IP over HF packet, was Re: [HECnet] Area 19

[Steve Davidson]

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Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 23:43
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Subject: Re: IP over HF packet, was Re: [HECnet] Area 19

On 11/01/2012 11:35 PM, Bob Armstrong wrote:
We'd probably use DDCMP to get it to the async level, right?   

  Maybe.   I know that AX.25 has a protocol ID byte that 
specifies the 
packet type being piggybacked - I'm pretty sure IP is 0xCC. 
It might 
be that someone has already implemented a DECnet payload, 
but it's a long shot.

  I doubt it.   We could, though.

  We could build our own TNCs that spoke 1200/9600 baud 
AX.25 on one 
side and DDCMP on the other.   All it really takes is some 
firmware... 
That'd be a really cool gizmo, and completely useless to 
anyone except 
for a couple of people to boot :-)

  I would LOVE to do that.   That sounds like great gobs of fun.

  Realistically, a smarter thing might be to try WiFi.   I think the 
current distance record for WiFi is something like 250 
miles; how far 
is between you and Steve??   Of course, you'll need some 
pretty tall towers...

  I don't know specifically where he is, but I think he's east of me.
There are mountains...that'd be tough.

                        -Dave

--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


Hollis, NH.   Less than 1 mile from the Mass border.

-Steve