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to: MIKE BILOW
from: IAN MOOTE
date: 1997-10-16 10:11:00
subject: Packet node.

Sorry for the delayed reply. Lots o' much-needed hardware and software 
changes happening here at Moot Towers. [;)
MB> IM> I'm  thinking of adding a mobile node to a Novell 4.11 network.
MB> IM> All that's  required is a Novell driver for the TNC, right?
MB>
MB> I would have to think about that.  Novell 4.11 can run over IP
MB> instead of IPX, and we have routing software all over the place that
MB> can run IP over AX.25. TNCs are generally serial devices that talk
MB> using the KISS protocol, so you might be able to use something like
MB> the EtherAX driver.
I did not know that. There's a way around everything, eh? [:) Thanks.
MB> I'm hopeless on the licensing issue: in the U.S., you need a
MB> Technician class license, which is the codeless equivalent of
MB> whatever you have that gets you VHF/UHF-only privilege.  How close
MB> are you to Ottawa?  The Ottawa Packet group is among the world's
MB> most active and respected; drop a note to Barry McLarnon,
MB> bm@hydra.carleton.ca.
Thanks again!
Take care and TTYL.
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