Re: Linux nodes instead of BPQ32 nodes in the LAN

Miroslav Skoric
2011-07-10T22:18:35Z

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.
>