Very good info, I have had some conversation with a local networking guru and the discussion went very much the same way.
Danke Reiner! --- In [email protected], "DH9FAX" <reiner.w...@...> wrote: > > John, > > as I understand the Icom software it depends on an IP based transport > network with one trust server, where the gateway servers connects to. I > think it is not possible to build a mesh network with this version. > > But I think you can build your own network with several ID-1 and simple > routers, set up with small IP network segments and fixed routes between > them. One small example: > > H3router_ID-1~ID-1_H2router_ID-1~ID-1_MCCrouter_ID-1~ID-1_H1router > | | | | > H3LAN H2LAN MCCLAN H1LAN > > In my example you have Hospital 3 not seeing the MCC, but Hospital 2. 2 > and 1 can connect to MCC directly. The H3router needs two LAN interfaces > with two separate IP networks. Between H3router and H2router is the same > IP network. H2router needs 3 interfaces and 3 networks. The MCCrouter > needs 3 interfaces and 3 networks. Every router needs static routes, > where to find all the other networks. > > It should also be possible to run a tunneled network over all routers, > but the ID-1 is only half-duplex capable as I know and this may cause > bandwidth reduction. I'm not sure about this. You need to ask a better > IP guru. > > 73 de Reiner, dh9fax > > > --- In [email protected], "aa2bn" <aa2bn@> wrote: > > ... > > I'm involved with an emcomm project where several hospitals need > internet-free backup data communications to a facility called the > Medical Coordination Center (MCC). Some of the hospitals are close > enough to the MCC that an airlink can be established with an ID-1 and a > yagi antenna, the other hospitals are just too far away. Several > ID-RP2C/RP2D units and ID-1s have been purchased (but not installed > yet). It seems the RP2Ds would require an internet connection to move > data to the MCC and if there were a regional internet outage (hurricanes > are our primary scenario) that would render the network ineffective. > > ... >
