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- Ham-Digital Digest Sat, 5 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 59
-
- Today's Topics:
- AX.25 and Linux - my experience
- Email address for ARRL? (3 msgs)
- EMAIL to mid-ocean?
- Linux AX.25 driver
- TPK Paket Software. (2 msgs)
-
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- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 94 16:53:58 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!nessie!mucs!chardi@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: AX.25 and Linux - my experience
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- Hi,
-
- A few days ago I posted a question about AX.25 and Linux - various people asked
- me to post my findings, so here goes. Please don't have a go at me re: my lack
- of knowledge of the Linux kernel; although I've been Linuxing for quite a
- while, my knowledge of the kernel is fairly limited.
-
- This is how I got KISS encapsulated AX.25 TCP/IP working on Linux 0.99-pl15.
- Note that some of this is conjecture; i.e. it seems to work :-)
-
- 1. ftp the AX.25 patches from sunacm.swan.ac.uk:/pub/misc/Linux/Radio/AX25012
- (there may be a later revision than 12).
-
- 2. Unpack the new files in the Linux source tree - there are a few in net/inet,
- and one in include/linux.
-
- 3. Do a 'mknod /dev/af_ax25 c 30 0' (I don't know if this is actually necessary).
-
- 4. Edit drivers/net/slip.c. Search for ax25_test, and change the callsign therein
- to your own. For example, for my call (G7OMZ-5):
-
- static char ax25_test[7]={'G'<<1,'7'<<1,'O'<<1,'M'<<1,'Z'<<1,' '<<1,'5'<<1};
-
- 5. The next bit is quite hacky. There is an implementation of KISS encapsulation
- in slip.c, but by default it isn't enabled. I couldn't figure out how to make
- a SIOCSIFENCAP ioctl() call (I didn't know what to give it as a file descriptor),
- so I just hard-wired it to set all SLIP channels to SL_MODE_AX25 in
- sl_initialize(). Of course, this won't do if you use SLIP for anything else,
- so you'll have to hack around in slip_init(). There's a call to sl_initialize()
- in there, so you'll have to test for certain interfaces and set SL_MODE_AX25
- accordingly. I don't know enough about the kernel to comment.
-
- 6. Edit config.in, and search for CONFIG_PLIP. Add a line above it:
-
- bool 'AX.25 (KISS) encapsulation support' CONFIG_AX25 y
-
- 7. make mrproper ; make config ; make dep ; make zImage, then install the new kernel
- as per usual and reboot. Fingers crossed!
-
- 8. When the system comes back up, create a file containing the following commands:
-
- port ttyS2
- speed 9600
- term
- local 44.131.1.254
- remote 44.131.1.57
- mode SLIP
-
- Replace ttyS2 with the port your TNC is connected to, and the local IP address
- should be your own. The remote IP address should be either the nearest
- neighbour through whom you want to route, or your local subnet (mine is
- 44.131.1.0).
-
- 9. Type 'dip filename'. You'll be in terminal mode with your TNC. Put it into
- KISS mode (usually 'kiss on') and type a ^]. This should set everything up
- for you.
-
- 10. If you type /etc/ifconfig, you should see two messages; one for the loopback
- device 'lo', and one for 'sl0'. If you type /etc/route, you should see that
- there is now an entry for 'sl0'. You can either make this your default
- router (as you would do if there is an Internet gateway nearby) with:
-
- /etc/route add default gw 44.131.1.57
-
- ...or (more likely) you will only want to route ampr.org packets through it,
- which will look like:
-
- /etc/route add 44.0.0.0 gw 44.131.1.57
-
- 11. That's it! You can now add those commands to your /conf/net/rc.inet[12]
- files to set it up at boot time.
-
- Cheers,
-
- Ian.
