Re: Port not active?

From: Arno Verhoeven (wwomh@grupalia.com)
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 16:57:33 EEST

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    On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, pd wrote:

    > I am having the following problem getting AX.25 going on my 2.4.18 RedHat
    > system. The TNC is connected and in KISS mode. The kernel modules "ax25"
    > and "mkiss" are loaded. /etc/ax25/axports has appropriate stuff in it. I
    > give the kissattach command and it completes ok. ifconfig shows the port UP
    > and RUNNING in AX25 mode, with the correct HWaddr.
    >
    > But when I try to use it, for example with a "call" command, I get the
    > messages:
    > axconfig: port vhf not active
    > call: no AX.25 port data configured
    >
    > Am I missing a step somewhere?

    Did you assign an IP address to the port? You need to give it an IP
    address, even if you don't use IP.
    You could use 10.0.0.1 if you don't have an IP address assign to you.

    73, PE1ICQ Arno Verhoeven
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