[Xastir] ax25 question

[Lee Bengston]

> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Steve Rogers <kd5mkv at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it possible you could update the wiki for Debian/Ubuntu users as how you setup
> ax25tnc, as the wiki may be out of date. For example the modprobe.conf run
> /sbin/update-modules, I have given a year or so ago. As for the serial adapter,
> if it is a prolific serial adapter, they seem to work for awhile then stop sending
> incoming and outgoing packet from the tnc to xastir. Thx Steve kd5mkv

http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:AX.25_-_Ubuntu/Debian

Fyi, I added an AX.25 startup script example to the HowTo above for
Debian/Ubuntu.  I'm currently using aprx as an IGate, which autostarts
on boot.  The startup script for the AX.25 port runs before the aprx
daemon starts.

A working AX.25 interface opens up plenty of possibilities.  I now
have ldsped installed which provides an AGWPE interface to the AX25
port.  So now Xastir can run on a separate (faster) computer and
connect to the headless Acer nettop and share the TNC with the local
aprx IGate.  In fact, I can run either Xastir or aprsis32 from
different computers on the home network and share the TNC with the
aprx igate.

If there is any interest in a HowTo for the wiki on using Xastir with
ldsped, I might try to add something, but I'm not making any promises.

Regards,
Lee - K5DAT