-
- --
-
- [ Ian Chard, Systems Integration | To sculpt an elephant, obtain a large ]
- [ Email: flup@cs.man.ac.uk | block of marble and remove all the bits ]
- [ NTS: G7OMZ @ GB7CRG.#16.GBR.EU | that don't resemble an elephant. ]
- [ AMPRnet: g7omz@g7omz.ampr.org | -- Anon ]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 21:01:05 GMT
- From: world!dts@decwrl.dec.com
- Subject: Email address for ARRL?
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- In article <2l3ks3$q9e@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca> jeff@ee.ryerson.ca (Donald Jeff Dionne) writes:
- >Brian Mahaffy (brianm@boi.hp.com) wrote:
- >: Hi folks. Does anyone know the email address for the ARRL. I know they
- >: are on the net, but have not been able to get an address for them.
- >
- >: Fingering @arrl.org was no help.
- >
- >: I hope this isn't an FAQ, but I couldn't locate any FAQ list here or
- >: on UCSD.EDU.
- >
- >
- >: Thanks & 73s .....Brian
- >
- >
- >For us, arrl.org is an unknown host. Therefore, email to
- >info@arrl.org
- >
- >goes nowhere. Is this the correct host name?
-
- The address is correct. Your system is not handling MX records properly, I
- would guess. Ask your friendly system administrator. Using nslookup, set type
- to MX, and try arrl.org. You should get a response showing you who handles
- mail for arrl.org. Your mailer is supposed to automatically do this lookup
- and push the mail along.
-
- 73,
-
- Dan N1JEB
-
- --
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Daniel Senie Internet: dts@world.std.com
- Daniel Senie Consulting n1jeb@world.std.com
- 508-365-5352 Compuserve: 74176,1347
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 17:02:40 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!mvb.saic.com!news.cerf.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon!hpbs3591.boi.hp.com!brianm@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Email address for ARRL?
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- Donald Jeff Dionne (jeff@ee.ryerson.ca) wrote:
- : Brian Mahaffy (brianm@boi.hp.com) wrote:
- : : Hi folks. Does anyone know the email address for the ARRL. I know they
- : : are on the net, but have not been able to get an address for them.
- : : Fingering @arrl.org was no help.
- : : I hope this isn't an FAQ, but I couldn't locate any FAQ list here or
- : : on UCSD.EDU.
- : : Thanks & 73s .....Brian
-
-
- : For us, arrl.org is an unknown host. Therefore, email to
- : info@arrl.org
- : goes nowhere. Is this the correct host name?
-
- The unknown host is the reason fingering was no help. I should have this
- added important point to my original post 8^(.
-
- Our DNS server can't seem to make any sort of resolution about it either.
- After setting the default server to NS.PSI.NET nslookup was able to come
- up with the following, but no resolution for arrl.org!
-
- ****************************************************************************
- Default Name Server: NS.PSI.NET
- Address: 192.33.4.10
-
- > arrl.org
- Name Server: NS.PSI.NET
- Address: 192.33.4.10
-
- arrl.org
- origin = ns.psi.net
- mail addr = hostmaster.ns.psi.net
- serial = 199311301
- refresh = 7200 (2 hours)
- retry = 900 (15 mins)
- expire = 2592000 (30 days)
- minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)
- arrl.org nameserver = ns.psi.net
- arrl.org nameserver = ns2.psi.net
- arrl.org preference = 5, mail exchanger = mgate.arrl.org
- arrl.org preference = 10, mail exchanger = uu7.psi.com
- ns.psi.net internet address = 192.33.4.10
- ns2.psi.net internet address = 192.35.82.2
- mgate.arrl.org internet address = 38.1.219.1
- uu7.psi.com internet address = 38.145.204.6
- ****************************************************************************
-
- I don't know what the problem is. Maybe a DNS guru can point something out?
- I haven't yet tried to mail something so I don't know if this resolution
- trouble is going to cause me grief now that I have the addresses for the
- arrl.org folks.
