https://wiki.oarc.uk/ 2026-04-21T05:52:47+00:00 https://wiki.oarc.uk/ https://wiki.oarc.uk/_media/wiki:logo.png text/html 2025-02-21T14:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:about-xrouter?rev=1740148636&do=diff XRouter XRouter is innovative Packet Radio node / BBS / digipeater / terminal software, which is current and maintained. It is a highly stable, and user-friendly alternative to BPQ node, made in the UK, for those who “dare to be different!” XRouter has been in constant development since 1996, always at the cutting edge of Packet Radio. Breaking new ground is what the author likes to do best. text/html 2025-02-22T03:07:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:bbs?rev=1740193639&do=diff XRouter Bulletin Board System Back to XRouter Main Page The XRouter program contains a friendly and easy to use mailbox system, which may be configured either as a PMS (Personal Mail System) or as a public BBS (Bulletin Board System). Both forms are capable of handling personal mail and bulletins, the main difference being that the PMS can only RECEIVE bulletins (messages intended to be read by anyone), whilst the BBS can both receive and DISTRIBUTE them. text/html 2025-02-22T02:52:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:chatserver?rev=1740192733&do=diff XRouter Tour - Chat / Converse Server Back to Tour Index Page Every XRouter includes a chat / converse server, allowing groups of users to hold live, multiway conversations. The servers can be linked together into a wider network. There are at least 3 different chat networks in common use on Packet, namely XRchat (XRouter), text/html 2025-02-22T02:39:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:customise?rev=1740191952&do=diff XRouter Tour - Alternative Texts Back to Tour Index Page Almost all the texts used in XRouter can be customised, for example: Next: Help System text/html 2026-01-08T00:05:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:docs?rev=1767830721&do=diff XRouter Documentation This content is auto-generated from the XRouter documentation using this bash / awk script to parse MAN / HLP files into docuWiki some simple markup language. MAN Files Section 1 - General Commands ACL | AMSG | ANSI | APPLMASK | ARP | AXROUTES | BCAST | BCPOLL | BELL | BLEVEL | BLOG | BYE | text/html 2026-01-21T03:07:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:downloads?rev=1768964853&do=diff XRouter (XrPi, XrLin, XrWin) Downloads Back to Main XRouter Page This page is a “work in progress”. The plan is to put more stuff on here, but the wiki only accepts files up to 2 megabytes. The very latest files can always be obtained from the XRouter group files area at: text/html 2025-02-22T02:30:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:full-fat?rev=1740191404&do=diff XRouter Tour - Sysop Interface #4 - "Full-Fat" HTML Back to Tour Index Page The "legacy" HTML interface dates from the days of Windows 95 and Netscape, when “amprnet” was proper IP over RADIO, not just another internet-based VPN, so HTML had to be lean and mean. The world, and browser technology, has moved on. The legacy interface is old-hat now, and most sysops no longer have the skills or desire to roll their own text/html 2025-02-22T02:39:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:help?rev=1740191993&do=diff XRouter Tour - Help System Back to Tour Index Page There are 2 help systems in XRouter: * a concise one for “user” commands * a more detailed “manual” for sysops (which will be covered on the next page). Typing HELP (or just H) produces the following response: Let's look at the text/html 2025-11-12T12:39:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:howtos?rev=1762951193&do=diff Xrouter Howtos Back to XRouter Main Page This page is a work in progress. More howtos will be added as time permits. HOWTO Link XRouter with BPQ - On the same computer, or across the network. HOWTO Use XRouter as a KISS Terminal - To drive KISS TNC's / Soundcard programs etc. HOWTO Interface XRouter With Direwolf (Direwolf is a soundcard packet modem) HOWTO Use QTTermTCP With XRPi / XRLin (QTTermTCP is a user interface program) text/html 2025-02-22T02:29:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:htmlinfopage?rev=1740191364&do=diff XRouter Tour - Sysop Interface #3 - Legacy HTML Back to Tour Index Page XRouter includes a general-purpose web server, which has a few inbuilt pages for sysop access. Some of these are positively pre-historic, dating back to the 1990s. For example this default page is displayed if you don't supply your own index.htm text/html 2025-02-22T02:45:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:info?rev=1740192313&do=diff