NetRom Callsign usage for FPAC routing optimization Here is an illustration of connecting a BBS from an FPAC node using three possible methods. Suppose we want to connect W4BGH BBS from FPAC node F6BVP. W4BGH AX.25 callsign is W4BGH-1. It has also a NeRom alias BBSBGH and a NetRom callsign W4BGH. Lets try first a connection request to W4BGH : F6BVP-10 (Commands = ?) : c W4BGH Trying (netrom node) BBSBGH:W4BGH... Type to abort *** Connected to BBSBGH:W4BGH (Escape: ~. ) [FBB-7.04r-AB1FHMRX$] Bonjour Bernard. 1:W4BGH> b *** Reconnected to F6BVP-10 We see that FPAC recognized a NetRom callsign (no ssid) and sent a request via NetRom protocole. Let try now to connect the BBS using its full AX.25 callsign : F6BVP-10 (Commands = ?) : c W4BGH-1 Trying (fpac wp) W4BGH-1 @ 3100,813684... Type to abort *** Connected to W4BGH-1 @ 3100,813684 (Escape: ~. ) [FBB-7.04r-AB1FHMRX$] Bonjour Bernard. 1:W4BGH> b *** 0000 - Remote Station cleared connection *** Reconnected to F6BVP-10 This time, FPAC found in fpac white pages the ROSE address of the BBS (actually the ROSE address of the FPAC node from which the BBs can be immediatly connected). Consequently FPAC sent a connect request via ROSE network to the BBS at ROSE address. We will see later how the call is handled transparently throughout the whole ROSE network. Finally, lets try a connect request using the BBS NetRom alias : F6BVP-10 (Commands = ?) : c BBSBGH Trying (netrom node) BBSBGH:W4BGH... Type to abort *** Connected to BBSBGH:W4BGH (Escape: ~. ) [FBB-7.04r-AB1FHMRX$] Bonjour Bernard. 1:W4BGH> b *** Reconnected to F6BVP-10 This illustrates the interest of not setting any SSID for a NetRom BBS callsign, allowing FPAC node switch to select the protocol to use based on callsign-ssid. 73 de bernard, f6bvp