[drats_users] Using D-Rats on a reflector

[Nate Duehr]

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