Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Robbie De Lise
Hi, We have been thinking about some new dstar system too. We had the following idear: 1. Use a VPN network with multiple (failover) servers to connect to, linked together, geographically spread out. This enables us to create a private network on top of the internet or any other network medium

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Tony Langdon
At 06:59 AM 3/10/2010, you wrote: I have been doing a lot of thinking about a new D-STAR Architecture (and hope to provide some more concrete material at some point), but this discussion brings up some basic ideas that have been percolating in my ruminations. Icom started from a different

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Tony Langdon
At 08:26 AM 3/10/2010, you wrote: 1. Use a VPN network with multiple (failover) servers to connect to, linked together, geographically spread out. This enables us to create a private network on top of the internet or any other network medium that can encapsulate the VPN. We think about using

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Robbie De Lise
1. Use a VPN network with multiple (failover) servers to connect to, linked together, geographically spread out. This enables us to create a private network on top of the internet or any other network medium that can encapsulate the VPN. We think about using OpenVPN. The problem I have with

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Woodrick, Ed
...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robbie De Lise Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:26 PM To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???] Hi, We have been thinking about some new dstar system too. We had

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Tony Langdon
At 10:12 AM 3/10/2010, you wrote: And indeed, back to my initial statement. It's pretty obvious how hard it is to reach any consensus and how many different opinions that exist. Take a look at the more popular Amateur Radio programs, how many of them are Open Source? Not many, but the

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread Chris Fowler
On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 23:12 +, Woodrick, Ed wrote: And indeed, back to my initial statement. It’s pretty obvious how hard it is to reach any consensus and how many different opinions that exist. It is much better having a community effort behind Open D-Star than just allowing one

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Random Thoughts on an Open D-STAR Architecture [Was: Home Rptr is MIA, What do I do???]

2010-03-09 Thread John Hays
Don't forget some of the great open source projects: Xastir (http://xastir.org) KA9Q NOS (http://www.ka9q.net/code/ka9qnos/) Open SDR Radio (http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensdr/) and more. -- John D. Hays Amateur Radio Station K7VE http://k7ve.org PO Box 1223 Edmonds, WA 98020-1223