and in particular, Karl Larsen, Rich Mulvey, and Pat Masterson
>>I finally got a TNC and can't wait to get it on the air.
My main concern was: Does minicom work, and it does.
Knowing that for a fact insured that I should be looking for a
hardware problem and not a software problem. Found the problem(s) and
now ( so far ) everything is good.
>> Also, do I connect it to /dev/cua? or with /dev/ttyS? with
By the way, I'm using ttyS1 at this time.
>set in their ways to use anything other than
>an early 1980's BBS interface. :-)
I think late eighties, but so what ... :>) I'm not going to use it ..
>>I'm a real honest-to-god newbie with packet and do not even
>>have a clue as to what I'm doing, although I'm fairly
>>comfortable with linux. I've read all the applicable
>>HOWTO's a couple of times but I'm still lost in
>>the ozone.
>>
> Forget about trying to deal with any of the software right now.
>The first thing you need to do it to establish communications
>with the TNC.
Thanks for the ( in hindsight ) excellent advice. I sometimes forget ..
One step at a time.
>If you still have problems, let us know with a *detailed* description
No problems now, other than a dearth of packet stations in this
part of upstate NY. The local coordinator of IP addresses ( about 40
mile from here ) issued 44.69.196.17 to me and gave me the impression
that 17 is all he's ever issued.
I been running listen -a for the last 40 hours and have heard only one
other station broadcasting on the local digital repeater !! and his
system
would not accept a connect from mine. I feel like I'm on a desert island
However, my /etc/ax25d.conf at this time has only
[KB6FST VIA radio1]
NOCALL * * * * * * L
default * * * * * * - root /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd ttylinkd
Everything else I commented out for now until I figure out what the
above exactly means. One thing I know for sure is that I do not have
ttylinkd on my system. What is it and Where should I get it ??
Also, should I start Net/Rom ? I know the answer is probably yes, but
I'm not confident that I know what I'm doing. For what it's worth, once
this thing is up and running properly it will rarely be down.
Thanks again all for your help and patience.
John C.
KB6FST