[Xastir] I-GATE setup on Xastir

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, N9JCA wrote:

> I have been running an I GATE, N9JCA, using a 2m Icom with an MFJ 1270C,
> on Xastir now for about 6 months and never had any problems per say. I
> am curious as to how the packets are transmitted, because it looks like
> that it sends out 2[two] sets of packets at the same time; 1 for RF and
> 1 for the INET, but my Data Path says APX141, TCPIP. Will my Data Path
> always be shown as via INET?
>
> Example: There is a Station 15 miles South of me, KB4AMA-10, he is also
> an I GATE, [ I was the person who got him interested in Xastir] are our
> packets being TX'D/ RX'D to each other via the I NET or RF? Sometime it
> can take 5mins to get a packet back and forth from each other.There is a
> Digi in between us, AA9MM-10, setup as a WIDE4-4.
>
> There are times that I do have one heck of a time contacting other Stations.
>
> Example: KB0QJO-5 in Iowa, will take as long as 15 mins to RX a packet
> and TX an ack back to me; while W8VMB in Mich, takes as little as 5/10
> secs to RX a packet and TX an ack

It's supposed to work like this for igating:

If and only if a station has been heard within the last hour on
local RF, messages and ack's for that station will be gated from
INET to local RF.

Packets heard on RF are gated to INET, regardless of who was heard
where or when.

If you have stations that are connected to both local RF and to the
INET that are communicating with each other, it's possible that
there could be some non-optimal path selection there.

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