HISTORY
The Florida Packet Network
consists of FPAC, ROSE and variations of NETROM that are trunked
together to form the network. What is shown on the network maps is the
FPAC and ROSE portions of the network.
The West Palm Switch, originally known
as WA4HXZ, is presently operating under the club call sign -
K4PKT. For the past several years the Palm Beach Packet Group (PBPG)
have put most of their efforts in
the ROSE and FPAC networking topologies.
The first networking software to come
to the PBPG (summer of 1991) was ROSE, it is special software that
replaces the TNC code which normally runs a TNC. Once the EPROM is
replaced with one containing the ROSE code and the TNCs) are programmed
with routing and other info, ROSE provides connections to distant
destinations with just one command string from the user. Several TNC's
are needed to make up a switch, these are connected together using a
diode matrix or an active matrix. In the beginning the PBPG switch
consisted of three TNC's (ports), this grew to six ports by the fall of
1997 when the system was converted to FPAC.
FPAC is a PC based enhancement of ROSE
that That was developed in France. It can be operated in either the
networking mode or as a node.
It offers more flexibility and is much
faster in thruput, which allows for faster connections and data
transfers. This is accomplished by the absence of a diode matrix and the
much faster pc moving the data around. The TNC's are converted to KISS
mode and basically just handle the modem interface to the radios.
The present K4PKT switch consists of
the six port FPAC switch and a APRS setup.
The ports for K4PKT-9/8 are:
Port code
Frequency Description
1
561655 145.030
Local Lan - 1200b
2
561793 145.630
Local Lan - 9600b
3
561111 223.xxx
Alternate trunk to Boca - 1200b
4
561113 445.xxx
BBS forwarding - 9600b
5
561112 440.xxx
Stuart Trunk - 9600b
6
561114 446.xxx
Boca Raton Trunk - 9600b
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