> What I have never understood is why we can not develop a system whereby HF > (or for that matter VHF/UHF) stations can gateway into the internet via some > basic system that does not itself require a complicated and fragile internet > system. It is probably not possible since the routing issues are the major > stumbling block and require a server system such as the Winlink 2000 > approach. But that makes for very fragile system that can fail, when failure > could be a serious issue during an actual emergency. But there may be no > alternative.
We've been doing that for many years with JNOS and Linux... It's certainly nothing new. Setting it up is a bit of a battle but it's not hard, just takes some time to work through all the little challenges. The new support in JNOS2 for HF pactor is fills a big hole.. Bill - WA7NWP The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/