On 23-Nov-99 John Mock wrote:
> Can anybody tell me if it is possible to connect twice to the same
> station
> at the same time.
> I mean two packet cluster connections or two connections to the BBS...
>
> I am using "call".
> Many thanks!
>
> In general, Using TCP/IP, yes. Using AX25, no; not unless you use
> different SSID's to do so (such as one connection from KD6PAG-1 and
> the other from KD6PAG-4). I don't see how to do that with 'call' in
> any graceful manner. (Maybe you can by obscure things like logging
> in as a different user name). Given the low bandwidth nature of most
> AX25 paths, having more than one connection open hadn't made enough
> sense to be worth implementing in the protocol (except as noted).
>
> 73's and good luck.
> -- KD6PAG (Networking Old-Timer, satellite QRPer)
With Netrom and Thenet type networks you can connect to the alias of a node
with any ssid. As in to connect to the node TROY:N2TY-1 you can connect to
TROY-1, TROY-2, ..., and also N2TY-1.
With FlexNet, most nodes have a range of ssid's they support. Connect to the
node once, do a mycall to find out the range of ssid's, and then connect using
the the node callsign followed by any ssid in the range.
