[aprssig] time for APRS second generation network?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Earl Needham wrote:

> At 09:48 AM 1/5/2005, Jason Winningham wrote:
> ><snip>
> >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
>
>          Actually, the TNC (or, more properly, the AX.25 protocol) prevents
> this -- it only allows SEVEN hops, not eight!  <G>

Version 2.0 of the AX.25 spec allows eight digipeaters.  Version 2.2
of the AX.25 spec only allows two.

Perhaps some TNC's allow only setting seven, but the spec allows
eight.

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