From: timothy@tbucks.com Subject: Re: A few things to discuss... Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 20:09:07 GMT
Chris Newton (u0xh@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
: Is it possible to set up Linux as a packet radio site? Just
: wondering, a friend of mine is interested in becoming an Internet site and
: is looking into Linux VERY heavily. Any comments on this?
: What I want to do eventually, is have my linux system set up with
: SLIP, so that I can hook up to my friends Linux box, him running the
: packet radio thing. I would like to have all the normal things running,
: like email, talk, finger, ftp... so on. Is this possible. Both of us
: have terminals that would be hooked up to the system too. Does this sound
: like an interesting setup?
: Thanks for any comments/help...
: Chris
This sounds very interesting, but here are two points to consider.
Packet radio is amateur radio, and there are restrictions on what may
be legally broadcast. Also, anyone can monitor the packets, so
passwords are of little use. I'd suggest dial-in for the uucp site,
and running something like kaq9 for the packet bbs. Follow-ups to
rec.radio.amateur.packet