> > Hello everybody! > > I have seen questions and differing thoughts on the use of certain > nodelist flags and their preferred or correct usage. A couple such > flags are INA and IBN and how each should be used to specify nodelist > connectivity data. In looking through the current nodelist I see those > two flags used in a couple different ways. > > Thoughts on which and why? > > > Jeff > >
The specs grew over time without a great deal of direction. There was an old FAQ back when such was new (no longer on the FTSC site, all the FAQs were removed).
In general there is a proper usage, but older patterns are still there.
If you look up 1:275/0 you will see a sample of a site with dual BINK protocol connection points. Sites that are setup to auto configure INA address will use shenks.synchro.net. Sites setup to auto configure IBN site, will hit shenks.dyndns.org. Both lead to here.
