Hallo mark!   
      
    ml> it is a mesh of systems making a spider's web of links   
      
   Ah!  Errr ... again no.  Everything is completely independent of the other   
   including the machines they are running on.  At present Little Mikey's   
   EuroPoint is only connecting to the bossnode which is in the Netherlands and   
   is deploying standard operating procedures for that (binkp).  There is a wired   
   connection between this machine and the machine where the Fidonet node   
   resides, but that is only used for ssh connectivity between the two and that   
   has nothing to do with Fidonet, although it could if it ever ends up mattering.   
      
   As for mesh, the wireless interface is not capable mesh-wise but I do have a   
   usb wireless dongle in reserve that can do wireless mesh.  That is somewhat   
   along the line of what you're talking about ... I think.  Wireless mesh has   
   nothing to do with Fidonet but for sure binkp could be incorporated into it   
   and take advantage of that connectivity if it were desirable, which it could   
   be.  However not many are capable and I have only heard rumour of one   
   smartphone that can take advantage of mesh networking.  A Samsung if I am not   
   mistaken which probably makes the OS Android.   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Do not cry for me Ik heb vi.   
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    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)