[Xastir] XASTIR Path question

[Curt, WE7U]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2004, vk4tec wrote:

> Correct me if I am wrong, but should this:-
>
> TNC-> VK4CAU-9>RW25Q1,VK4RAI-3*,WIDE:'P>Do{tk/]"4W}
> TNC-> VK4CAU-9>RW25Q1,VK4RAI-3*,VK4GME-3*:'P>Do{tk/]"4W}
>
> Not look like this:-
>
> TNC-> VK4CAU-9>RW25Q1,VK4RAI-3*,WIDE:'P>Do{tk/]"4W}
> TNC-> VK4CAU-9>RW25Q1,VK4RAI-3,VK4GME-3*:'P>Do{tk/]"4W}
>
> How come the extra * in the first one ?

If you look at the AX.25 spec (ya right!), you'll see that there's a
bit in each digipeater field for "has been digipeated".  Some TNC's
represent that in ASCII form with a '*' for each one that's set,
some just show you the last one that has the bit set.  It depends on
the TNC and/or software in use.  It really doesn't matter, they are
both correct representations of the packet.

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