On 08/13/2009 12:29 PM, Fred Hillhouse wrote: > >> But if two (or more) fill-ins are in the path...? Should the HT W1-1 > >> setting really be W1-2 in this case to handle two fill-ins? > > > >There should never be more than one instance of WIDE1-1 in the path. > It should only be at the beginning of the path. WIDE1-1 should only be > used by mobile stations. WIDE1-2 should never be used. It would be an > instance of an abusive / stupid path. In WIDEn-N the "N" should never be > more than the "n". The "n" is the maximum desired number of hops. The > "N" is the remaining / unused hops. If you see someone using WIDE1-2 > they either don't understand proper digipeating or they are trying to > abuse the system. The point of a fill-in digi is to help a mobile > station make it to a high WIDEn-N digi. If it was permissible to use > WIDE1-1 more than once, you would have high WIDEn-N digis triggering > every fill-in digi out to its horizon.
> But if the only RF path is through two WIDE1-1 digipeaters, how do you > accomplish that? Normally one would not use WIDE1-2,WIDE2-1 for the > stupid/abusive reasoning, but would that get through two WIDE1-1 > digipeaters? For testing around my home, that might be the answer, but > certainly not long term. In this particular case, where you know the call of the first digi you wanted to hit, and the path you know it needs to get out, couldn't you set a path (in the HT) of: N7FMH-9,WIDE1-1,WIDE2-1 Even better yet: N7FMH-9,PNRDVL,WIDE2-1 That may be a three hop path, but is unlikely to cause much in the way of noise to anyone based on it's path, I would think. - michael
