Linux-Hams archive - March 1999: Alias in ax25 util help

Alias in ax25 util help

Mike Bilow ()
Fri, 05 Mar 99 09:45:00 -0000

Ron Stordahl wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

RS> Minor point but aliases are limited to 5 characters I believe.
RS> I tried 6 in an eprom burn for a TheNet/X1J4 node and as I
RS> recall surrounding TheNet nodes only showed the first 5 in
RS> their routing tables. This is some time ago so I might have
RS> the details a little wrong. Does Linux work correctly with 6?

I ran with six characters as node "EXPMTL" for years with no trouble, long
before the days of Linux. Software limited to five characters is just broken.

-- Mike