[aprssig] time for APRS second generation network?

[Jason Winningham]

On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote:

> But we already have the solution. The "routing " problem
> has been solved by using the APRS-Internet system.

An IGate _gateways_ a packet on to the IS (and occasionally from IS to 
RF), but that is not routing the APRS RF LAN.

IMO, one of the biggest if not the biggest cause of problems on the RF 
side _is_ the IS side.  Too many operators see a hit on findu as a 
binary test of their rig and configuration:  if I'm on findu, 
everything is fine; if I don't get to findu, something is wrong - throw 
another hop on the packet, and jack up the power a notch while you're 
at it.

I am not saying that APRS-IS is bad in any way, but it causes some 
operators to behave badly trying to use it.

> the New n-N Paradigm is letting the SYSOPS
> enforce it on them with trivial changes at the digis.

What in the new n-N paradigm prevents me from using a path of

RELAY,WIDE,WIDE,WIDE,WIDE,WIDE,WIDE,WIDE

or even

RELAY,RELAY,RELAY,RELAY,RELAY,RELAY,RELAY,RELAY

?

-Jason
kg4wsv