From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luigi - IK5ZUK Subject: R: Re: AX25 write up anywhere? Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 11:20:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <21698816.680381272878404600.JavaMail.root@ps19> Reply-To: Luigi - IK5ZUK Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: tjd@animats.net Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Hi Terry, nice to see you here, back in the HAM community ! Personally=20 I'm using Linux without the AX25 support because the packet users are a= =20 very limited number and the official HOWTO is now very obsolete. Here=20 I'm using Ubuntu Server, wich is a Debian derived, and it would be nice= =20 if you can update the AX25 HOWTO to this Linux distro (and also the the= =20 other modern distros)... Sadly, when I started my Linux server mainly=20 for implementing a DxCluster node with Ubuntu, I had not found info=20 about how to setup the AX25 and due to the limited number of users=20 interested to connect my node via packet radio, I've decided to leave=20 my server accessible only via internet connection... BTW, if you can=20 update the HOWTO, I may add the ax25 to my cluster node very happyfully= =20 ! If you want, we can start a private discussion about... Vy 73 de=20 Luigi, ik5zuk =20 >> With the greatest respect to Jeff Trantor and the=20 previous author of the >> ax25 howto, Terry Dawson (a fellow vk2), I've=20 always found the official >> document to be of limited value. The=20 principal problem is currency of >> the document in a changing=20 environment. > >I haven't looked at the AX.25 HOWTO since I handed it=20 over to Jeff in=20 >2000. Indeed, I'd pretty much left amateur radio=20 about that time. I'm=20 >getting back into it somewhat again now. > >Is=20 packet still popularly used with Linux? Things seem very quiet in=20 >Sydney, hard to find a packet radio signal at all, let alone anyone=20 >using Linux. > >Has there been much demand for the HOWTO? If there has=20 I might consider=20 >updating it again. > >Terry >-- >To unsubscribe from=20 this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in >the body of a=20 message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http: //vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Risparmia con Tutto Incluso Light: telefono + adsl 8 mega a soli 14,95 = =E2=82=AC al mese. Gratis la Sim Tiscali Mobile con 25 euro di traffico!=20 L'offerta =C3=A8 valida solo se attivi entro il 06/05/10 http://abbonati.tiscali.it/telefono-adsl/prodotti/tc/tuttoincluso_light= /?WT.mc_id=3D01fw -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html