[Xastir] Change to RELAY digipeat function

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

Deep breath.  Exhale.  Do it again.

<opinion>
Most of this is not going to relieve packet congestion on metro-digi 
networks.  It's gonna look like it for a period of time until the folks 
who don't follow the APRS sig catch up/catch on, and then the congestion 
will return.  The transient interlude of inadequate user upgrades will 
provide the appearance of success.  The short memory cycles associated 
with most hams will preclude recollection of the previous congestion and 
the implication will be that things were better for a while, but the 
population's growing.

At some point, physics will have to intrude on conjecture in the 
application of RF networking.

This is a band-aid approach to an arterial laceration.
</opinion>

gerry


James Ewen wrote:
>> While we're at it, why would the home stations act on WIDE1-1 in the 
>> second
>> slot anyways?
> 
> 
> The concept is to try and get rid of the multiple copies of packets that 
> bounce around when using the alias of RELAY. By using the alias of 
> WIDE1-1, you can get the same type of help from a "walnut" TNC in a home 
> station (via MYALIAS WIDE1-1), while the high level "walnut" TNCs on the 
> mountain tops can act upon it adding it to their antiduping list (via 
> UITRACE WIDE,28).
> 
> This keeps the number of copies of a packet down to a minimum. WIDE1-1 
> as a home alias is used, since it can be implemented across all TNCs, 
> not just a specific brand. It is also not implemented via UIFLOOD in 
> home TNCs, since that would turn the home TNC into a digipeater that 
> would act upon all values of n-n. We want the home fill-in stations to 
> act only upon the WIDE1-1 path.
> 
> Remember that a tnc looks for it's name anywhere in the path, so ANY 
> position containing WIDE1-1 would trigger the home fill-in stations.
> 
> It would be the same as currently running a path such as:
> 
> WIDE2-2, RELAY
> 
> We wouldn't do that, since every home fill-in station around the outer 
> WIDEn-n digipeaters would fire up.
> 
> The simple rule of thumb is use WIDE2-2 as your path. IF and only IF you 
> NEED to make use of the home fill-in stations to get out, use a path of 
> WIDE1-1, WIDE2-1.
> 
> WIDE2-2 activates only the mountain top digis.
> 
> WIDE1-1 activates home fill-in stations, as well as the mountain top 
> digis. WIDE2-1 will give you that second hop, but only through the 
> mountain top digis without triggering the home fill-in stations. In the 
> mountain top stations, since they are acting upon the path using the 
> anti-duping routine, they never repeat the same packet twice which is 
> what can currently happen when using the path of RELAY,WIDE1-1 or higher.
> 
> James
> VE6SRV
> 
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