[Xastir] recommendations for digi / network tools

[Brian Heaton]

It sounds like APRX will do what you want.

73-KY9K/Brian
On Jan 4, 2016 11:14 AM, "Jason KG4WSV" <kg4wsv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 12:34 PM, <lleachii at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Xastir is capable of iGating and digipeating already, why would you need
> > another software?
>
>
>
> Well, according to Tom's message from a couple of days ago:
>
>  Xastir is a great APRS client, and you can do a
> > lot with the server port, but it really isn't great at doing things like
> > gating network traffic (other than messages) to RF.  Making it gate
> objects
> > requires having the object packet appear to use the same "FROM" call that
> > Xastir is using.  Making it gate anything other than objects can be a
> real
> > challenge.
>
>
> So xastir doesn't do general purpose igating.  I have successfully gated
> objects in the past, but I need to gate/repeat packets from another network
> in a general purpose manner.
>
> Xastir has similar restrictions on digipeating.  It isn't a general purpose
> tool for that.
>
> While what I'm doing technically (in network terminology) is gateway
> functionality, in reality the 2 networks are close enough that a (very)
> general purpose repeater could do it.
>
> And yes, I can run xastir on a BBB no problem.  with a touchscreen and
> Curt's #defines for small screen optimization, no less.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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