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Hamgate 101

Hamgate 101. Presented by Saginaw County ARES. The Midland Hamgate. The Midland digipeater, in the past, has been a simple, TNC-based system. While the KPC-3 that ran the Midland digi had a few nice features, it was not a full service BBS, and did not offer all that a BBS has to offer.

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Hamgate 101

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  1. Hamgate 101 Presented by Saginaw County ARES

  2. The Midland Hamgate • The Midland digipeater, in the past, has been a simple, TNC-based system. While the KPC-3 that ran the Midland digi had a few nice features, it was not a full service BBS, and did not offer all that a BBS has to offer. • The KPC-3 and radio are still there, but now they are the front-end to a JNOS HamGate. For users of “normal” packet, the BBS portion of the HamGate is the most obvious.

  3. What is a Hamgate • A HamGate is nothing more than a station that provides an interface between packet radio and the Internet. The Internet requires that portions of the Internet, called subnets, have a system responsible for routing traffic to and from the subnet. A HamGate provides this service. • hamgate.midland is responsible for routing Midland county and a few adjacent counties. As those other counties install their own HamGates, responsibility for routing those counties will fall to those new HamGates.

  4. What is a JNOS • JNOS is a program which can function as a HamGate. • Most of the MichiganHamGates use JNOS. • JNOS provides not only routing, but also a BBS, and a number of Internet servers. • Different HamGates may choose to enable different servers, but most implement Telnet, Ping and Finger. • Midland has also chosen to implement mail (POP and SMTP), FTP and http (web).

  5. What do I need to connect to a Hamgate • 2 Meter radio set to 145.090 MHz (Midland Hamgate) • A TNC, or a radio equipped with an internal TNC • A Terminal program like Hyper Terminal or PUTTY

  6. Commands

  7. TNC Commands • MYcall – Make sure your TNC Mycall setting is set to your call sign. • Monitor – In order to monitor packet information, set the Monitor to On • Beacon – If set to EVERY, sends a beacon packet at intervals of a specific period. B every 30 - beacons every 5 minutes (n = 10 seconds)

  8. Mail Commands • List - The List command displays the unread messages waiting. • Read - The Read command displays a message. Typing R only displays the current message, but you may display a particular message number. • Verbose - The Verbose command is like Read, but it displays all the message headers. • Kill - The Kill command deletes a message. You must supply a message number. • Send - The Send command sends a message. You must follow it with an address, either a call sign, or an Internet-style email address(kc8yvf or kc8yvf@hamgate.midland.ampr.org). • Area - The Area command switches areas. A alone lists the areas.

  9. General Commands • Bye - The Bye command logs off the BBS • Info - The Info command lists some key information about the BBS. This information is largely static. • Mbox - The Mbox command shows who is currently logged on. The ML command shows who has logged on since the system was booted. • Jheard - The Jheard command shows AX.25 stations that have been heard, just like the J command on other BBSs. • IHeard - The IHeard command is like the Jheard command except that it shows IP stations rather than AX.25 stations. • IProute - The IProute command shows the public IP routes. • Finger - Finger is an old Internet protocol for getting information about users. • CONVerse - The CONVerse command connects to the converse bridge

  10. Aliases • SEOC - The SEOC command simply telnets to the state EOC in Lansing. • PROP - The HamGate has a number of files available for download or viewing. The PROP command lists the propagation related files. These files are updated every few hours. • WX - The WX command displays the text weather forecast for Midland. This forecast is updated every few hours.

  11. Gateway Commands • Ports - The Ports command shows the ports available on the BBS. Currently there is only one radio connected, but in the future, we hope to add additional ports. • Connect - The Connect command allows you to make an AX.25 connection to another station within radio range. Because the system could have more than one port, you must specify the port. • PIng - The PIng command allows you to test the time to reach another station. • Telnet - The Telnet command allows you to make an IP connection to another station. Like the PIng command, it uses Internet-style addressing and the station need not be within radio range. • Escape - Sometimes you need a way to escape from a session. The escape key is how you do this. The escape key defaults to Ctrl-T.

  12. File Commands • What - The What command performs a directory listing. • Download - The Download command simply copies the file to the screen. • Upload - The Upload command allows files to be uploaded to the BBS. Only a few people have permission to upload files. • Zap - The Zap command allows a file to be deleted. Like the Upload command, only a few people have permission to delete files. • nws - The nws files have weather-related information.

  13. Putty Connecting via a Radio and TNC

  14. Connecting Start the program.  You will see a screen like this. Select Serial as the Connection Type You can save the settings by typing Midland Hamgate in the Saved Sessions field and clicking Save Next click Serial from the left menu.

