Re: [44net] hardware vs. software

(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Thanks John, But that wasn't my question. If you re-read my question, you'll see that the JNOS machines, network, radios, TNCs, etc. already exist. The question was how to deploy the UDR56K-4 in a 56K bridge configuration on a shared subnet to replace the existing 440 radios and TNCs. For example, some other technologies, like Icom's ID-1, only operate in a point-to-point configuration (as far as I know). That's why I asked about the shared subnet. Also, merely speeding up AX.25 to 56kbps isn't going to work unless forward error correction is added. Hence, part of my question was about what protocol would be used. Everything I've read so far, including your answer below, indicates to me that the UDR56K-4 is really an experimenter's platform, and the end solution is left to the user to figure out. In other words, you're providing a linux hardware platform with an integrated 440 radio. That's cool. But if the solution I need is a 56K bridge, it sounds like it's up to me to find a protocol with FEC that is allowed by the FCC, then find the source code, compile it, test it, then somehow connect that to an IP routing or bridging configuration in linux. Am I interpreting the situation correctly? Thanks, Michael N6MEF