Well, the box with the AX.25 stack and TNC does not have the memory to run Xastir (or X windows for that matter). So running Xastir there and enabling the server port is not an option for me. -- William McKeehan
On Thu, March 15, 2007 11:04 am, Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, William McKeehan wrote: > >> Is there a way to setup Xastir on one linux box and have it talk to the >> AX.25 >> stack on a second box? > > Yes. You'd turn on "Interface->Enable Server Ports" on the Xastir > instance running on the system with the AX.25 stack. This makes a > TCP/IP port available which the other Xastir can connect to. > > You'd also need to enable gating of your packets through that system > to the RF interfaces via the ~/.xastir/data/nws-stations.txt file. > Enter the callsign-SSID of the remote Xastir station on a separate > line in that file. > > I don't recall whether you'd have to enable igating on the Xastir > interface and globally on the File->Configure->Defaults dialog as > well. Test it and see. In any case I'm running a wireless laptop > at home sometimes with Xastir, gating to RF via another Xastir on > the desktop which is hooked to the TNC. Same basic setup as what > you're asking about. > > -- > Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer > "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown > "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U > "The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
