From: pa3gcu (jteid.uvxgnytabx@camk.edu.pl)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 18:48:10 EEST
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 08:51, Tomi Manninen OH2BNS wrote:
> If you are thinking like that, ie. you want to make a NET/ROM connection
> on the AX.25 port scc3 then you have completely missed the point of
> NET/ROM...
No i dont think like that, its the impression one gets from reading the man
page. it say netrom_call port.
Yes i know who netrom works, i tryed using nr0 as the port which also failed,
that fooled me a little, i should have known better as the portname is netrom.
>
> > Possably a mention of this in the man page would be of much help to
> > dummies like me and a million others who seems to be in the same boot,
> > or so it would seem.
>
> Well, it is true that other software doesn't really have the concept of
> netrom ports or interfaces. Usually they have one logical netrom port or
> at most two. Like BPQ: one for the "node" function, one for the bbs. But
> you can't separate them.
>
> So in that sense a mention in the man page might be in order. It's just
> that at some point we need to add the whole genesis (and
> equivalents) in there...
I do understand the diffuculties in keeping documents upto date and to the
point, it is not easy i know.
>
> > Just one question left, why is it that netrom_call ejects such confusing
> > error messges when it is abused by dummies like "me", i am sure it should
> > surpt out "readable" error messages even when invoked on a "remote telnet
> > link".
>
> I don't find them all that confusing. They are completely readable when
> the program is used like it's intended to be used.
Once again i did say when i try netrom_call on my host machine i do get
decent error messages, however when i use it via a remote login on a distant
host it is simply not readable. At least not from here.
Thank you for your speedy reply.
-- Regards Richard luwfb@mailit.tunk.net http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to qqgfjs@liv-stu.co.uk
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