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Hi to all,

    I'm an active HAM operator that uses linux to do a gateway for the
44.xxx.xxx.xxx domain in the Montreal, Quebec Region.

    The setup goes pretty well, but I would like to confirm something.
Is this domain of adress considered as private or public adress and how
are they considered on the internet. As an example, how would someone be
trying to access the net via an RF interface with a source ip in the
44.xxx.xxx.xxx area of IP to a destination of anything, how does the
packet is considered....

THanks in advance

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:48:36 -0500, Bruno Quesnel

The whole thing, or a subnet of it?

Quote:>    The setup goes pretty well, but I would like to confirm something.
>Is this domain of adress considered as private or public adress and how
>are they considered on the internet.

They are legitimate public addresses.  So as long as you got the address
block you are gatewaying from the proper coordinator everything should be
fine.  Here's what whois says:

Amateur Radio Digital Communications (NET-AMPRNET)

   Netname: AMPRNET
   Netblock: 44.0.0.0 - 44.255.255.255

   Coordinator:

      +18584346865 (FAX) +18585345575

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   HAMRADIO.UCSD.EDU            132.239.1.144
   NS1.NOSC.MIL                 128.49.16.7
   HAIG.CS.UCL.AC.UK            128.16.6.8
   MUNNARI.OZ.AU                128.250.1.21
   DNS.IARC.ORG                 194.90.246.5
   HPCSOS.COL.HP.COM            15.255.240.16

Quote:>trying to access the net via an RF interface with a source ip in the
>44.xxx.xxx.xxx area of IP to a destination of anything, how does the

Assuming that the RF routing is correct and there is a gateway someplace,
this should work.  According to the MAE-West Looking Glass, there are BGP
routes being advertised for 44.0.0.0, so all would appear to be well.
Just for grins I pinged 44.0.0.1 just now and got 356 mS, so it does work.

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