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Sending data to other stations (all 4)

11:33am Wed 8th May, Christopher M.

ANONYMOUS wrote:

> But what's the issue in simply sending only the original station's network information into the datagram that's been sent out?

Because the station that determines the best result, possibly by receiving and comparing multiple responses, might not be a neighbour of the original station that started the query.

> I don't really understand why it shouldn't be allowed.

There are many possible ways to implement this application; our project specifies that only neighbours may communicate with each other.