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The ring is <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_topology#Ring">not so
much of a ring</a> anymore, it's more of a <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_topology#Mesh">mesh
network topology</a> in reality. It contains several rings (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_%28graph_theory%29">cycles</a>)
inside the mesh (graph). The HamWAN cell sites offer a standardized
network interface (frequencies, bearings, polarizations, bandwidths,
modulations, tdma, dhcp, ip). What you do with that is entirely up
to you. You can connect to any number of sites at once (including
multiple sectors at once at each site, and the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://hamwan.org/Labs/Open%20Peering%20Policy.html">OPP</a>
offering), and have your own private networking in between the
routers that interface to HamWAN sites. You're not limited to using
ring topologies in your own networks either.<br>
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In short, yes, everything you're talking about is fine and doable.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/15/2018 2:49 PM, Jamie Hughes
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
ITC",sans-serif">Good afternoon,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
ITC",sans-serif">Since there is some chatter about
support emergency communications stuff, I’d like to ask some
questions as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ITC",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
ITC",sans-serif">Would it make sense to build a small
“private” ring that then has a few connection points to a
few “cell” sites? IN other words, create a private ring,
between all the locations my team needs, and then at a few
of those sites, hoping on to the Ham Wan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ITC",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
ITC",sans-serif">The goal would be to use all HAM WAN
Routing, but remaining in the local ring unless we needed to
route externally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ITC",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
ITC",sans-serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Eras Medium
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