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]] | + | |
| ====== 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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| * **installed from a package**, their config will be installed to ///etc/ax25// | * **installed from a package**, their config will be installed to ///etc/ax25// | ||
| ==== AX.25 start-up & config scripts ==== | ==== AX.25 start-up & config scripts ==== | ||
| - | * Below is a simple example of the scripts & parameters required to bring up the AX.25 interface. | + | * Below are simple **examples** of the scripts & parameters required to bring up the AX.25 interface. |
| + | * **At the very least you will need to edit /usr/local/etc/ax25-up** | ||
| * Need scripts: | * Need scripts: | ||
| * [[plu:example_config_files:ax25_init.d | /etc/init.d/ax25]] | * [[plu:example_config_files:ax25_init.d | /etc/init.d/ax25]] | ||
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| === startup script install === | === startup script install === | ||
| - | * Scripts: ax25, ax25-up, ax25-down need to be copied/installed to these | + | * Scripts: ax25, ax25-up, ax25-down need to be copied/installed to these directories: |
| - | directories: | + | |
| <file> | <file> | ||
| /etc/init.d/ax25 | /etc/init.d/ax25 | ||
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| * **DO NOT** put /etc/init.d/ in your path! | * **DO NOT** put /etc/init.d/ in your path! | ||
| - | * All 3 files are bash scripts (so read them) and you absolutely need to edit the | + | * All 3 files are bash scripts (so read them) and you **absolutely need to edit the ax25-up script** to customize at least for your call sign and ax.25 port name. |
| - | ax25-up script to customize at least for your call sign and ax.25 port name. | + | |
| * Permissions on these scripts should look like this, please verify: | * Permissions on these scripts should look like this, please verify: | ||
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| -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2758 Dec 1 16:32 /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-up | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2758 Dec 1 16:32 /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-up | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| - | Make sure all these scripts are executable. Look for the x in the ls -al response. | + | |
| - | If the scripts are not executable then give them that permission as root. | + | * Make sure all these scripts are executable. |
| + | * Look for the x in the ls -al response. | ||
| + | * If the scripts are not executable then give them that permission as root. | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
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| chmod +x /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-up | chmod +x /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-up | ||
| chmod +x /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-down | chmod +x /usr/local/etc/ax25/ax25-down | ||
| - | </bash> | + | </code> |
| ===== Linux AX.25 & TNC's ===== | ===== Linux AX.25 & TNC's ===== | ||
| ==== Note about KISS mode ==== | ==== Note about KISS mode ==== | ||
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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. | ||
