Subj : z1b link
To   : Carl Austin Bennett
From : Ross Cassell
Date : Sun Apr 15 2001 06:10 am

Hello Carl!

15 Apr 01 12:26, you wrote to me:

 RC>> I find it troublesome to even advocate the flags be used to
 RC>> denote any sort of reliability.

 CB> The only real reliability issue with *RVIA at this point is that the
 CB> *RVIA set in some regions is badly incomplete. That's why I was
 CB> surprised to see a listkeeper report fewer downlinks than could be
 CB> read right off the nodelist.

So you are requiring the listkeeper to use that data that you know is not in 
widespread use??

 RC>> A. NODELIST only updates weekly, you gonna impose upon NC's to
 RC>> report routes? Will a NC have to report a pending change?

 CB> The requirement that a local net report changes already exists. Still
 CB> there.

Report changes, like what? The NC send you a net seg, now you gonna make him do 
more work the NEC should be doing?

 RC>> B. Will the NC be burned at the stake if s/he doesnt get a change
 RC>> listed in  time or at all for one reason or the other?

 CB> The NCs still have to account to their respective local nets for the
 CB> accuracy of the segments. That political process is already in place
 CB> and unchanged.

You mandating that every net in the zone use these flags Carl?

 CB> In this region, a dead net can escape detection for a few weeks but
 CB> not for a few months. I can't comment on other regions; maybe you
 CB> could ask your RC?

Hold a sec......


Ok back..

He said dead net/node detection a ongoing process.

Why just took care of 364, 372 recently.

Wanna see my makenl.ctl file Carl, I know you 12 types think everything needs 
y'alls stamp of approval?

 RC>> E. What if a NC is doing his best in this area, but his nodes
 RC>> arent reporting to him up to date or accurate info?

 CB> A route to one individual node only gets missed entirely from the
 CB> ROUTELSTs.

Just how do you use the route list Carl?

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Ross
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