Subj : Nodelist Thoughts?
To   : Jeff Smith
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sat Oct 31 2020 11:36 am

  Re: Nodelist Thoughts?
  By: Jeff Smith to All on Thu Oct 22 2020 01:01 am

 > 
 >    Hello everybody!
 > 
 > I have seen questions and differing thoughts on the use of certain
 > nodelist flags and their preferred or correct usage. A couple such
 > flags are INA and IBN and how each should be used to specify nodelist
 > connectivity data. In looking through the current nodelist I see those
 > two flags used in a couple different ways.
 > 
 > Thoughts on which and why?
 > 
 > 
 > Jeff
 > 
 > 

The specs grew over time without a great deal of direction.  There was an old
FAQ back when such was new (no longer on the FTSC site, all the FAQs were
removed).

In general there is a proper usage, but older patterns are still there.

If you look up 1:275/0 you will see a sample of a site with dual BINK protocol
connection points.  Sites that are setup to auto configure INA address will use
shenks.synchro.net.  Sites setup to auto configure IBN site, will hit
shenks.dyndns.org.  Both lead to here.

Conversely, 1:275/95 uses a special port for IBN.

  xxcarol
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