[drats_users] Using D-Rats on a reflector
Nate Duehr
Sat Sep 13 16:28:38 PDT 2008
Dan Smith wrote:
> The repeater status messages (UR?, RPT?, etc... I don't know what else
> to call them) do *not* make it through the serial port.
Yeah, I was afraid of that. :-)
> It sounds to me like reflector data usage is going to be pretty messy
> all around.
Kinda. Yes. :-) Reflectors are great for voice, but to do data
through them, it's going to take a pretty robust (and patient!) data
protocol... 'cause sometimes it'll work, and sometimes it won't. :-)
> I don't think that multicast is as bad as you might think
> because of the way I implement it. The person controlling the session
> controls who speaks and when. There's no scenario where the client in a
> multicast session would say "I haven't heard anything in a while, I
> better send a NAK". If the header/packet/whatever loss is intermittent,
> then D-RATS could still recover the next time it makes a call for reports.
Cool. That'll work!
Nate WY0X
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