GRDN is not intended to replace existing communications systems. It is intended to connect them.
Where technically and legally appropriate, GRDN may interconnect technologies including:
- Packet Radio
- AX.25
- VARA
- Winlink
- Reticulum
- Meshtastic
- AllStarLink
- EchoLink
- DMRIP networking
- WireGuard
- Ethernet
- Wireless links
- Satellite and other long-distance communications systems
Individual technologies retain their own identities and operating requirements.GRDN provides the network infrastructure through which they can interoperate.