Re: Status of AX.25 in 2.5 / 2.6

From: Tomi Manninen OH2BNS (qfsmoukp.algcpkwwij@ipworks.cz)
Date: Tue Jul 30 2002 - 12:44:23 EEST

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    On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Iain Young - G7III wrote:

    > Currently (IIRC), the patch routes all IP traffic destined for radio
    > links (44/8) down the ipax0 device, and then decides the best layer 2
    > (AX25) interface to throw it out.
    >
    > I _personally_ believe that this is not the way it should be, I don't
    > actually like this, but unfortunatley the ipax0 device actually
    > encapsulates the IP packet, and puts the AX25 header on etc..

    Out of curiosity (and without having any strong personal opinion of my
    own) why do you think this not the way to go? I know it breaks ARP but I
    suppose that could be corrected somehow. 

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