[Xastir] path question

[Tom Henderson]

Is there a good explanation of paths and how they work in APRS someone 
could refer me to? I see bits and pieces out there, but nothing 
comprehensive tat explains it from the ground up.

Tom Henderson

On 08/29/2018 08:54 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018, MJ Inabnit wrote:
>
>> I have an Igate running APRX <linux> and has my TNC connected to it.  On
>> Mondays, I run a short APRS check in net, so I fire up xastir to qsl
>> each check-in.  However, I would like to send a qst prior to the net to
>> remind locals nearish to check in, hence my desire to ensure once I send
>> out a qst, it will at least get routed through my Igate.
>
> In Xastir you set your outgoing RF path on the particular interface 
> connected to the radio/TNC.
>
>
>> I have also had issues when using xastir <network connect, no rf> where
>> local hams in range of my Igate didn't get the packets via the aprs
>> servers which can be rather frustrating.
>
> Inet traffic to RF is typically messages, ack's, and nak's, -only- if 
> the station they're heading to has been heard by that particular Igate 
> within the last hour on RF.
>
> Anything else heading to RF from Inet would require additions to the 
> nws-stations.txt file in Xastir. Note that it can be used for more 
> than just sending weather alerts to RF.
>