Subj : Nodelist Thoughts?
To   : Nil Alexandrov
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sat Oct 31 2020 11:41 am

  Re: Nodelist Thoughts?
  By: Nil Alexandrov to Jeff Smith on Sat Oct 24 2020 07:29 am

 > Hello, Jeff!
 > 
 > Thursday October 22 2020 01:01, from Jeff Smith -> All:
 > 
 >  JS> I have seen questions and differing thoughts on the use of certain
 >  JS> nodelist flags and their preferred or correct usage. A couple such
 >  JS> flags are INA and IBN and how each should be used to specify nodelist
 >  JS> connectivity data. In looking through the current nodelist I see those
 >  JS> two flags used in a couple different ways.
 >  JS> Thoughts on which and why?
 > 
 > INA flag tells you that the node supports IP connection and the address is
 > provided. There used to be IP flag for the same reason but because the addre
 > itself was optional it is deprecated in favor of INA.
 > 
 > Here, the IBN flag specifies that the Binkp protocol is supported and
 > optionally a non-standard port can be specified.  Other supported protocol c
 > be IFC (RAW ifcico), IFT, ITN, or IVM protocol.
 > 
 > It is that the IBN flag cannot include the host address itself, that is why 
 > usually have a combination of INA+IBN in the nodelist.
 > 
 > Best Regards, Nil

Actually Nil, the IBN can also specify an address.  It is just redundant if the
same one as the INA address so isn't used then.  

  xxcarol

PS: Z2 may have a zone rule that allows only 1 address but it's something you'd
have to ask Ward about.
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