Install paclink-unix
- Configure a single MTA
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Below is a collection of links of good tutorials for setting up AX.25. I recommend you read them as what follows in this wiki is just a summary of what is needed to get AX.25 configured to run paclink-unix. | Below is a collection of links of good tutorials for setting up AX.25. I recommend you read them as what follows in this wiki is just a summary of what is needed to get AX.25 configured to run paclink-unix. | ||
- | * [[http://www.febo.com/packet/linux-ax25/index.html | Linux AX.25 Configuration]] - by John Ackermann | + | * [[http://www.febo.com/packet/linux-ax25/index.html | Linux AX.25 Configuration]] - by John Ackermann, N8UR |
- | * Also check out [[http://www.linux.com/learn/docs/ldp/415-AX25-HOWTO | Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO]] - by Jeff Tranter, VE3ICH | + | * Also check out [[http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO.html | Linux Amateur Radio AX.25 HOWTO]] - by Jeff Tranter, VE3ICH |
- | * Charles Schumann K4GBB has very good notes on [[http://71.49.11.106:800/docs/Myhowto.html | setting up AX.25 & an RMS Gateway]] on the Raspberry PI [[http://71.49.11.106:800/docs/Raspberry.html | here]] | + | * Charles Schumann K4GBB has very good notes on [[http://k4gbb.no-ip.org/docs/myhowto.html | setting up AX.25 & an RMS Gateway]] on the Raspberry PI [[http://k4gbb.no-ip.org/docs/raspberry.html | here]] |
====== Install AX.25 library, apps & tools ====== | ====== Install AX.25 library, apps & tools ====== | ||
- | * Install libax25, apps & tools from [[http://www.linux-ax25.org/wiki/Main_Page | linux-ax25.org Main page]] | + | * I usually pull the ax25 library from [[https://github.com/ve7fet/linuxax25/tree/master/libax25 | Craig Small VE7FET's github repo]] |
+ | * You could also install libax25, apps & tools from [[http://www.linux-ax25.org/wiki/Main_Page | linux-ax25.org Main page]] | ||
* Download the 3 files under 'Latest Versions' from right hand side | * Download the 3 files under 'Latest Versions' from right hand side | ||
* There are other versions of these packages that have been modified or patched to be 'better' but let's get this going with the vanilla sanctioned packages first. | * There are other versions of these packages that have been modified or patched to be 'better' but let's get this going with the vanilla sanctioned packages first. | ||
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<code bash> | <code bash> | ||
echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf && /sbin/ldconfig | echo "/usr/local/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf && /sbin/ldconfig | ||
+ | </code> | ||
+ | * Note: libncurses is a build dependency for ax25-apps, be sure it is installed. | ||
+ | * As root | ||
+ | <code bash> | ||
+ | apt-get install libncurses5-dev | ||
</code> | </code> | ||
* Extract the three gzipped tar balls | * Extract the three gzipped tar balls | ||
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====== Configure AX.25 ====== | ====== Configure AX.25 ====== | ||
+ | * [[plu:example_config_files:systemd | example config using systemd]] | ||
===== Basic Setup for Config files ===== | ===== Basic Setup for Config files ===== | ||
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===== Misc Notes ===== | ===== Misc Notes ===== | ||
+ | ==== Is AX.25 Enabled in your kernel ==== | ||
+ | <code> | ||
+ | netstat --ax25 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
==== Network Broadcast All ports ==== | ==== Network Broadcast All ports ==== | ||
* Note that bringing up another network interface, like AX.25 on Linux, causes any daemons that broadcast out ALL ports to broadcast out the new port as well. | * Note that bringing up another network interface, like AX.25 on Linux, causes any daemons that broadcast out ALL ports to broadcast out the new port as well. |