Hi Michael

I *think* that linpac has to run as root. Pls dont quote me on this
because I didnt try to research it, only tried it succesfuly when it
didnt work as a std user. Something about direct access to the interface...

If you just want to test the TX operation trying pinging a host in the
same subnet as to what you setup. The AX25 stack creates an interface in
s similar manner as a ppp (dial-in) or ethernet and you can pass IP
traffic over it. (same subnet means, if you setup the ip address as
44.136.0.1 and the netmask of 255.255.255.0 then just trying "ping -c 1
44.136.0.2" from a console window - you can check the ip address/netmask
by "ifconfig" as root)

I think that the ax25tools also came with "call", a simple packet pgm.
Simply do a "call bcsf0 callsign" in a console window. Its pretty
clunky but it will prove or disprove the AX25 stack. (verify the name of
the interface by running as root, "ifconfig" or looking at
/etc/ax25/axports. I can never remember which one has the port name!)

BTW Linpac has the hooks to receive broadcast mail direct from your
local BBS. Give me a shout if you want to set that up as there is
another package you need.

Hope this helps

Cheers Bob VK2YQA


Michael Hofmann wrote:
Bob Nielsen wrote:


On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:40:51 +0100, Michael Hofmann wrote:

Shouldn't I find the bc[0-3] devices in /dev? There is nothing.

With the newer drivers, the device is called bcfs0, etc. See
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/baycom.txt (at least that is
where the file is for 2.4 kernels) for updated documentation.


Thanks Bob, now I got the bcsf0 device up and with a a bit of reading in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/baycom.txt I realized what module I
had to use. I can read PR traffic on the console now with the sethdlc -i
bcsf0 command, but I still didn't manage to run linpac (both 0.17-pre3 and
1.0pre4) successfully, so I can not transmit for the time being.
Do you have any more hints? Are there any other Packet terminals for the
console besides linpac? Unfortunately the ax25-tools and ax25-apps do not
compile on my machine.

73,
Michael