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   Message 405 of 613   
   Paul Quinn to Kurt Weiske   
   The new Radius, RFC   
   30 Nov 14 09:13:46   
   
   Hi! Kurt,   
      
   On 29/11/2014 3:16 AM, you wrote:   
      
    KW> I'd like to throw a question out there -- I'm using Radius, used Argus for   
    KW> some time. I'd always wanted to be able to use the nodelist directly, but   
    KW> in able to get polling to work had to load in the ARGUS.TXT overrides,   
   then   
    KW> in the TCP/IP restrictions field entered BND as a required field.   
      
   That's weird.  I checked the nodelist and in our Z3 version there's only two   
   fellers using a ",BND," listing: one in Kentucky & one in Chile (used in   
   multiple entries).  I do have an old ARGUS.TXT from March of this year, and I   
   can see that all the entries require ",BND," nodes... fascinating... in a Star   
   Trek 'Scottie meets keyboard' thing.   
      
    KW> I'd like to be able to have Radius dial from the nodelist, but it seems   
    KW> that it can't parse the combinations of flags to define BINK connectivity.   
      
   Dial?  You meant to call on IP... right?  Well I can't say that what I have   
   done is better than any other bloke's way.  (Certainly since seeing some   
   inconsistencies with Radius's behaviour reported in this echo over the years,   
   and since seeing Björn's remarks on the state of the source code for Radius   
   and then Argus.)  I have both the BND & BNP flags as well as IBN in the   
   required restrictions.  I don't know how the older ones got in that table.   
      
   (I even tried ICM but that didn't work.  Radius is still fixated on CM nodes   
   only... or ",U,Txy" nodes [which is 'cactus' now].)   
      
    KW> Is there a better way of getting Radius to connect via BINK than using the   
    KW> override file?   
      
   Mmm... I don't use any override /file/ but I do have several overrides in the   
   'Nodes' grid, or as seen from the Config-->'Node Inspector'. Most of those are   
   for passworded links or private (Pvt,...) nodes.  On the down side, I do know   
   that a couple are for links that, for who knows what reason, just will not   
   parse properly from the nodelist in Radius.   
      
   On the plus side I will tell you that there only 18 overrides in the Nodes   
   grid.  Generally, Radius also handles INA-flagged nodelist entries; something   
   that Argus doesn't know about IIRC.  Quite often one-off netmails just get   
   transferred during sessions 'slicker than snot'.   
      
   I need breakfast... so too, the animals...   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
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