Re: Packet Problem

From: John Ackermann N8UR (lbvnfs.lbgpmtk@garderos.com)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 04:29:24 EEST

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    This may be a long shot, but at some point the command syntax for
    kissattach changed and started requiring you to specify an IP address for
    each interface, even if you weren't using TCP/IP on that radio. Are you
    passing an address to the kissattach command?

    73,

    John N8UR
    terhi.victor@logonet.com

    --On Monday, September 15, 2003 20:23:17 -0500 Tim Neu <efpvad.sonxozyp@onenetusa.net>
    wrote:

    > Hello!
    >
    > I have a VERY bizzare problem on Linux with AX.25. I can usually
    > handle linux problems on my own, but this one I'm going to need to
    > see if anyone else can help...
    >
    > The goal is to set up a linux box with AX25 installed, interfacing
    > to two KISS TNCs on two normal serial ports (COM1/COM2) The system
    > will be running node & trivnetdb (a perl database frontend for mysql
    > modeled after ARESDATA), and will be used to keep track of runners
    > in the Twin Cities Marathon in Minnesota, if I can get it up by
    > then.
    >
    > I set up the box, got everything working, then at some point while
    > my guard was down (as I thought I was putting on the finishing
    > touches), one of the changes I made (I assume) "broke" the KISS
    > interfaces. They stopped receiving packets, and any packets
    > transmitted would be heard only by the box itself (using listen -a)
    > but would never even key up PTT. Naturally, I didn't notice the
    > problem until I had performed too many steps to sucessfully
    > backtrace what it was that I had done...
    >
    > At fist I thought it could be a TNC wiring problem with PTT - so I
    > hooked the serial port to a known-good radio & cable. There was no
    > change in the problems. Then I thought it might be a problem on
    > the TNC - so I swapped it with my own (again, known good) TNC.
    >
    > No change - but everything is still working great hooked up on
    > another box.
    >
    > Here's the kicker - I can exit KISS mode on the TNC, use minicom,
    > and sucessfully connect all over the place using all involved
    > hardware - so all the hardware has to be good.
    >
    > I can also kill kissattach, run minicom and see the raw KISS packets
    > scroll on the terminal.
    >
    > Its like kissattach is going into lala land.
    >
    > Finally, and with great fustration, I figured that if a fresh
    > install had worked before, I thought I'd be safe reloading and
    > starting from scratch to at least get it back up & running again.
    > (getting the rest of it up was not _that_ hard)
    >
    > So now I've reloaded the box, and kissattach is still doing the
    > exact same thing. I've tried several different kernel versions from
    > ancient to bleeding edge with no change.
    >
    > Any ideas? It can't be hw since non-kiss mode works great. A
    > re-install of the OS (Debian installed fresh w/reformat) should
    > eliminate sw as the source of the problem.
    >
    > I'm stumped. It _should_ be working! Any ideas? It's driving me
    > crazy.
    >
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