-
- : Jeff@EE.Ryerson.Ca
-
-
- 73s ... Brian
- --
- _______________________________________________________________________
- Brian Mahaffy Hewlett-Packard | Any sufficiently advanced
- Storage Subsystems Division (SSD) | technology, is indistinguishable
- N6UGP (208)396-7857 | from Magic!
- brianm@zeus.boi.hp.com | Arthur C. Clark
- N6UGP@WB7DOW.ID.USA.NA |
- ___________________________________|___________________________________
- Ask me about Linux! The Free Unix for x86 PCs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- "They, that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary
- safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin 1759
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 1994 17:28:15 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!sgiblab!wetware!spunky.RedBrick.COM!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org!jbloom@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Email address for ARRL?
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- Donald Jeff Dionne (jeff@ee.ryerson.ca) wrote:
- : For us, arrl.org is an unknown host. Therefore, email to
- : info@arrl.org
-
- That's because arrl.org is not a host, it's a mail address.
- If you use nslookup like so:
-
- nslookup -query=MX arrl.org
-
- You'll find out all you need to know, including the fact that ARRL
- mail is handled by hosts mgate.arrl.org and uu7.psi.com, in that
- order of preference.
-
- If your system is for some strange reason unable to deal with
- standard mail addressing via DNS (i.e., MX records), you can
- use @mgate.arrl.org instead. Presumably you system can resolve
- that!
- --
- Jon Bloom KE3Z jbloom@arrl.org
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 17:14:43 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon!hpbs3591.boi.hp.com!brianm@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: EMAIL to mid-ocean?
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- Mike Waters (rcrw90@email.mot.com) wrote:
- : In article <9403020907.AA11103@sappey.grenoble.hp.com>,
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- |||||||||||||||
-
- : walker@sappey.GRenoble.hp.COM (Walker Tim) wrote:
- : > |Subject: EMAIL to mid-ocean?
-
- : > I'm sure you'll get the same answers from all angles, but here goes anyway
- : >
- : > First of all remember the licence conditions: AN amateur licence is issued
- : > permit EXPERIMENTS IN RADIO ELECTRICITY, not to permit the establishment of
- : > a communications network!!!!! (This is true in all countries! :< So...
- : > 1. What sort of info do you want to pass???? Amateur bands are NOT allowed
- : > pass personal info (estimated arrival time, boat needs etc...).
-
- : I'm not sure just what set of rules "Walker Tim" is reading, but they are
- : not part 97 ofthe FCC rules!
-
- You missed where Tim was posting from, Grenoble FRANCE. He wasn't reading
- from part 97 at all. He was reading from Part XYZZY of the French equivalent
- of the FCC's rule book.
-
- Thats the problem with the Internet. You can have a nice quiet little
- conversation and not realize that your actually shouting around the world
- if your not carefull about noticing where all the participants are standing.
-
- ;^)....The above wasn't a flame, just an observation. Since I work for
- HP, Grenoble sticks out more to me.
-
- 73s....Brian
- --
- _______________________________________________________________________
- Brian Mahaffy Hewlett-Packard | Any sufficiently advanced
- Storage Subsystems Division (SSD) | technology, is indistinguishable
- N6UGP (208)396-7857 | from Magic!
- brianm@zeus.boi.hp.com | Arthur C. Clark
- N6UGP@WB7DOW.ID.USA.NA |
- ___________________________________|___________________________________
- Ask me about Linux! The Free Unix for x86 PCs
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- "They, that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary
- safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin 1759
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 10:36:44 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!tree.mit.edu!cthomas@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Linux AX.25 driver
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- I installed the ax25 patch and compiled a pl15 kernel for my
- machine. I tried both the pl15 kernel available on funet.fi
- and the pl15h I found here at school. When I boot and try
- to do an axattach, I get an error that looks something like:
-
- SIOC(something,something): Invalid argument.
-
- It's the same kind of error I get when it can't find the
- ethernet card. I haven't installed the driver for my
- ethernet card yet so I don't know if that will fix it.
-
- Does anyone know what kernels the ax25 patch works on, and/or
- what I'm doing wrong on this compilation?
