--- In [email protected], John Hays <j...@...> wrote: >
> This is where I think the Icom implementation added an unnecessary > feature. D-STAR protocol has its own useable address space in the > callsign fields of the header. In DV mode there is no reason to > assign a callsign an IP address (nor in DD mode either, really). What > I am thinking is we need a D-STAR protocol router and only when the D- > STAR protocol needs to be "tunneled" through the Internet is there a > need for the D-STAR routers to be able to locate one another and > Secure Dynamic DNS would provide that service. Also D-STAR routers > could use a variety of transports besides IPv4 to "tunnel" the D-STAR > protocol over other networks. > I whole-heartedly, absolutely, 100% agree with this. Dump the IP address junk from D-STAR. Mark (KB9KHM)
