On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Phil Maley wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I am setting up a new gateway system for VK6DLX. It's almost finished but
> I'd appreciate some help on the following:
>
> 1. Can somebody tell me what /proc/sys/net/ax25/ax0/connect_mode does?
> According to the ax25-HOWTO, the connect_mode parameter can be set to 0 or
> 1 and I think it is supposed to default to 1. On my system it seems to be
> defaulting to "2". I can't find a full explanation of what the parameter
> does. I think the choice of datagram or connected mode is covered by
> another proc entry so it must be something else.
>
> 2. I have inetd.conf set up to NOT use tcp_wrappers (tcpd), to avoid having
> the system do DNS lookups for very telnet or ftp connection. Initially it
> worked fine - I could telnet from another box on the ethernet and get
> instant response. Then I configured a domain server in /etc/resolve.conf
> and every telnet connection attempt then resulted in a DNS lookup attempt.
> I have now put most of the local hosts in /etc/hosts and this has overcome
> the delay. The question is now, why does the system want to resolve a host
> name for each incoming connection request?
>
> 3. My other box at home is set up for datagram mode TCP. I can telnet over
> the radio to my local bbs (VK6BBS) but after I close the telnet connection
> netstat -n still shows an ax25 port connected to VK6BBS and there are
> regular exchanges between the boxes I guess to keep the link alive. What
> do I need to do to completely close the connection?
>
> I am using Linux 2.0.31 (patched) and utils 2.1.42a.
>
> 73
> Phil vk6ad
>
>
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