On Tue, 2 May 2000, Shawn T. Rutledge wrote:
> Aside from tradition, what's wrong with just using IRC over packet?
> (OK, maybe that's a dumb question but I don't mean it to be, I was
> seriously considering trying that...)
Nothing. We have an experimental amprnet IRC network running, currently
three servers, and 11 users connected, 3 channels. We had 5 servers on 4
continents at one point. The net has been up for a year or two.
[10:36] -!- irc.oh7rba.ampr.org irc.oh7rba.ampr.org 0 Kuopio, Finland
[10:36] -!- w9da-1.ampr.org irc.oh7rba.ampr.org 1 Chicago,IL
[10:36] -!- ka9scf-2.ampr.org w9da-1.ampr.org 2 Lombard,IL
The servers are reachable from the amprnet on port 6667, any standard
IRC client works. From outside amprnet they want a password. Use your
callsign for login. Do not try to run a full gateway to the conversd
network, it WILL cause a loop (there is a single-channel gateway running
already, which is somewhat OK). Also, differences in the features make it
impossible to create a proper gateway. We use the bog standard ircd from
ftp.funet.fi, with no real powers granted to the server operators.
- Hessu
