Linux-Hams archive - September 1998: Re: node - link command

Re: node - link command

Tomi Manninen (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 14:59:54 +0300 (EEST)


On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, VE7IHL (Lane) wrote:

> We are getting some callsigns that the ax.25 kernel support seems to be
> ignoring. When I log onto the the node, and type a 'link' command, it
> shows these callsigns as 'Disconnected' (this stays like this forever) and
> the 'Rcv-Q' set at -180. This seems quite strange to me. (-180?) What does
> 'disconnected' mean. (other than the obvious)

Read my previous posting about this. I was replying to someone who had
problems with XFBB ignoring certain callsigns. This is an old problem with
the AX.25 and NET/ROM implementation in 2.0.x kernels. There is no known
fix to this AFAIK. It seems to be fixed in 2.1.x kernels.

> I have another system running on a Pentium-150, using Slackware 3.3 (also
> same kernel 2.0.35, and other stuff) and I am not seeing any of these
> problems at all. (i.e. almost the exact same software)

It may be a timing problem in the kernel somewhere and a fast machine
might hide the problem.

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