Re: Linux nodes instead of BPQ32 nodes in the LAN

Bernard Pidoux F6BVP
2011-07-15T15:08:26Z

Hello Miroslav,

As an old time user of ROSE/FPAC node under Linux I ignore most
if not all of bpq application.

I browsed for it and found two other things that may help you ?

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/x1958.html

and look at bpqparms manual for it suggests other things.

# man bpqparms

I have a question : did you load ax25 module ?

And finally are you sure bpq is still supported with kernel 2.6 ?

73 de Bernard, f6bvp

Selon Miroslav Skoric <skoric@eunet.rs>:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/x1958.html
> On 07/09/2011 11:27 PM, Bernard F6BVP wrote:
>
> > Giving us the listing of your /etc/ax25/axports
> > and /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf files would be helpful
> > for it looks like you did not declare any ax25 ports
> > in those files.
>
> Hi Bernard! Here it is:
>
> # /etc/ax25/axports
> #
> # The format of this file is:
> #
> # name callsign speed paclen window description
> #
> #1 OH2BNS-1 1200 255 2 144.675 MHz (1200 bps)
> #2 OH2BNS-9 38400 255 7 TNOS/Linux (38400 bps)
> bpq0 YT7MPB-15 10000000 255 7 New LAN (100 Mbps)
>
> # /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf
> #
> # ax25d Configuration File.
> #
> # AX.25 Ports begin with a '['.
> #
> #[OH2BNS VIA 1]
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd ttylinkd
> #
> [YT7MPB-5 VIA bpq0]
> NOCALL * * * * * * L
> default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/node node
> #
> #
> #[OH2BNS VIA 2]
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd ttylinkd
> #
> #[OH2BNS-2 VIA 2]
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/node node
> #
> #[OH2BNS-3 VIA 2]
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/local/sbin/axwrapper axwrapper
> /#usr/bin/finger finger
> #
> #[OH2BNS-9]
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/node node
> #
> # NET/ROM Ports begin with a '<'.
> #
> #<netrom>
> #NOCALL * * * * * * L
> #default * * * * * * - root /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd ttylinkd
> #
> <netrom>
> NOCALL * * * * * * L
> default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/node node
> #
> #<netnod>
> NOCALL * * * * * * L
> default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/node node
> #
>
> > According to http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/x495.html :
> > "To configure the BPQ support you need to configure the Ethernet device
> > with an AX.25 callsign. The following command will do this for you:
> >
> > # /sbin/ifconfig bpq0 hw ax25 vk2ktj-14 up
> >
> > Again, remember that the callsign you specify should match the entry in
> > the /etc/ax25/axports file that you wish to use for this port."
> >
>
> As I mentioned in my previous post, I used the command:
>
> sudo /sbin/ifconfig bpq0 hw ax25 yt7mpb-15 up
>
> and i did not get any error related to it.
>
> > Look at paragraph 6.2 in previous page link.
> >
>
> Ok, will check the link...
>
> > Concerning netromd, it also needs valid ax25 ports in /etc/ax25/nrbroadcast
> >
>
> Here it is:
>
> # /etc/ax25/nrbroadcast
> #
> # The format of this file is:
> #
> # ax25_name min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose
> #
> #1 5 192 100 0
> #2 5 255 100 1
> bpq0 5 255 100 1
>
> >
> > 73 de Bernard, f6bvp
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I have been experimenting with 3 computers as AX.25 nodes in a home LAN,
> > as follows:
> >
> > _____________ ___________________ __________________
> > VHF |MS DOS 5 comp| |MS Windows XP comp| |MS Windows XP comp|
> > TRX--TNC2--| BPQ 4.09d | -- | BPQ32 4.10f |--| BPQ32 4.10f |
> > ant ------------- ------------------ ------------------
> >
> > (1) (2) (3)
> >
> >
> > In the situation above all 3 nodes talk to each other without problems.
> > What I wanted to do was to replace comps (2) and (3) with Linux nodes.
> > Both of those comps are dual-boot: (2) is Debian 6.0.1a, and (3) is
> > Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS.
> >
>

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73 de Bernard, F6BVP