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Help Date: 21 June 2004
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TCP/IP Over Radio - Introduction
OverviewPacket Engine Pro's special TCP/IP Over Radio (TOR) feature lets you send and receive TCP/IP data using amateur radio. With TOR, your computer's TCP/IP based programs -- email programs, browsers, and FTP programs -- can communicate with distant TCP/IP-based servers and networks. You can even use TOR to connect to the internet if you are able to communicate with a cooperating gateway station that has internet access and can act as a relay! A key TOR requirement is the installation of a special SV2AGW TOR network driver on both the sending and receiving station. This driver creates a virtual (software) network adapter that acts much like a physical network interface card or the Windows dialup adapter. With Windows properly configured, TCP/IP data packets that are normally routed to your computer's network card or dialup-adapter can instead be routed to the SV2AGW TOR adapter. The TOR adapter places the TCP/IP packets inside AX.25 packets, which are then transmitted by radio to another TOR-capable radio station . The TOR adapter at the receiving station then removes the TCP/IP packets from the AX.25 packets and forwards them to Windows for delivery to an appropriate TCP/IP program.
How Fast is TCP/IP over Packet?
TOR is only as fast as the "on
air" baud rate of your TNC and radio (minimum 300
baud, maximum 9600 baud with PE Pro). For applications
needing fast transfer rates, such as
high-content web browsing or audio
and video streaming, this rate will be much too slow. But for other applications
where high transfer rates are not as important,
such as email, ICQ, small file transfers, or
simple web pages, this rate may be adequate. Steps To Implement TOR
In addition, on any computer acting as an internet gateway you must:
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