ARDCIn 2011, under the leadership of Brian Kantor WB6CYT SK, ARDC was founded as a nonprofit foundation to be the trustee of the #44Net address space. #ardc #amateurradio #science #technology #44yearsof44net
Did you know? The creator of KA9Q NOS, Phil Karn KA9Q, later worked at Qualcomm, applying ideas from amateur packet radio to early mobile data systems. #44net #44yearsof44net #packetradio
The backbone of 44Net is IP address space, but the heart is sharing notes, fixing links, and helping newcomers get on the air. That was true decades ago, and it’s still true today. #44net #44yearsof44net #packetradio #amateurradio
Early 44Net traffic often moved at 1200 bits per second over packet radio. Today, many links run at millions of bits per second using modern equipment, often built by the same volunteer community. #44net #44yearsof44net #packetradio #amateurradio
In an effort to help us improve our future community meetings, we've put together a brief survey: https://airtable.com/appQY5E1yYm0Pujqg/shrdyVks02XIN81VB. If you attended the 2026 Community Meeting or viewed the recording, please take a few moments to fill it out! #ardc #ardcnews #ardccommunitymeeting #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #44net #ardcgrantees #science #technology
The recording of our 2026 Community Meeting is available online. If you missed the meeting or would like to revisit, you can find the video here: https://vimeo.com/1171826196. #ardc #ardcnews #ardccommunitymeeting #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #44net #grantees #science #technology
ARDC Community Meeting, March 7, 2026
Our latest blog post provides a recap of our 2026 Community Meeting: https://www.ardc.net/ardc-community-meeting-recap-march-7-2026/. #ardc #ardcnews #ardccommunitymeeting #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #44net #grantees #science #technology
Ed W8EMV 
Do you have a plan for reverse DNS for 44net Connect tunnels? It would be handy to have that work, or if there are specifics of how to handle any sort of DNS to have that spelled out (including "we don't do that", that's an OK answer).
I know you need some guardrails to make it work (e.g. no A records with PTR records pointing to google.com)
Community Meeting is happening tomorrow (3/7/2026) at 10a PST / 6p UTC. If you'd like to attend, please email contact[at]ardc.net, and we'll send you a Zoom link. See you then! #ardc #ardcnews #amateurradio #digitalcommunications #44net #ardcgrantees #science #technology
I put together a self-hosted web server on a #44net address, using nginx and certbot for HTTPS service, a tiny but mighty Pi 1 as the physical host, and ufw as a host firewall. It lives at home, no change to my home firewall.
The real challenge I had was realizing the attack surface of such a #44net tunnel. Getting a good firewall configuration set up first and not as an afterthought is critical because the Internet is a difficult place.
@ARDC needs more docs / tutorials on same.