Some messages on LongFast won´t reach my indoor CLIENT node from a CLIENT_BASE node (proposal)

[Hamberthm]

Hi!

I`ve been losing messages on LongFast that won´t reach my indoor node, because my roof node won´t rebroadcast them for some reason.

As far as I understand, this changes apply only to DMs to and from a fav node. This makes the function of CLIENT_BASE only valid and useful for DMs.

I propose that in CLIENT_BASE ALL broadcast channel packets should be rebroadcasted at least ONE MORE TIME, so to ensure proper reach of LongFast messages and the like to the indoor nodes.

For packets that the algorithm decided should not be rebroadcasted, I propose to do so BUT after subtracting the remaining hops on the packet (making it 0) so it won´t congest the mesh but ensure reach to the indoor nodes.

Another solution could be, make the roof CLIENT_BASE node act as a S&F server for the indoor node, and make a mechanism to automatically pull missing broadcast messages from the roof node.

Hope this gets a workaround!

Thanks

[Hamberthm]

I´ve added these proposals to #8820

[b8b8]

That's still essentially just router (or router_late) mode then.

[Hamberthm]

That's still essentially just router (or router_late) mode then.

It is not. My proposal would behave just like CLIENT, but when it decides a packet should not be rebroadcasted, it would do it but setting the hop count to 0, preventing further spreading.

[Hamberthm]

Well, I got good answers on why this couldn't work in this thread:

#8567 (comment)