From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: M Taylor Subject: Re: KPC 9612+ and kissattach Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 03:29:49 +0100 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20020903032949.A17023@pull.privacy.nb.ca> References: <00d201c252d4$c16dd420$0100a8c0@dell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00d201c252d4$c16dd420$0100a8c0@dell>; from ian@platinum.net on Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:01:58PM -0700 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Ian McLaughlin Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 04:01:58PM -0700, Ian McLaughlin wrote: > Hello All, > I have searched the archives, but cannot find a solution to my problem. > > 2 machines trying to talk to each other. One seems to work, one doesn't. > > Software config the same on each one - RedHat 7.3 with the ax25 libs and > utils installed. Kernel recompiled to support ax25 and kiss devices. > > The machine that works is using a Kenwood D7A radio at 9600 baud in kiss > mode. kissattach seems to work, and if I ping the other end of the radio > link, I get the radio going in to transmit mode in sync with the ping > packets. > > The other end, however is a different story. It's a Kantronics KPC 9612+, > with no radio on the first port, and a 9600 baud radio on the second port. > Minicom works fine, and I can connect to the tnc and send and receive data > on the TNC. My problem appears to be with mkiss. Am I correct in assuming > that I need to run mkiss because the KPC 9612 is a dual-port TNC? I am > running the foillowing commands: > > mkiss -s 9600 /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ptyq0 /dev/ptyq1 > kissattach /dev/ttyq1 RADIO 172.16.0.2 > > The commands are accepted, and a network device is create, but if I ping, I > get no radio traffic at all. Check the AX25-HOWTO section 6.1.1.1 ("Configuring for Dual Port TNC's") (the short form:) # /usr/sbin/mkiss -s 9600 /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ptyq0 /dev/ptyq1 # /usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyq0 port1 44.135.96.242 # /usr/sbin/kissattach /dev/ttyq1 port2 44.135.96.242 -ve1mct