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+The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation +and configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will +attempt to cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial +ports as if they had TNC's on them. I will also show what +additional configuration the DXSpider program requires. + +
+Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat +7.1 distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution +then your mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes +and additions if you email me any errors or distribution specific +requirements. + +
+You would probably benefit from reading the
+The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and
+are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure the
+ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is necessarily
+the best or for that matter, the right way!
+
+
+There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the
+3 files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make
+some changes to the kernel configuration.
+
+
+The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match
+your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind.
+There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the
+original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25
+rpms as standard. The other is
+For 2.4 kernels you need these files...
+
+
+
+First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is
+a main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you
+will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable
+Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port
+KISS Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the
+assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as modules.
+If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more fully, I would
+refer to the excellent
+
+I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do not use it
+simply ignore any instruction concerning it.
+
+
+Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system.
+
+
+Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools,
+then ax25-apps.
+
+
+You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of
+several files ...
+
+
+These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not
+have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol,
+Rose or axip for example.
+
+
+NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface
+requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the
+following examples.
+
+
+This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below
+for a standard TNC2 ...
+
+
+Note that the portnames have to be unique.
+
+
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
+This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is below
+and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why we need
+2 ports later ...
+
+
+Note that the portnames have to be unique.
+
+
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
-As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how to
-configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add a line
-in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your users. For
-each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use the following format ...
+This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below ...
+
+
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
+This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and steers
+them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration options
+you can set here, however they are well covered in the AX25-HOWTO. For
+our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. An example is
+below ...
+
+
+There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25
+sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in
+< >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to
+set their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard
+NOCALL set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'.
+Lastly and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are
+all done in interface order.
+
+
+You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the
+cluster is like this ..
-or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
+however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
-For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
+For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's
-in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
+in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
then add a specific line for that node like this:
+For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the
+node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is
+very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and
+node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get.
+The node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would
+expect. An example is below ...
+
+
+This should be fairly obvious I hope.
+
+
+Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to get
+it all running.
+
+
+The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in KISS mode
+and connected to the serial ports involved.
+
+
+You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the system like this ...
+
+
+Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and ttyS1 are com1 and
+com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters ...
+
+
+The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the switches.
+
+
+Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ...
+
+
+All of the above can be put in a file and called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all
+the above commands in a file called rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it.
+
+
+Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ...
+
+
+All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node working for telnet
+connections. If nothing else, this will allow you to connect to the node yourself
+to check on connection status etc. There are 2 files that need to be edited.
+
+
+First edit /etc/services and add
+
+
+Assuming you want it to run on port 3000
+
+
+Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look like this ...
+
+
+You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the PID is
+like so ..
+
+
+You will get a reply something like this ...
+
+
+The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the command ...
+
+
+All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the node by
+using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ...
+
+
+If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you have radios connected
+to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other stations and receive incoming ax25 and
+netrom connections.
+
+
+This is dealt with in the previous section
The only difference between "CVSlatest.tgz" and the latest
+"official" release version is that it is more up to date. Don't confuse
+this TGZ file with "Downloading from Sourceforge with CVS" - they are two
+quite different things.
+
+
+If you went down the CVS route (ie installed wincvs and downloaded from
+sourceforge), then everything will be nicely
+set out on your local disk. If you got the TGZ file, unpack it to
somewhere convenient. The following examples assume that you put
it on drive "C:\", for convenience.
- You will need
-Ensure that your CVS session or your unZIPped file have left you
-with a directory "C:\spider\local"; if not, go to "C:\spider\"
-and create one. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and figure out
-why, because it shouldn't be.
+Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with
+a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, go to
+"C:\spider\" and create them. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and
+figure out why, because it shouldn't be.
Now create your own local copy of the DXVars.pm file by:-
@@ -1108,12 +1569,59 @@ minimum you must adjust the following items in DXVars.pm:-
+If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running
+Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a
+handy "DOS box" that's not doing anything else, do the following:-
+
+ If your machine is connected to the internet I would recommend Anyway, if you are rewarded with a display which looks something like:-
-If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections, you've got a
-little more work to do. From a handy "DOS box" that's not doing
-anything else, do the following:-
-
- The interface is very basic. It is a simple command line. There are
+better looking interfaces. Most of the "standard" logging and DX
+Cluster access programs that are capable of connecting via a TCP or
+telnet connection will work as a "Sysop Console" client. You connect
+to "localhost" on the port that you defined in Listeners.pm (usually
+7300). I recommend packages like
-If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want
-to negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm
-happy to allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the
-understanding that the system may or may not be there and may or
-may not be connected to anything particularly useful at any given
-moment. Contact me by Email if you want me to set up a connection
-for you.
+If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to
+negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to
+allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the understanding
+that the system may or may not be there and may or may not be
+connected to anything particularly useful at any given moment. Contact
+me by