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- NET_10.TXT
- LAN ACCESS CONFIGURATION
- ------------------------
-
- Within the past year or two, there has been speculation the next upward trend
- in packet will be users switching from 1200 to 9600 baud. Momentum will
- increase in this area now that variations of the G3RUH modem have proved to
- be workable and readily available. Additionally, groups using the lower-cost
- K9NG modem have publicized their success.
-
- In anticipation of this trend, network planners should consider adding 9600
- baud LAN nodes to their systems. Besides being a logical means toward paving
- the way to the day where most users will be operating at higher speeds, a
- 9600 baud LAN node would have other benefits as well. One of the problems of
- having a high-speed backbone trunk with low speed LAN interfaces is that of
- "traffic choking". This occurs when a high volume server such as a BBS
- transmits traffic through its 1200 baud LAN into the higher speed network and
- then out on a 1200 baud LAN to another user. Assuming the traffic gets sent
- out into the network OK, excessive delay at the receiving end can cause a
- circuit failure due to traffic choking at the distant end.
-
- At the receiving end of this circuit, various factors can contribute to the
- bottleneck. Other than the LAN channel just being overloaded with legitimate
- inter and intra LAN user traffic, a lack of a reasonable LAN user policy may
- create traffic overloads due to too many beacons, BBSes, node overhead, etc.
-
- Addition of a secondary LAN access node operating at 9600 baud would tend to
- encourage higher volume traffic users/servers to migrate to that node. This
- of course would not necessarily be in the same frequency band as the 1200
- baud LAN channel.
-
- Factors influencing a frequency/band decision would revolve around the number
- and frequency of other radios co-located at the LAN site, plus the outcome of
- assignment of a frequency from the appropriate frequency coordinator. Assuming
- the 1200 baud LAN channel is on a two meter frequency, a logical choice for the
- 9600 baud LAN frequency might be in the 223 MHz range. Figure 10-1 shows how
- a typical LAN configuration would appear.
-
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- UHF
- Backbone trunk |---------------| Backbone trunk
- <=========================> | Backbone Node | <=======================>
- |---------------|
- | |
- 145.09 MHz | | 223.42 MHz
- |-----------| | | |-----------|
- | 1200 baud |-------' `-------| 9600 baud |
- | LAN Node | | LAN Node |
- |-----------| |-----------|
-
- Users include BBS, Users include BBS fwding,
- DXCluster ports and TCP/IPers, DXCluster links
- keyboarders. and keyboarders.
-
- Note: Normally the nodes would be co-located at the same site. Frequencies
- shown are for illustration only.
-
- Figure 10-1
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