From: Wilbert Knol (ezw.idxa@bbk.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 11 2002 - 06:17:55 EET
I was under the impression the purpose of having separate names was,
to keep the network interface banalities hidden from user applications.
One example I can think of: I can change my KISS TNC to a BayCom
modem without having to re-configure any AX25 applications.
Wilbert, ZL2BSJ
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