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- mode
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- mode <interface> [vc | datagram] Default: datagram
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- Display or set the default transmission mode on the specified
- AX.25 interface.
-
- In 'vc' (virtual circuit) mode, IP packets are encapsulated in
- AX.25 I-frames and are acknowledged at the link level according
- to the AX.25 protocol. Link level connections are opened if
- necessary. This is the conventional mode used by TNCs operating
- in native mode.
-
- In 'datagram' mode, IP packets are encapsulated in AX.25 UI-
- frames and transmitted without any other link level mechanisms,
- such as connections or acknowledgements.
-
- In both modes, ARP is used to map IP to AX.25 addresses. The
- defaults can be overridden with the type-of-service (TOS) bits in
- the IP header. Turning on the "reliability" bit causes I-frames
- to be used, while turning on the "low delay" bit uses UI-frames.
- (The effect of turning on both bits is undefined and subject to
- change).
-
- In both modes, IP-level fragmentation is done if the datagram is
- larger than the interface MTU. In virtual circuit mode, however,
- the resulting datagrams (or fragments) are further fragmented at
- the AX.25 layer if they are still larger than the AX.25 'paclen'
- parameter.
-
- In AX.25 fragmentation, datagrams are broken into several I-
- frames and reassembled at the receiving end before being passed
- to IP. This is preferable to IP fragmentation whenever possible
- because of decreased overhead (the IP header isn't repeated in
- each fragment) and increased robustness (a lost fragment is
- immediately retransmitted by the link layer).
-
- >> Example: mode tnc0 vc
-
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- mode netrom [vc | datagram] Default: datagram
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- Display or set the default transmission mode for NET/ROM
- transmissions.
-
- >> Example: mode netrom vc
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