Thanks John.  I will check into it.

73's BobAt 11:08 PM 4/3/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Bob.  I believe you can go to irlp.net and get a farely good
>explimation of how irlp works.  You can also see a list of nodes and
>there status at the time.
>
>In brief, for the user, there is no special equipment required.  Many of
>the repeaters that have Irlp nodes on them charge a membership fee to
>help finance it, but not all.
>
>Irlp runs on Linux   and all those who wish to put up nodes are asked to
>follow the guide lines that have been set up.  A node is the internet
>connection between to stations.  A gateway is simular  to a node, but can
>support many connects at one time.  This means that you can either
>connect the node you are using to another node or to a gateway whare
>there may be several other nodes connected.
>
>Hope this helps:
>73, John


         bob feinberg
niles, illinois
amateur radio k9 c i a