[FADCA] AX.25 Stack For LINUX FPAC.

[Russell Oder]

So glad to see you start on this.

Russ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Hast" <wchast at gmail.com>
To: "FADCA" <fadca at mailman.qth.net>; "Bill Sinbine" <n4xeo at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 2:58 PM
Subject: [FADCA] AX.25 Stack For LINUX FPAC.


> Bill,
> I have taken the time to RTFM with regards to AX25 and LINUX and I am
> starting to get the pieces put together. Indeed, the newer kernels come
> with the AX25 stuff already in there all you have to do is configure it.
>
> I am running SuSA Linux and the other day I checked things out and loaded
> the AX25 stuff, then I did a configuration of the port, and used "call" to
test
> it out. I am able to issue connects and see the KISS frames go out the
serial
> port, all I need to do is get a TNC plugged into it and things should
work.
>
> Now that I have taken that first step the whole thing is starting to
become a
> whole lot clearer. The other stuff you just build on top of the AX.25
stuff like
> a building. As you go you can test and change things if you do not like
it.
>
> Once I had all of the AX.25 stuff installed (I used SuSA's YaST, but you
can
> use the installer of the distro you are using, just have it search for
AX25 and
> you should have 4 packages to install or activate, once that is done go
out
> and start following the instructions of the AX.25 How to, and you will
find that
> bit by bit the whole thing will start working. They key is to follow
> the instructions
> and when you get a error look at what you are doing and compare it to what
> the How To says.
>
> I am going to get a TNC and radio on it I hope this weekend and test that
all
> out, if I can connect to the switch, then I will start adding the
> network stuff to
> it.
>
> -- 
> Chuck Hast
> To paraphrase my flight instructor;
> "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
> out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
> and twisted metal."
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