Linux-Hams archive - September 1997: Re: probs with tcpip over ax25

Re: probs with tcpip over ax25

Terry Dawson (utopwu.mcheft@kerailya.tunkki.fi)
Tue, 09 Sep 1997 12:44:46 +1000


Michael Renner wrote:

> >Port port0: AX25: DD0UL-1->QST <UI> pid=ARP
> >ARP: len 30 hwtype AX25 prot IP op REQUEST
> >sender IPaddr 44.130.176.68 hwaddr DD0UL-1
> >target IPaddr 44.130.176.192
>
> What is QST? I want to ftp to db0sig, and not to QST. There
> is no station QST listed in my configuration files, not for
> ax.25 and not in the configuration files for tcp/ip.
> What ist wrong here?

QST-0 is the defacto standard AX.25 broadcast address.
It is used by the ARP protocol to determine the AX.25 callsign
of the tcp/ip host you are attempting to connect to.

This is standard tcp/ip over ax.25 behaviour.

Terry