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<meta charset="utf-8" http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div sc-note=""><br></div><div>I have a question about the ALT connection syntax <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">introduced to jnos in late 2025. My desired use case is to connect to a node via ax25/axip by default, but fail over to a netrom connection if that doesn't work. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>For example, the forward.bbs stanza for W1ABC might be "</div><div><br></div><div>---------</div><div>w1abc</div><div>ax25 NODE-ME W1ABC-4 ALT netrom W1ABC-4</div><div>w1abc</div><div>rn1bbs</div><div>wx</div><div>---------</div><div><br></div><div>Is that second line legit syntax for the connection route line? It didn't seem to work, but still experimenting. If not, any suggestions on how to fail over to a netrom connection?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Dave Lounsbury</div><div>KC1UIX</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>