Linux-Hams archive - September 1997: Re: ? AX.25, how to extablish with netromd, linux, fbb ?
Re: ? AX.25, how to extablish with netromd, linux, fbb ?
Karl F. Larsen (ngva@labridge.com)
Sun, 07 Sep 1997 14:19:06 -0600
Jonathan Naylor wrote:
>
> Hello Charles
>
> 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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Hi Jonathan!
I have missed your name on the Linux-ham Sig. Good to see your
back. What I told Charles to do is accurate, hard as it may seem to
believe. It is in the port.sys file in the /usr/local/fbb/system
directory where you tell the FBB packet bbs software what callsign to
listen for.
And since you wrote the Netrom code your correct that the
callsign that FBB listens for is not defined in any of the files in the
/etc/ax25 directory.
The guy Charles is forwarding with may be having the same
start-up problems I had early in my FBB for Linux experiance. But it's
been real good since then and STABLE!
--
73, de Karl aka k5di
Karl F. Larsen Box 74, Mesilla Park, NM 88047 (505) 524-3303
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