From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bob Nielsen Subject: Re: tcp.ip over ax25, when sent? Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:45:10 -0800 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021230064510.GA9093@n7xy.net> References: <20021230061231.GA7702@n7xy.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021230061231.GA7702@n7xy.net> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 10:12:31PM -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 10:18:51PM -0500, mvw@mvw.net wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > When I use tcp/ip over ax25, I notice that packets are sent very > > frequently when I am on the keyboard. For some applications (e.g. using a > > BBS, which is almost character-oriented) that is suitable, but for some, > > like telnet, it is inappropriate: my telnet sessions are 'de facto' > > almost line-oriented, so it would be best if packets were sent after a CR > > *or* after a delay of, say, 500 ms. That would prevent a LOT of unwanted > > radio traffic. Right now, a 10-letter word can generate 5-10 packets, when > > one would be enough. > > > > I am sure I am overlooking this, but can I set this? How? > > > > I have of course read the HOWTO etc but no doubt skipped over this. Many > > thanks for pointing me in the right direction. > > It's been a long while since I have used it, but I recall that using > splitscreen instead of telnet (specifying port 23) would give you line > mode in addition to the split screen feature. Possibly this could also > be done with colrconv, although I haven't tried it. I grabbed a copy of splitscreen and compiled it, but it doesn't appear to support doing this (nor does colrconv). Maybe there was some other split screen telnet client that I used, but I haven't been able to find it (it was several years ago and I don't remember the details). Bob, N7XY