On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> Due to the implementation of Netrom in Linux you cannot connect to the
> Netrom Call but need to connect to the NODE Call. Ask your forward
> partner for the call he put in FBB in the port.sys file. That is the
> call for you to use as an ax.25 call. It works best.
The change you have seen is not down to any strange implementation of
NET/ROM within Linux as the above implies. Essentially the person who
configured the software within Linux is free to make the BBS and/or node
listen on whatever callsigns (and hence aliases) he or she desires. The
simplest solution is to listen on the callsigns alone, but adding the
aliases and the SSID variants of them is just a matter of editing a file
or two.
The chances are that your local operator is still learning about Linux
and discover its joys, I would imagine a gentle nudge may be required. If
he wants any help, ask him to either mail this list or me personally and
I'll be only too pleased to help. Believe me, its possible to do some
really powerful (and some, incredibly illegal) hacks with the supplied
tools, the limit is just your imagination.
I think Joerg DL1BKE (of SCC driver fame) did a patch to allow a system to
listen on any SSID given a callsign. At the time I wasn't keen on the idea,
but with your comments about the standard NET/ROM behaviour, it may be time
to re-examine it. In the meantime it is possible to listen on any SSID
simply by explicitely listening for each SSID seperately.
Jonathan ON/G4KLX
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