  15. Serial Settings Set your Serial connections to the following: Speed – 9600 Data Bits – 8 Stop Bits – 1 Parity – None Flow Control – XON/XOFF Set your Serial line setting to an available com port. The click Open.

  16. Logon To connect to the Midland Hamgate type: c w8kea-4 at the command prompt cmd: c(space) w8kea-4

  17. Main window Once connected your screen will look like this.

  18. Messages To read a message type: r (space) followed by the message number r 1, r 2 To remove or kill a message type k (space)followed by the message number k 1, k 2

  19. Messages example…

  20. Sending a Message • Like the old W8KEA-1, you can address a message to a call sign. Normally, the message would then be held on the BBS until that person comes to pick up the mail. • However, sometimes hamgate.midland knows that a particular call hangs out on some other BBS. In that case, the message may get automatically forwarded to the other BBS. For example, if you leave mail for KC8BGK, the BBS knows he doesn’t hang out here, and it will forward the message to BAYBBS. • You can also use Internet style addressing. If you, for example, address mail to w8lss@w8lss.ampr.org the mail will be sent to Bob’s home JNOS system. The target host doesn’t have to be reachable by radio, either. Mail to the Section Manager can be addressed to wa8efk@bbs.n8kuf.ampr.org. hamgate.midland will send the message over the Internet to hamgate.monroe, who will then connect to bbs.n8kuf on 220 to deliver the message. You only need to know the address; it is the network’s problem to understand the path.

  21. In fact, you can even send email to some Internet addresses. However, they won’t be able to respond. Because of the problem of commercial messages, nodes on the ampr.org network are very picky about who they accept messages from. With very few exceptions, ampr.org nodes are not reachable from the Internet, although they can reach out into the Internet.

  22. Send Message To create a message, type s (space) followed by the call sign or email address of the person you want to contact. s kc8yvf s kc8yvf@hamgate.midland.ampr.org Type in a subject [enter] Type in your message [enter] Then type /ex to end the message and send it. The message will be queued

  23. Help Type h You can get help on a specific topic by typing h (space) and the topic name. h mboxuser To Disconnect type b (bye) To disconnect type b

  24. HyperTerminal Connecting via a Radio and TNC

  25. Setting up HyperTerminal Once opening HyperTerminal type in the name of the connection. In this case Midland Hamgate and click Ok.

  26. Set up the com port Select an open com port for the connection to the TNC and click Ok.

  27. Port Settings The port settings should be as follows: Bits per second: 9600 Data bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow control: Xon/Xoff Click Ok to continue

  28. HyperTerminal Once HyperTerminal recognizes your TNC you should see something like this.

  29. Connecting using HyperTerminal This is the same as with Putty. Type c (space) w8kea-4 at the command prompt cmd: c w8kea-4

  30. Help screen Help Bye

  31. Monitoring Using HyperTerminal you can monitor the data being sent through the BBS. This can also be done using Putty. By monitoring, you do not tie up a connection. The Hamgate can handle only a limited number connections.

  32. Putty Connecting via the Internet

  33. Connecting via the Internet Select Telnet as the Connection type. Type hamgate.midland.ampr.org in the Host Name box You can save the settings by typing Midland Hamgate in the Saved Sessions field and clicking Save Then click Open.

  34. Login Screen You will then see the login screen. Type your Call Sign for the login Press Enter for the password (no password is needed)

  35. Intro Screen Next you will see the information screen In this example, there is no messages for your call sign "You have 0 messages"

  36. Getting Help You can get help by typing “h” to see a list of help topics Type “h” followed by the name of an available item will give you help on that item. e.g. h mboxuser

  37. Help Continued… Typing h mboxuser will show help information on displaying users. M will display current users ML will display all past users…

  38. Getting the Weather To get the local weather type “wx”

  39. Messages To read a message, type r (space) message number r 1 or r 2 To Kill a message Type k (space) message number k 1 or k 2

  40. Send a Message To send a message type “s” followed by the call sign or Internet style email address of the person you are trying to reach. In the example “s kc8yvf “to send a message to kc8yvf. In the subject like the subject of the message In the Enter message line enter the message content. When finished, hit Enter and type /ex The message is queued for delivery.

  41. Exiting Type “b” or bye to exit the BBS

  42. Hamgate Links: Using the Midland BBS packet.mi-nts.org/235/UsingMidlandBBS.pdf Tell me about JNOS http://www.qsl.net/w8kea/TellMeAboutJNOS.pdf Michigan Digital Radio Group http://www.mi-drg.org/ Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

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