[Xastir] TNC setup and maps

[Bob Nielsen]

On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 10:19:26PM -0600, Chris Abbott wrote:
> 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.
> 

Minicom should be able to talk to the TNC.

I prefer to use a dedicated KISS eprom (available from TAPR).

Bob

> 
> 
> 
> 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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