[Packet] Packet and Linux

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 06:11:59 +1000

I have Mandrake 8.2.  Of the terminal programs I have seen, linkt requires 
the modules, and I can't get tnt to compile.  I am not interested in running 
a BBS or node.

Doug.

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 01:02, you wrote:
> On the same subject, what Linux distribution do you use?
>
> I have an old Packard Bell Pentium 120 that has been sitting around for a
> while and I thought about using it as a dedicated packet node.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
> KD5TIE
>
> At 08:52 AM 9/23/2002, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer said
>
> something like:
> >Doug, any dumb terminal program that will run a modem (no need for
> >automatic dialing commands) will run a TNC and with the same cable,
> >though some of the pins on a TNC connector shouldn't have connections. A
> >9 pin to modem cable solves that problem automatically.
> >
> >If you install the AX.25 kernel modules, Linux can act as a BBS or node,
> >probably fancier than you wish to begin with.
> >
> >73, Jerry, K0CQ
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