[Xastir] TNC setup and maps

[Chris Abbott]

the ax.25 should be up to date, but it donged on me, i haven't gotten
access to the tnc, i don't know how to get on the tnc to issue commands.
Thanks for the help, it will be needed. running kernel 2.6.0 stable and
gentoo linux here.




On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 22:08, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> On 02/08/04 19:38:27, Chris Abbott wrote:
> > Hey, I just recently purchased a MFJ-1270, TNC 2 TNC. I was wondering
> > how do you setup up the Ax.25 protocol in Linux to read off of
> > /dev/tnc(which is really a link to /dev/ttyS0).
> 
> You need to put the TNC in KISS mode (the commands are KISS ON followed  
> by RESTART).  The LEDs should blink 3 times following this.  There's  
> quite a bit of setup required for AX.25.  You need to have the protocol  
> and the mkiss driver in your kernel (not the default in most  
> distributions), install libax25 and ax25-tools (probably ax25-apps, as  
> well).  The AX25-HOWTO has all the required information, but it is a  
> bit disorganized.
> 
> > Also, I just recently
> > updated xastir and now all of my maps are gone, it won't pull from  
> > the
> > Internet for maps, but it does get packets successfully thorough with
> > the IGate option.
> 
> Did you update from a really old version?  If so there are some  
> migration scripts you need to run.  See the UPGRADE file for details.
> 
> Bob, N7XY
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