CLX archive - 1998: AX25 Disconnects

AX25 Disconnects

Matthew George (spdi.lwphwq@mail.dy.fi)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:41:04 -0600


Now that I have CLX using the Linux kernel AX25 services, some of the
users of my node are getting disconnected after 15 minutes when they go
through a node to get to my cluster.

I have read the FAQ about the code change that needs to take place
against the 2.0.xx kernel.

My question is regarding this, I have applied the module f patch to the
kernel and rebuild (I did this originally when setting up the system).
Do I still need to make the modification that is described in the FAQ?

The code in ax25_timer.c AFTER the module f patch looks like this on
line 177:

if (ax25->t1timer == 0 || --ax25->t1timer > 0) {

In the FAQ it says that it should look like this:

if (ax25->idletimer > 0 && --ax25->idletimer == 0) {

Can I assume that the 'or' instead of the 'and' is the correct way the
source should be, or should I still go ahead and change it to:

if (0) {

And rebuild the kernel??? It is no big deal, I'm just wondering if it
needs to be done even after the module f patch was applied to the kernel
source.

Also my ax25d.conf has the following in it as explained in the
installaion:
#####
[vhf]
parameters 1 10 * * * 0
default 7 10 2 900 * 15 - clx_us /usr/local/clx/bin/net_usr net_usr -x
%s
#####

Can the 900 second (15 minute) inactivity timer still disconnect users?

The users that are having the problem are setting the 'set/alive'
command. I would think that this should keep them active on the freq.

Am I still missing something here?

Thanks for helping me with my questions.

mg

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Matthew George
Axiom Technologies
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