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XRouter Chat Server Commands

Guide to TheNet X-1J user commands In most cases the command does not have to be entered in full. Only the portion of the command shown in upper case need be entered, using either case. The following user commands are provided by TheNet X-1J Arp Help Quit BBs HOst Routes Bye Info Talk Connect IProute Stats CQ MHeard Users Dxcluster Nodes It may be that not all commands are enabled. You can find out which ones are enabled by typing an invalid command such as "?". There are some commands that are available but are not displayed, the main ones of interest being:- BBSAlias DXCAlias HOSTAlias IPAddress L3Mheard Links Mode MTU Parms Stats Commands In Detail ARp Similar to the IProute command, but displays the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) table. The ARP table provides a translation from IP address to callsign. BBs Connects you to the local Bulletin Board System. Entering "BBS ?" will display which BBS the command will connect you to. BBSAlias Shows one of the "additional" aliases of the node. In addition to the usual nodecall and nodealias, the node has 3 additional aliases - BBSALIAS, DXCALIAS and HOSTALIAS. If, instead of connecting to the nodecall or nodealias, you were to connect to the BBSALIAS, the node would respond to you, and would automatically connect you to the local BBS. This is useful in cases where the BBS itself doesn't have a port on the node's frequency, but is linked to it by other nodes. Bye Disconnects you from the node. Connect Given on its own, this connects you to the local BBS. If you supply a callsign (e.g. "C G8PZT") the node will attempt to connect you to that station. If the callsign is a known node, i.e. it is present in the nodes table, you will (hopefully) make a "Level 4" connection to that distant node. If however the callsign is not a known node, the node will make a "downlink" connect on its radio frequency. If downlinking, you may specify digipeaters (e.g. "C G8UZV v G9XXX") if the Sysop has enabled it. If you enter any other command before the connection is established, the attempt will be aborted. CQ Broadcasts a "CQ" call on the radio port. The fact that you are calling CQ is indicated in the user list. The CQ call will be broadcast from your call, but with a different SSID, and anyone can answer your CQ by connecting to the callsign as broadcast. The CQ state remains active for a time, but if any other command is given in the meantime, the CQ will be cancelled. DXCAlias Displays the alias used to access the local DX Cluster. (See BBSALIAS) Dxcluster If there is a local DX Cluster, this command connects you to it, operating in a similar manner to the BBS command. Help Sends out a brief help file. HOst If this command is enabled, it behaves in a similar manner to the BBS command. It may have been set to connect either to the local BBS, or to another host system. Entering "HOST ?", will show the callsign to which you will be connected by the HOST command. HOSTAlias Shows the alias used to access the host system. (see BBSALIAS) Info Gives information about the node. IPAddress Displays the node's IP (Internet Protocol) address. Iproute Displays the IP route table. L3Mheard Shows the nodes which have sent Net/Rom frames through this node, together with data such as port, time last heard, number of frames, and previous node. Links Shows all the level 2 connections to the node. Each line of the display shows one link, giving the two callsigns at either end of the link, the link state, the port number and the current number of retries. MHeard If enabled, this command displays the last few stations heard by the node. The list is of limited length, so any stations not heard for a while may drop off the bottom, as more recent ones are added. Alongside the callsigns, the display shows the port on which the station was heard, the number of frames heard since that callsign appeared in the list, and the time (in hours, minutes, and seconds) since the station was last heard. If any IP or Net/Rom frames are heard, it adds a note to show that the station is a node and/or a TCP/IP station. If a station is not heard for 12 hours, it will be deleted. MOde Similar to the PARMS command, but shows a number of additional parameters. None of these are of any interest to users. |MTU Shows the Maximum Transmission Units for IP users. The response will look like this: WV12:GB7WV-12} 256 256 236 257 328 These are the mtu's for the radio port (ax25 encapsulation), RS232 port (ax25 encapsulation), Netrom encapsulation, the maximum data bytes in a received L2 frame and the maximum allowed size of a received L2 frame, in that order. Nodes Gives information about the distant nodes that this node thinks it can get to. With no parameter, it shows the alias and callsign of all the nodes except those starting with a '#' character. If a parameter of '*' is given, those 'hidden' nodes will also be shown. If the callsign or alias of a known node is given as a parameter, the node lists the routes it would take to reach that node. e.g. N KIDDER FOD21:G7NYP-2> Routes to: KIDDER:G8PZT >132 5 1 FOD90:G7NYP-9 A chevron in the left-most column indicates that route is in use. The first number shows the overall path quality to the target node, and the node will attempt to use the highest quality route first. The second number is the "obsolescence count", which is a measure of how recently the route was heard about. This number is usually reset to 5 upon hearing a nodes broadcast from the neighbour node, and decrements by one each hour. If it reaches 3 the route is considered to be obsolete. The third number is the port (0 = radio, 1 = RS232). The last entry on the line is the alias and callsign of the neighbour node. If the given callsign or alias is not known, an error message results Parms Shows the node parameters as per TheNet 1.01 Quit Disconnects you from the node. Routes Lists the neighbouring nodes that can be heard directly. For each neighbour, the display shows the port number (0=radio, 1=RS232), *callsign, the route quality and the number of nodes accessible through this neighbour. A '!' character denotes an entry which has been "locked in" by the sysop. (*The node may be configured to display nodes as callsign alone, or as alias:callsign pairs.) Stats Returns a lot of information about how well the node is performing. It is outside the scope of this guide. Talk This allows a group of users to hold a conference. A user enters the conference by giving the "talk" command on its own. Any other users currently in the conference are automatically informed of the callsign of the user who has joined them. Every line sent by the user is now copied to all other users in the conference. The command '/exit' is used to leave the conference. The other users in the conference are informed of who has left. A forced disconnection does not inform the other users of a station's departure. The TALK command also allows a user to send a message to other users. Provided you are not connected to the conference, appending a string of text to the "talk" command, causes that text, preceded by your callsign, to be copied to all users who are connected to the node but otherwise doing nothing. Users Shows who is using the node. Shows only those circuits which originate and/or terminate at this node. Level 3 "through" circuits are not shown. Established circuits are shown by "<-->", and circuits being set up are shown by "<..>". Users of the conference are shown as being connected to a callsign of "TALK".

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