8 Feb
2002
8 Feb
'02
8:23 a.m.
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Ron Hudson wrote:
I just googled on "uucp network" and I could
only find
instances of UUCP software and some networks in Africa.
I think we would need to set this up our selves.
I have a linux system that could grow a modem and be
a node.
If we did this would it eventually gateway to the Internet?
I think this was discussed here last year, sometime in the May-July time
frame. I was motivated enough to actually buy an old O'Reilly book on
managing UUCP. I would only be able to support TCP/IP connections.
I'm sure there are enough people here with cable/DSL that we could make
a pretty fast backbone. Then on the fringes you'd have dial-up access.
If you're running vintage hardware with newer OSes like Linux or NetBSD,
it's probably easiest to connect to your local ISP via TCP/IP over PPP.
Otherwise, you'll have to find someone willing to provide straight
dial-up.
I'm sure purists will be offended by the suggestion of using TCP/IP
preferably over traditional dialup.
-brian.