XRouter Tour - Info System Back to Tour Index Page Isn't it frustrating when you connect to a node and find yourself wondering where it is, who runs it, what software it is using and so on? Well that doesn't happen with XRouter nodes! At the VERY LEAST there will always be two pages of information available, but more on that later. text/html 2025-02-22T02:37:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:languages?rev=1740191873&do=diff XRouter Tour - Language Support Back to Tour Index Page XRouter's default language is English, but there is support for other languages. At this point only French, Dutch and Spanish are available. More will be added if there is a demand. As mentioned before, you may choose an alternate language for the sysop interface. In addition incoming connections to the node can default to a language based on their callsign. The user may override this default. text/html 2025-04-22T02:36:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:manpages?rev=1745289414&do=diff This content has been moved to packet:xrouter:docs text/html 2025-02-22T02:43:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:manual?rev=1740192190&do=diff XRouter Tour - Sysop's Manual Back to Tour Index Page The Sysop's Manual can be accessed in 3 ways: * by using the MAN command * via the drop-down menu * via the HTML interface. 1: The MAN Command The MAN command is only available to sessions which have sysop privileges. text/html 2025-02-22T02:31:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:mqtt-iface?rev=1740191508&do=diff XRouter Tour - MQTT API Back to Tour Index Page XRouter includes an MQTT client and an MQTT broker, both of which could be used for providing future Sysop and/or user interfaces. A proof of concept has been done, but it needs someone with vision and creativity to develop this further. text/html 2025-02-22T10:51:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:netromx?rev=1740221495&do=diff NetRomX - Extended NetRom NetRomX is an XRouter extension to the NetRom protocol, providing up to 65536 different “services” on a single SSID (Secndary Station IDentifier). Paula G8PZT published the idea in July 2001, in a Packet White Paper entitled “NET/ROM DATA MULTIPLEXING text/html 2025-02-22T02:37:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:qttermtcp?rev=1740191832&do=diff XRouter Tour - Using QTTermTCP Back to Tour Index Page For those of you prefer a more “modern” interface, XRouter supports the use of “QTTermTCP” written by G8BPQ. Ideally this would use the Telnet Proxy mentioned on the previous page. To my eyes, the default colours and font size are headache-inducingly bad. But tweaking QTTermTCP in an attempt to make it more XRouter-like resulted in something almost as hard to read text/html 2025-02-22T02:36:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:telnet-interfaces?rev=1740191768&do=diff XRouter Tour - Telnet Interfaces Back to Tour Index Page Up to 3 types of “telnet” interface can be configured on XRouter. The general purpose one defaults to TCP port 23. There's a sysop-only one, usually on TCP port 513, and one for machine-to-machine interactions, the so-called text/html 2025-02-22T02:20:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:tour?rev=1740190810&do=diff XRouter Tour Back to XRouter Main Page The purpose of this “tour” is to give you an overview of what XRouter is like, without actually running it. Other Pages In This Tour: * Sysop Interface 2 - XrMon * Sysop Interface 3 - Legacy HTML * Sysop Interface 4 - "Full-Fat" HTML * MQTT Interface * Using QTTermTCP With XRouter * Alternate Language Support * Customisable Texts * The HELP system * The Sysop MANual * The INFO System * Weather Information * The Chat/Co… text/html 2025-02-22T02:28:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:tour2?rev=1740191294&do=diff XRouter Tour - Sysop Interface 2 - XrMon Back to Tour Index Page The second type of sysop interface is XrMon. This is the generic name for a small standalone program which can either be located on the same machine as XRouter, or on a different machine. It can be used with both daemonised and non-daemonised instances of XRouter. text/html 2025-02-22T05:17:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.oarc.uk/packet:xrouter:weather?rev=1740201444&do=diff XRouter Tour - Weather Information Back to Tour Index Page Local Weather XRouter automatically decodes local APRS weather broadcasts heard on RF or via the Igate, and stores the closest 5. The list of weather stations is displayed using the WX command by itself: You can view the weather information from a particular station by typing