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<DIV>Heres something for the Internet server operators to think about. I notice
some inconsistencies in the Port functions. Also Ive got some sugestions for the
Port settings in line with this.</DIV>
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<DIV>Looking at Port 14577 . On First and Second aprs.net.au this is a
100km radius filter. On Third aprs.net.au its a 200km filter. So if I use
rotate.aprs.net.au:14577 then 2/3 of the time I get a 100km radius and 1/3 of
the time I get a 200km filter.</DIV>
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<DIV>I actually like the 200km idea. In VK5 particularly in country areas 100km
isnt a very long way and often does not get you to anywhere significant or prove
overly useful. 200km is more useful. We are looking at the possibility of
putting a remote Igate in the country area using something simple
managable and stable. </DIV>
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<DIV>I realise we can use a custom filter on Port 14580 provided the software we
use lets us set up a filter. Which takes me to aprsd. I see some folks are still
using aprsd which is still being supported in a few operating systems via
software repositries. Its a simple no fuss Igate solution. Not the greatest but
its stable and tested. It wont do custom filtered logins though.</DIV>
<DIV>You can doctor the source code and make it do a custom filtered login
if you want to recompile it. Not overly easy for some and messy.</DIV>
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<DIV>So with all that heres my suggestion. Why not have a standard 100km radius
filtered port and also a standard 200km filtered port on each of these
servers ? If you want the rotate system to work sensibly then some co-ordination
between them would be good. Each of the sysops must talk to each other in some
way you would hope. </DIV>
<DIV>It seems perhaps that there are different needs in different areas as
demonstrated by the 200km port on third.aprs.net.au.</DIV>
<DIV>So lets cover some of these possibilities I say.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Tony Hunt VK5AH <A
href="mailto:wavetel@internode.on.net">wavetel@internode.on.net</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>