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From: philipp@NUTMEG.LCS.MIT.EDU (Philip Prindeville)
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Subject: Questions about KA9Q
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Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 19:31:40 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  5 19:31:40 1987
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I was hoping to get a little expertise out of this list wrt. Phil Karn's
KA9Q package.  The code seems very readable, and written with portability
in mind.  I would like to use it at a site, but the following questions
come to mind first, and all pertain to the PC/MS-DOS universe:

	(1) Can it be compiled with the Microsoft C compiler? (Has
	    anyone tried?)

	(2) Are there more drivers out there for it, such as
	    pronet-10 (p1300 card) or arcnet (pdi508) devices?

	(3) Do hosts forward by default?  That is, will any application
	    do IP routing?  (I heard something about a specific gateway
	    program...)

	(4) What sort of bandwidth do you get ether-to-ether (in
	    packets per second)?

	(5) About how often do new releases come out?  My guess is
	    2 or 3 times a year...

	(6) It appears to support fragmentation and routing -- has
	    this code been verified as working?  I.e. has this been
	    tested with a frag-happy router like a Bridge Comm.?

	(7) Is anyone currently working on adding subnet support?

No doubt I could come up with more questions, but this is enough for now.

Thanks in advance for any answers,

-Philip