-
- TIA,
-
- --Michael T. Ford WZ0C
- cthomas@tree.mit.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 00:44:53 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!connected.com!krel.iea.com!comtch!pfeuffer@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: TPK Paket Software.
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
-
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 00:48:20 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!connected.com!krel.iea.com!comtch!pfeuffer@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: TPK Paket Software.
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- Anybody have any "experience" with TPK packet software?
-
- Joe - KW1K
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Mar 1994 23:27:40 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!hermes.acs.ryerson.ca!ee.ryerson.ca!jeff@network.ucsd.edu
- To: ham-digital@ucsd.edu
-
- References <2l2d6a$b4n@hpbs3591.boi.hp.com>, <2l3ks3$q9e@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca>, <2l557g$iee@hpbs3591.boi.hp.com>ry
- Subject : Re: Email address for ARRL?
-
- Brian Mahaffy (brianm@boi.hp.com) wrote:
- : Donald Jeff Dionne (jeff@ee.ryerson.ca) wrote:
- : : Brian Mahaffy (brianm@boi.hp.com) wrote:
- : : : Hi folks. Does anyone know the email address for the ARRL. I know they
- : : : are on the net, but have not been able to get an address for them.
- : : : Fingering @arrl.org was no help.
- : : : I hope this isn't an FAQ, but I couldn't locate any FAQ list here or
- : : : on UCSD.EDU.
- : : : Thanks & 73s .....Brian
-
-
- : : For us, arrl.org is an unknown host. Therefore, email to
- : : info@arrl.org
- : : goes nowhere. Is this the correct host name?
-
- : The unknown host is the reason fingering was no help. I should have this
- : added important point to my original post 8^(.
-
- : Our DNS server can't seem to make any sort of resolution about it either.
- : After setting the default server to NS.PSI.NET nslookup was able to come
- : up with the following, but no resolution for arrl.org!
-
- : ****************************************************************************
- : Default Name Server: NS.PSI.NET
- : Address: 192.33.4.10
-
- : > arrl.org
- : Name Server: NS.PSI.NET
- : Address: 192.33.4.10
-
- : arrl.org
- : origin = ns.psi.net
- : mail addr = hostmaster.ns.psi.net
- : serial = 199311301
- : refresh = 7200 (2 hours)
- : retry = 900 (15 mins)
- : expire = 2592000 (30 days)
- : minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)
- : arrl.org nameserver = ns.psi.net
- : arrl.org nameserver = ns2.psi.net
- : arrl.org preference = 5, mail exchanger = mgate.arrl.org
- : arrl.org preference = 10, mail exchanger = uu7.psi.com
- : ns.psi.net internet address = 192.33.4.10
- : ns2.psi.net internet address = 192.35.82.2
- : mgate.arrl.org internet address = 38.1.219.1
- : uu7.psi.com internet address = 38.145.204.6
- : ****************************************************************************
-
- : I don't know what the problem is. Maybe a DNS guru can point something out?
- : I haven't yet tried to mail something so I don't know if this resolution
- : trouble is going to cause me grief now that I have the addresses for the
- : arrl.org folks.
-
- : : Jeff@EE.Ryerson.Ca
-
-
- : 73s ... Brian
- : --
- : _______________________________________________________________________
- : Brian Mahaffy Hewlett-Packard | Any sufficiently advanced
- : Storage Subsystems Division (SSD) | technology, is indistinguishable
- : N6UGP (208)396-7857 | from Magic!
- : brianm@zeus.boi.hp.com | Arthur C. Clark
- : N6UGP@WB7DOW.ID.USA.NA |
- : ___________________________________|___________________________________
- : Ask me about Linux! The Free Unix for x86 PCs
- : -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- : "They, that can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary
- : safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin 1759
-
- Mail if flowing now, so the MX records are correct, but the hostname
- points nowhere......
-
- 73 Jeff
-
- ------------------------------
-
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