Tampa, FL logical network drawing
Tampa, FL NODES:
Understanding the Tampa map requires some understanding of the symbols you see on the map. The PC ICON's represent FPAC switches that are presently install in the network. These ICON's have eight points where a link can be attached. While FPAC itself is able to handle ten links, we do not have any node sites that require that number of ports at this time.
The ICON that looks like a square block with eight smaller blocks aroung it's outside is the ROSE site ICON. Those sites are made up of one or more TNC's running ROSE firmware. The single TNC ICON represents a single TNC that is running ROSE. The stick men represent either applications or BBS's that are directly attached to a node via a direct attach cable. The ICON that looks like a miniture network represents an interface with another network in another city or location. On our map, you will see several of them. Dallas, Minneapolis, Sarasota, St. Leo, Gainsville, Australia, (yes the entire country), are all represented with this ICON. The city of Chicago is represented as a single TNC ICON because that is how it really is attached to our network. We have a TNC in Chicago some 1,500 miles away on a very long RS-232 cable. And who says an RS-232 cable can only be 25 feet. The TNC ICON has two attachment points. One is represented by an antenna symbol, and represents the HDLC port of the TNC, the other is represented by a small hook, and it represent the RS-232 port of the TNC.
Tampa, FL logical network drawing
Physical map of nodes.