[Xastir] UDP frames

[jeff at aerodata.net]

Adhoc might be a good reason to have short SSID's, your right, but is that
an academic question or are you really serious about running adhoc? I just
don't know too many people doing this, as it is not very reliable.

BTW, just in case my point was lost, is there a  reason we need to emulate
APRS on 802.11b at the RF level? IMHO, we should avoid it like the plague.
APRS is built on a very unreliable transport mechnism (its MAC layer or
lack there of), and trys to get around this by flooding the network with
redundent data. APRS simply doesn't scale very well.

Or to put it in simplier terms, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. APRS
works fine, today, now, with 802.11b. Yes, certainly some better low level
roaming methods might be devised, the internet protocol made more terse,
but I'm still scratching my head as to what everyone is trying to fix
here.

Throwing out the RF MAC layer is NOT the way to fix things.



> What if you are running adhoc?
>
> jeff at aerodata.net wrote:
>> Yes, when you configure your access point, one time, it is 29 more
>> keystrokes. Yet if your allowing clients to discover your network, what
>> is
>> more descriptive:
>>
>> AXU or Amateur eXeperimental Unconnected? In our community network, we
>> try
>> to use location/group descriptions in the SSID, even though it is more
>> verbose. But that is exactly why we do it, so we can convey information
>> to
>> visitors in the area. What is more descriptive, HHS or Hillsdale
>> HotSpot?
>>
>> Also, don't forget about the so called patriot act and the various
>> computer laws popping up that assume you are guilty if you connect to a
>> unsecured access point by no fault of your own. We try and make it clear
>> in our SSID's that visitors are welcomed and encouraged.
>>
>> And with most clients, you don't need to type the SSID.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Humans have to type these SSIDs when they configure their software!
>>>
>>>jeff at aerodata.net wrote:
>>>
>>>>Don't forget, a SSID has up to 32 chars, so no need to economize.
>>>>
>>>>"Amateur eXperimental Unconnected"  is 32 chars, so it would work as
>>>> is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>So what we need is to simply designate an SSID....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>what about APRS ?  Port 14439 , ssid APRS... sounds like a weiner.
>>>>>
>>>>>That's trademarked and too limiting.   I like "AXU"  -  for Amateur
>>>>>eXperimental Unconnected...
>>>>>
>>>>>:-)  (sorta...)
>>>>>
>>>>>Bill
>>>>>
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