28 Jul
2017
28 Jul
'17
6:26 p.m.
Aploigies, I've been busy and just saw this now.
On 7/27/17 10:59 PM, Tom Cardinal wrote:
I gave a talk tonight at one of our local clubs to see
if any other
local amateurs are interested in AMPRnet. I tried to stay out of the
weeds to just give a general overview and did not present any slides. I
did use slides as note cards on my iPad to keep from straying that I
have now placed on my AMPR web server (n2xu.ampr.org) for the folks in
attendance that might be more interested. There were about 20 or so
folks in attendance and I think there are 3 or 4 that are interested.
Do they have any experience with IP networking? How about coding or server
stuff?
Being interested is good, but there's quite a bit to learn if you're only
passively interested in it. I've found it's typically 2 to 4 core people who
really get involved.
I will be doing another talk at the club where I was
once President here
in Fort Walton Beach and then for the folks that are more interested I
will present another more in the weeds presentation at some point in the
future. I'm big on trying to get 44net here on RF (slow 1200 or
broadband at 5.8 GHz) down here and need others that are local in order
to do so.
When and where? I'm down in Tampa Bay but get up there about 2x a year for a
customer.
With all that said, is there anyone out there
performing intermediate
routing... what I mean is anyone running a tunneled gateway and
performing routing for other subnets over RF.
Many people do this, as they cannot get BGP type transit locally, but
hamwan.org can do routeing over an Internet tunnel for your subnet.
https://hamwan.org/Labs/Open%20Peering%20Policy.html
Our group down here, Florida Simulcast Group/HamWAN Tampa Bay is able to do
the same for you, and it would likely be closer/better performing for you.
You'd get some IPv6 too.
http://flscg.org/hamwan/
https://youtu.be/8EdDtLRgH7k?t=1108
My talk on HamWAN at Dayton 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFcESjoWSP8&t=2541s
Part of this talk I mention some of the legal aspects:
https://youtu.be/IFcESjoWSP8?t=4140
IPv6 in HamWAN Tampa Bay
https://youtu.be/mkKOX5q1XJ4?t=274
HamWAN is the way forward, it's extendable and the only system we have in
deployment that enables your users to have deterministic performance. If VoIP
doesn't work reliably, you're going to have users who can't use it.
Our main problem here is the lack of interest from other amateurs as most of
the local clubs expect HamWAN Tampa (us) to install and manage all their
routers. We're happy to help out and educate, but draw the line as doing
everything :)
I'd love to get more users online, but it's been difficult getting hams
involved in it. The clubs around here are mostly 55+ guys who want to watch
the latest DX expedition video. The younger guys want to get involved but
with work and family it's hard to do. We've done quite a bit of outreach, but
need to do more. Again our issue is time, as the main people involved here
(including myself) travel extensively for work.
What you'll need is a small group of guys that understand networking. It's
ideal for people who want to learn if you have the right elmers. Moving from
there, you need good sites and at least one good core routing site where you
can interconnect with the internet.
Once this is setup any ham user will be able to get on with a ~$160 Dynadish
if they have a clear line of site.
Feel free to reach out directly if there's anything we can do to help out.
73's
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Bryan Fields
727-409-1194 - Voice
http://bryanfields.net