[Xastir] Net Data from K3JZ

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Tom Robson wrote:

> Wonder if anyone else is seeing this.  I am connected up to the net 
> continuously and am using the aprs 14580 filter and it works perfectly. I 
> have been seeing stuff which is outside the filter parameters and it appears 
> to be coming in directly over the net.  I have had the net interface disabled 
> and there are still many stations showing up coming from the net.  The 
> 'select tnc' is also turned off.
> 
> All of the stations which are showing up are coming through TCPIP,K3JZ*.
> This station is in the Seattle area called NETACTIVE.  The majority of the 
> stations which are showing up are in the Eastern USA.
> 
> Any ideas? (Thought I better ask the xastir crew before the user).

This is normal operation for igates other than Xastir igates:  If any
local station is messaging to some station elsewhere (reachable via
igate), then a posit for the remote station is broadcast over local
RF as well.

I don't personally like that sort of operation, but that's what most
igates currently do.

Xastir just sends the messages back and forth, it doesn't broadcast a
position for the remote station on local RF.

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