JNOS uses the login user ID as the callsign when someone connects to
something else using AX25. For GRINS, try logging in as someone else
and trying to connect to someone using ax25.
When you get right down to it I am not sure if it really matters. The FCC
requires you to identify your transmission. On a repeater when you key
the mike and ID you have completed your legal obligation.
The repeater just happens to repeat it on another freq. The repeater
still has to ID itself with its own callsign. The AX25 protocol uses
callsign-ssid as a unique ID(address) for routing between nodes. With
AX25, If you connect through 4 nodes you callsign will be broadcast on
every node. The ssid is decremental with each connect. With IP your
callsign is not transmitted be every node. The only thing that tells you
who originated the traffic is the IP address that is passed along. It is
kind of interesting to think about the difference between the two modes.
> Also, can anyone tell me about the legal issues surrounding
packet/Internet gateway thingys?
The same laws would apply. The control op would have to be on duty when
non licensed person used the gateway. You would have to use a reasonably
secure way to identify licensed people who you allow to telnet into your
system and then make connects out on the amateur side. Messages to the
Internet from the amateur side are OK but messages from the Internet
would have to be reviewed unless you trust people and have some automatic
way to allow traffic the people you authorize to pass through. And of
course no matter what happens you are responsible.
Mike Duvall
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