Linux-Hams archive - July 1998: Re: How to use FPAC for Linux?

Re: How to use FPAC for Linux?

Gerd Rthig Sekt. Medizin SS97 (gbbpn.ktoktuxyy@e-nt.net)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 15:47:55 +0200 (DFT)


Hello Tomi, hello all,

thank you for this very quick answer:
>
> > we have been working for some time now to get a NET/ROM node together with
> > F6FBB BBS on the same Linux box. As we want this to operate on two radio
> > frequencies, this seems to be a little bit difficult.
>
> I don't know anything about FPAC but it is quite possible to run FBB and
> node on multiple frequencies with the standard ax25-utils. Our club BBS
> has five different radio ports, an AXIP port and two tty/pty pairs for
> kissnetd loopbacking. Plus of course NET/ROM.

We read the AX.25-HOWTO over and over :-), I even translated it into
German to understand it better. It seems there are good chances to produce
conflicts when configuring many things at once.
We want to:

set up a node/gateway that operates on two radio channels and
understands NET/ROM
set up a BBS that is available on these two radio frequencies and also via
NET/ROM (usable when forwarding via a NET/ROM digi).

>
> It should be quite easy to configure this provided you have read and
> understood the AX25-HOWTO. Pay extra attention to the section about
> callsigns.
>
This seems to be a big source of problems. Since we are not allowed to use
ham-like callsigns here we apparently run into troubles with the (for the
HAMs really well-done) callsign check, which seems to be included in every
single ax25-utility.

Cheers, 73

Gerd