> FBB is a special sort of Linux program that takes care of
> everything if you want it to, or works with the ax25 utils if that is what
> you want.
>
> You do NOT put FBB in ax25d.conf and you need to give FBB a
> callsign not used by ax25d.
>
> If you want your FBB to generate a node you need to set up the
> ax25 utils in an unusual way. There is a mini-HOWTO called netrom-nodes
> that will explain how to do this.
And again, this wasn't what Jim asked so I don't think Jim wanted to hear
this answer.
Anyway FBB as far as I know won't be able to do what Jim wants. FBB while
being a great program, the best that there is when it comes to packet
BBS's, has much of it's base in the DOS era and thus doesn't take the
advantage a decent OS can provide.
I think there would be a "social demand" for a good BBS program that would
not be a huge monolithic chunk doing everything, but small modules each
doing part of the work, all taking advantage of the multitasking,
multiprocess and interprocess communication facilities that are all part
of a good unix implementation like Linux.
Now I realize that this probably wasn't the answer Jim wanted either...
Anyway what I wanted to say was that there is a package called fbbforward
that could be of use to you. Unfortunately I haven't had time to ever
investigate that package further but there might be something usefull to
you.
I'm afraid I have lost the URL for it but it was an Australian project and
I think the authors are on this list.
> On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Jim Wilcox wrote:
>
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I am looking for a program that will route ax25 BBS type mail. I have
> > downloaded FBB, but it wants to listen to the ax0 port rather than letting
> > ax25d handle it. I wanted something that ax25d could call if it gets a
> > connection to the desired call sign. Any Suggestions? Can FBB actually do
> > this?
> >
> > 73's
> > Jim
> > KE4IHI
> >
> >
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