Roger,
It's started. Down here on the South Coast this bull was put out this morning. The massive increase it's talking about, to the best of my knowledge, is three people.
USE of UI frames and DIGIPEATING
Due to the recent massive increase in the use of UI frames and now the extended use of Digipeating, I have reluctantly decided >to turn of the digipeater on GB7VR. This was for the use of those needing to use the FBB broadcast mode on Winpack/TPK etc. >For those stations who are out of direct range of the BBS my apologies, you will need to find another BBS who's User channels >are not so badly affected.
For those of you who are creating UI frames being digipeated onto 432.675MHz please bear in mind that you are now blocking >both User channels into the BBS. Digipeated frames are sent without regard to the use of the AX.25 protocol and hence are >repeated without waiting. You might also bear in mind that for every packet that is sent via a digipeater the packet will be >repeated on EVERY channel that is enabled. Thus a 6 port Node allowing Digi'ing to all ports will generate 6 additional packets. >Currently the BBS sees the same UI frame repeated 3 times, the original, the digipeated packet on 144.950 and the digipeated >packet on 432.675, other Nodes may well see many more copies! You may also wish to bear in mind that for every UI frame sent >in a connected session then there will be 14 UI frames generated when digipeated via a 6 port node (original + 6 copies, >ACK + 6 copies).
IF the increase of UI frames and Digipeating continues to grow then to ensure that the BBS can continue to function, it will be >necessary to turn of the FBB broadcast protocol, this will obviously affect all users of the BBS - you will have to revert to >connecting and obtaining a list of messages manually and then selecting those messages to be read.
73 Geoff G8DHE @ GB7VRB - Sysop Worthing Video Repeater Group BBS
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I did attend a meeting of the local packet user group (SUNPAC) and whilst they were not for or against the use of UI-View (they have agreed to put locators in the text of their beacons on BBs's and nodes) they have said that the auto digipeating facility was never switched on, on their nodes because of the increase in traffic it would generate.
Keep up the good work.
73 - Eddy, G6UQI
