Cees Tool wrote:
> Hello !
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Jonathan NAYLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >Hi
> >
> >> My neighbour node does not send it's NET/ROM broadcasts to NODES but to
> >> a specified callsign (PI8ZAA in this case).
> >
> >This is breaking the NET/ROM protocol. Routing messages should be sent to
> >NODES, and that is all.
> >
> >
> >I am not sure it is something that we should want to do. In this case
> >your neighbour is breaking the protocol and I do not believe that we
> >should be doing likewise. Get him to fix his software, what is he
> >running anyway ?
>
> Changing the netrom-broadcast adress is possible in CHL-NET for a long time.
> This feature is very usefull to prevent 'false-routes'.
Why doesn't that come as a surprise to me...:-)
Rob is breaking/adapting mainstream protocols, Cees,
and this is the result.
I don't doubt his intentions were/are sincere and the results
admirable, but, in my view, we've ended up with a
CHL-dominated packet network in the Netherlands.
This in itself is not bad (at least, it seems to work).
What's bad is the fact that we all seem to accept it,
and tell new sysops to run CHL-NET to make
their node(s) "compatible" with the others.
By the way, what's the status on the CHL-NET
source code? Is it available somewhere?
Regards,
Jan
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Jan de Jongh
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