over VARA I suppose 
for an HF wormhole, as ridiculous as it sounds. Practical applications ? 
Independence from having to directly use a VARA system to transfer files 
or access a system, and using it more as a gateway for external systems 
to talk to each other.

Being that Linux is my primary platform (it hosts my JNOS systems), I am 
more interested in that part of things.

I am on a road trip next week, but I will try to get a much better 
demonstration put together on youtube after that, with a better thought 
out writeup with diagrams to show exactly how all of this is configured, 
a network flow chart, with all the components and routing and such.

Maiko / VE4KLM