Linux-Hams archive - December 1997: TCP-IP over AX25.
TCP-IP over AX25.
Alex Holden (cdjbgqip@vellinge.se)
Sun, 07 Dec 1997 13:35:59 PST
I passed my RAE a few months ago, though I haven't got my licence or
a rig yet. I am somewhat of a Linux nut (I hardly ever use Windoze
any more), and the main reason I got interested in HAM radio was
because of packet.
I have to admit however, to knowing very little about it as yet. I am
thinking of converting an ex PMR rig to 2m, and using the 1200 baud
Soundmodem driver to start off with, and moving on to experimenting
with 9600 baud and stuff later. Any comments about this approach?
Anyway, on to the main point of this post:
Am I correct in thinking that the integration of TCP-IP over AX25 into
Linux means that you are able to treat the radio network in the same
way as the Internet or a LAN? Can you use http, ftp, rlogin, ping, and
all the other stuff which make TCP-IP so useful? How do you get a IP
assigned? How slow is it for accessing, say, html documents via http
with it? (I believe we still have a 1200 baud backbone here :( ).
Thanks.
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