Hello Thomas
> Ok, maybe I have been away from AX.25 too long, or there is not
> happening a lot on this scene in Denmark (most probaly the last one).
I think you'll find this is generally true in most countries. What happens
is that pockets of keen amateurs work on new stuff while the mainstream
continue doing whatever they are doing.
> But I haven't heard about ROSE before I started to look into linux again
> for a couple of weeks ago. So now the big question is, what is that ROSE
> thing all about?? Is there someone out there that could explain it to me
> (or maybe direct my attention to another place for information).
Rose is the CCITT X.25 Packet Layer protocol operating over the AX.25 Link
Layer. Being based on X.25 it comes from a completely different class of
protocols than TCP/IP or NET/ROM which are more prevalent. Although it is
no less valid for being so.
Rose is actually a rather nice system, one of its advantages on-air is the
low overhead of protocol per packet, just three bytes per data frame. A
big win on slow congested packet links.
Rose is well established in many parts of the world, although in Europe it
is limited to parts of France I believe, and a lone node in Britain. I do
remember Rose being experimented with in the UK in the late 80's but was
overtaken by the emergence of NET/ROM as the de facto networking standard
here.
A couple of web sites of interest are:
http://www.rats.org/
http://fpac.lmi.ecp.fr/
> Thomas M. - OZ2AFO
>
> DOS : Defunct Operating System
Jonathan
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