[aprssig] ax25 v 2.2

[Robert Bruninga]

But if you do not include the WIDEn-N digipeating option 
in the spec then we will have MFRS making TNCs that 
cant do WIDEn-N for APRS.  Kind of shooting ourselves 
in the foot... it seems

>>> josecanuc at gmail.com 1/14/05 1:06:53 PM >>>
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:50:54 -0500, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
wrote:
> >Remember that the limit isn't a "two-hop" limit,
> >but a 2-digi limit. If your packet digi path is: WIDE4-4, 
> >then you have 1 digi, but get 4 hops...
> 
> The WIDEn-N system is *not* in AX.25 because it is an APRS
> specific APRS enhancement by some MFRS and APRS
> software supporters.  In fact, we have made MANY
> enhancements that the TAPR AX.25 team has ignored
> in their new spec.

The WIDEn-N system shouldn't have anything to do with the AX.25 spec,
since WIDEn-N is just another digi callsign. The protocol spec
shouldn't dictate the ways in which a digi path is modified or how it
is routed -- that would go in a usage spec.

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