DIGI_NED, is your partner in setting up a intelligent APRS
digi-peater. This is because DIGI_NED, a rule driven digipeater using an
INI file and containing special functions for use with APRS.

Why DIGI_NED,? The functions of this digipeater are comparable to
other rule based digipeaters. Still there are good reasons use
DIGI_NED

Existing digipeaters do not exactly do what we wanted it to do. 
Some digipeaters stop running on illegal frames, most notably
frames with more than 8 digipeaters in it. 
We want to have source code to be able to add hardware options
later, like connecting a Radio Direction Finder. 
The digipeater should run on a 286 with something simpler than
BPQ 
Suitable for rock-table 24/7 use. 
Ability to add function as we want to The source of this digipeater
has been made available under the terms of the General Public
License. 


A DIGI_NED digipeater is easy to build and easy to
configure.

A general philosophy for DIGI_NED is the ability for a
user to make his own configuration. An attempt is made to
make the default configuration as useful and correct as
possible, but the end- user determines in the end how the
digipeater will behave and look like. 

DIGI_NED is also a suitable solution for wides located in
rural areas and remote locations. This because of the
posiblity to create a remote configureable solution. 
In the Dolomites (Italy) you find the Seceda mountain. This repeater 
and packet radio node can not always be visited due to the 
high location ( about 2500 meters ).

DIGI_NED can be used with all modems that can also be
used by TFPCX. (oh wonder, how is that possible...) so
including the BPQ protocol over Ethernet, KISS, BayCom, YAM,
SCC (PA0HZP, PE1PET, USCC) etc.

DIGI_NED has almost no restrictions on the PC hardware.
A simple 286 PC can do the yob. Due to small and simple setup
of the software is is possible to run DIGI_NED on a single
floppy.