[Dxspider-support] AX25 - Something Not Just Right Yet!

[Jim Johnson]

Hello Ian and all

Well after a week long delay I am back trying to resolve the problem of 
users connecting to DXS.

During this time I checked the TNC and the hook up cables between the 
computer , TNC and the radio.  By the way, this hardware was a working 
environment with PacketCluster and BPQ. 

I am able to make connections via the Console to users.  I even placed a 
entry in the crontab to check the connection every 20 minutes and if not 
connected then reconnect the user(s).  These parts work pretty darn 
good.  by the way, once connected the traffic seems to flow very well 
between the system and the users.  

Unfortunately the users can not make a connection to the DXSpider.  I 
can see their connection attempts (SABM+) but no response from the 
system.  The TNC is seeing the connection attempts as indicated with a 
receive light and other activity as indicated by other lights on the TNC. 

On 1 Mar 02, at 14:10, Ian J Maude wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 13:40, Jim Johnson wrote:
> > Helllisteno Everyone, 
> > 
> > My users are able to connect to DXSpider.  While Listen -ap VHF (my radio
> > port) I am able to see the the user trying to connect by DXS will not
> > acknowledge.
> Hi Jim,
> You don't say how you set it all up so it is a little difficult to be
> precise.  

Not sure what you mean by this, but here is a brief description of what is 
what at the node...  Computer is a P100 with Red Hat 7.2 and linux kernel 
2.4.14, patched with 15,16 and 17.  KPC3 TNC in kiss mode.  I used the 
rpm versions of libax25, ax25-tools, and ax25-app.  I run the node in 
three xterm windows, one for the node, the second for the console, and 
the third for listen (TNC traffic).  I start the node, then the console and 
then kissattach the TNC and finally listen.  So if you need more 
information, please let me know..

> One idea that springs to mind is... have you set up ax25d.conf
> correctly?  What call are they trying to connect to and what is in
> ax25d.conf for your cluster?

Here is the configuration file.  I am not using NETROM so I just 
commented out those lines.  This file is owned by root.

# /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf
#
# ax25d Configuration File.
#
# AX.25 Ports begin with a '['.
#
[KC4HW VIA VHF]
NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
default  * * * * * *  -	sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
#
[KC4HW-1 VIA VHF]
NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
default  * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/sbin/node	node
#
#
#[OH2BNS VIA 2]
#NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
#default  * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd	ttylinkd
#
#[OH2BNS-2 VIA 2]
#NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
#default  * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/sbin/node	node
#
#[OH2BNS-3 VIA 2]
#NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
#default  * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/local/sbin/axwrapper	axwrapper 
/usr/bin/finger finger
#
#[OH2BNS-9]
#NOCALL  * * * * * *  L
#default * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/sbin/node	node
#
# NET/ROM Ports begin with a '<'.
#
#<netrom>
#NOCALL  * * * * * *  L
#default * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/local/sbin/ttylinkd	ttylinkd
#
#<netrom2>
#NOCALL   * * * * * *  L
#default  * * * * * *  -	sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25e
#
#<netrom>
#NOCALL  * * * * * *  L
#default * * * * * *  -	root  /usr/sbin/node	node
#

> 
> Ian
> -- 
> 
>  Ian Maude G0VGS Morecambe Lancs UK | ian at gb7mbc.net
>  Sysop of GB7MBC, the Morecambe Bay Cluster
>  Running Linux and DXSpider
> 
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OK, this is it...  Any help will be appreciated...




Jim Johnson, Melbourne, Florida
jim at kc4hw.net - http://www.kc4hw.net
DXPacketCluster RF Connection: 144.97