[aprssig] IS-to-RF packet Weighting

[Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists]

We found out early on that dupe checking alone is not sufficient.  It is very easy to introduce >30 second delays on RF as well as some Internet configurations.  IGates do not block loops.  Servers block loops that fall within their dupe windows.

The reason for the third-party packet requirement for gating to RF is to help servers and IGates block those packets from repropagating.  Also, the third-party packet tells an IGate what other IGates are on the frequency (no need to gate to RF a message destined for another IGate).  There is a reason for the specifications.  Deviations from those specs can be expected to cause issues.

This is not digipeating, it is gating which is significantly different.

73,

Pete Loveall AE5PL
pete at ae5pl dot net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 4:29 PM
> 
> Don't excisting igates already block loops between eachother?
> In my proposal because it is digipeater based, loops are already filtered out
> by dupechecking, digined does not process any packet it has in it's dupe
> buffer, has the digicall in the path as been digied or has the digicall as sender.
> excisting specs already work for paralel vhf and uhf networks.