FWARig consists of three computers, leogate.kf9ug.ampr.org, gw.kf9ug.ampr.org, and kf9ug.ampr.org.

The leogate.kf9ug.ampr.org system is a computer that resides in Maplewood Plaza on the NE side of Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is a dual-Pentium-II computer with 2 550Mhz Pentium-IIIs running As the World Turns the Linux Operating system RedHat 6.2. It also has 256Meg SDRAM, a 40G Harddrive, 2 serial ports, a 100-base-T and a 10-base-T ethernet card. System power is maintained through power outages via an APC 300W Uninterruptible Power Supply. The software package that provides the services of this part of FWARig is JNOS version 1.11d for Linux. This system maintains the full-service BBS, one VHF port, and one UHF port. Internet connectivity is USA's Flag provided though 2 T-1 lines.

The gw.kf9ug.ampr.org system is second FWARig system which resides at my home. It is a 200Mhz computer running the Linux Operating system (Slackware version 2.0.28). It also has 64Meg RAM, 6G Harddrive, SVGA, 2 serial ports, and two 10-base-T ethernet cards. The software package that provides the services of the part of FWARig is JNOS version 1.11d for Linux. The system currently provides VHF and HF ports. Internet connectivity is provided through a DSL modem attached to a D-Link 713P Wireless Router/Gateway.

The kf9ug.ampr.org system is the original FWARig system which resides at my home. It is a 66Mhz computer running the Linux Operating system (Slackware version 2.0.28). It also has 24Meg RAM, 350M Harddrive, SVGA, 4 serial ports, and a 10-base-2 ethernet card. The software package that provides the services of the part of FWARig is JNOS version 1.11d for Linux. The system currently provides VHF and HF ports. Internet connectivity is provided using a DSL modem attached to a D-Link 713P Wireless Router/Gateway.

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Ports on LEOGATE.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG [44.48.30.241]
PORT NAME FREQUENCY/DEST SPEED POWER/RIG ANTENNA/HEIGHT
vhf1 144.390Mhz 1.2Kbps 25W Kenwood TM-201A Cushcraft AR-270B dualband vertical @ 27ft
uhf 445.125Mhz 9.6Kbps 2W 3 element 70cm yagi @ 25ft - pointed NNW

Ports on GW.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG [44.48.30.75]
PORT NAME FREQUENCY/DEST SPEED POWER/RIG ANTENNA/HEIGHT
vhf1 145.010Mhz 1.2Kbps 50W ADI-146 Homebrew 5 element Yagi @ 52ft - pointed SSW
220 223.660Mhz 1.2Kbps 10W Midland 13-509 5/8 wave ground-plane
@ 35ft
hf 7,100.5Khz 300bps 100W Kenwood TS-440S/AT inverted-V @ 20ft

Ports on KF9UG.AMPR.ORG [44.48.30.73]
PORT NAME FREQUENCY/DEST SPEED POWER/RIG ANTENNA/HEIGHT
vhf1 145.530Mhz 1.2Kbps 50W ADI-146 Cushcraft AR-2X Vertical @ 15ft
hf 10.147Mhz 300bps 100W Kenwood TS-440S/AT inverted-V @ 20ft

On the air callsigns used by leogate.kf9ug.ampr.org and gw.kf9ug.ampr.org.

LEOGATE.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG
USE CALLSIGN
BBS kf9ug-2
TCP/IP kf9ug-5
TTY kf9ug-3
NETROM FWARig
CONVERSE LEOQSO
GW.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG
USE CALLSIGN
BBS kf9ug
TCP/IP kf9ug-4
NETROM FWAIP
KF9UG.AMPR.ORG
USE CALLSIGN
BBS kf9ug
TCP/IP kf9ug-4
NETROM FWAIP

Digipeaters to use to connect to FWARig if you cannot connect directly

USEFUL DIGIPEATERS
FREQUENCY DIGIPEATER
144.39Mhz w9inx-7

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Our implementations of JNOS
Cirrca 2001
AMPRnet IP routing at FWARig.

AX.25 routing at FWARig.

LEOGATE.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG Configuration Files
GW.KF9UG.AMPR.ORG Configuration Files
OLD KF9UG.AMPR.ORG Configuration Files

By looking at how we have setup JNOS it will give you examples as to how you should configure your own JNOS implementation. Please note that not all software options are compiled into each version of JNOS and your version of JNOS may not have the services that our configuration files use.

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Last updated August 28, 2003