[Xastir] I-Gate setup

[David]

Hi Lee.....thanks...
i have had Xastir set up as you say for a long time BUT have never seen 
it work as an I-gate in the way aprsg is at the present time.....
i know it should work and have tried to find out why not but i havent
got too much hair to keep pulling it out HI HI

73 David  VK4BDJ





On 12/06/14 00:43, Lee Bengston wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> In Xastir, under File-Configure-Defaults in the menu, there is a section
> labeled IGate Options.  Check the box that says "Allow RF to Inet and Inet
> to RF traffic", and click OK.  Then under Interface-Interface Control in
> the menu, select your AX25 interface and click the Properties button.  The
> same Igate options that are in the defaults menu are there.  Check the same
> box for RF to Inet and Inet to RF, and click OK.  In the Inet to RF
> direction, this will gate only messages.
>
> Regards,
> Lee - K5DAT
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:07 AM, David <djmunn at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lee...i should have mentioned im using a AX25 tnc port as set out in
>> the HowTo:AX25 on the Xastir wiki
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/06/14 13:56, David wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lee. i bow to your superior knowledge
>>>
>>> i have aprsg running on Ubuntu 14.04 .....i have config it to do the same
>>> as our other local I-gate which is off the air at this time..using FT-2800
>>> to TNC-X
>>>
>>> it takes messages from APRS-IS and TX to the local APRS repeater....
>>> the incoming Igate area is limited to 1300 kms so that i dont flood the
>>> repeater with too much signals.
>>>
>>> I have heard that Xastir can IGATE but have only seen how to configure it
>>> as a Digipeater...how can Xastir be set up to do what im doing with aprsg
>>>
>>> 73 David VK4BDJ
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/06/14 12:29, Lee Bengston wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 7:16 PM, David <djmunn at bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Hi.....agree that update would be good
>>>>> ability to have an included igate that can be configured
>>>>>
>>>>> to my knowledge linux only has 3 igate programs worth looking at
>>>>> aprsg,aprx2,dixprs....the only one ive got working is aprsg....the other
>>>>> two i cant get to work with a AX25 port and a TNC-x...at least i havent
>>>>> got
>>>>> the configs correct will keep trying.
>>>>>
>>>>> ​Those are the small programs ideal for running "headless". I've tried
>>>>>
>>>> all 3 of them - aprsg is not good as a Tx Igate because it can't be
>>>> limited
>>>> to gate only messages to RF, which is standard.  I like the format of the
>>>> text config file for aprsg - may have been a little easier than aprx or
>>>> dixprs, but I have been able to get all of them to work.  Dixprs is a bit
>>>> tricky when you first try it with AX25 because the ax25 port is
>>>> referenced
>>>> as "ax0" or "ax1", etc. as the case may be instead of referencing the
>>>> name
>>>> of the ax25 interface in /etc/ax25/axports like other software does.
>>>>
>>>> In Linux, Xastir already supports Igating​, and so does YAAC.
>>>> JavAPRSIgate
>>>> also runs in Linux, which is an adjunct to javAPRSServr.  Also aprsd
>>>> works
>>>> as an Igate, and APRSIS32 runs fine in wine, so Linux has a lot more
>>>> choices than those 3.  I understand DireWolf also can Igate, but I've not
>>>> tried it.
>>>>
>>>> Lee - K5DAT
>>>>
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