
convers <subcommands>

     These commands configure the network conference server. See the
section 'SETTING UP THE CONFERENCE BRIDGE' in the JNOS documentaionfor
details on the inner workings of the conference system.


    convers drop <name>

     Drop the remote convers link to <name>.  See also 'convers link'.

          convers drop 44.26.1.19
          

    convers filter
     Set how the convers node will respond to connect requests.
     
       convers filter mode [accept | refuse]

        Sets or displays the filter mode.  'filter mode accept' allows
        links from only the hosts in the filter list.  'filter mode
        reject' allows links from all hosts except those in the list.
        
       convers filter [ipaddress | hostname]

        Builds the filter list used in conjunction with the 'convers
        filter mode' command.
        
    convers host <name>

     Displays or set the convers hostname as will be used when
     announcing the system to conference users or remote links.
     Maximum length is 10 chars, but if you want to stay compatible
     with NOS.EXE based convers servers use a maximum of 8 character
     for the convers host name (unless the system runs jnos-v1.04 or
     later).
     
     If the 'hostname' gets set and the 'convers host'  isn't set yet,
     it will be set to the first 10 chars of the 'hostname'. After
     this, if any sub domains (i.e. periods) exist in the hostname,
     the convers hostname will be terminated at the right-most period.
     e.g. If  'converse host' is not set, and 'hostname
     jnos.wg7j.ampr.org' is given, then after this the converse
     hostname will be 'jnos.wg7j'.
     
          convers host Corvallis
          
          
    convers interface [<iface>] [on|OFF]

     Displays or sets the active convers interfaces. This command
     needs to be given for each interface that which will allow
     connections to the conference call (see 'convers mycall'); e.g.,
     this command can be used to allow conference call access only on
     the user ports but not on the backbone/linking ports.  This can
     also be useful to avoid confusion when different nodes have the
     same conference call.  (Locally, we use the call 'QSO' for the
     conference server for different nodes, and ran into problems when
     a user tried to connect to it from a backbone node. All of a
     sudden two nodes were answering the connect !)  Default is off.
     
          convers interface port1
          
          
    convers link <addr> [name]

     Add a convers link to another (remote) conference server.

     <addr> is the ip address or hostname of the remote server to link to.
     [name] is the optional name that will show up in the links
     listing shown with the '/links' command if the link has not yet
     been established. [name] can be a maximum of 10 characters.
     
     After the link has been established, the name will be set to the
     name the remote system introduced itself with.  The link command
     will automatically add an entry for this host into the 'refuse-
     list' (See 'convers refuse' command.)  This is to avoid dual
     links, and convers loops.
          convers link 44.26.1.19 Testing
          

    convers [u|h]maxq [<bytes>]                        {JNOS}

     Display or set the upper limit for the number of bytes that can
     be queued up waiting for transmission on a connection to another
     server.  If there is more data than this limit, the connection to
     the other server will be closed.
     
     You are able to set individual limits for users and hosts
     with 'convers hmaxq' and 'convers umaxq'.  If set to 0, there is
     no limit, otherwise connections will be reset if there is more
     than the []maxq value data outstanding on the connection.  The
     connections will be RESET instead of gracefully closed.
     

    convers maxwait [<seconds>]

     Display or set the upper limit for the time the system will wait
     to reestablish a disconnected convers link that originated at
     this system. Time is given in seconds.
          convers maxwait 600
          
          
    convers motd ["<yourmessage>"]

     Set or show the message of the day for the convers server.  This
     message is displayed when users connect to the server.
     
     
    convers <mycall>

     Display or set the 'conference call'.  'mycall' is a separate
     ax.25 callsign.  If set, users can connect to it to get
     immediately connected to the conference bridge. However, each
     port or interface that this call should be allowed on should be
     enabled with the 'convers interface' command.  Conference call
     connections bypass the regular node interface.  This is
     independent from the settings of 'mbox convers' or whether the
     network conference server has been started. See also 'convers
     t4'.
          convers mycall QSO
          
          
    convers t4 [<seconds>]

     (B)  Display or the set the conference call connection T4 timer.
     t4 is the 'redundancy timer' for ax.25 connections to the
     conference server.  This allows you to set a different inactivity
     time-out for ax25 node and conference connections. Default is
     7200, i.e. 2 hours.
          convers t4 900
          

