On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Jose Angel Amador Fundora wrote:
>
> This is happening very often....it happened to me and to several
> others after I learned. It is a "sky is falling" syndrome. For me it
> was not clear that you must include MKISS. My previous experience
> with ham TCPIP has been JNOS, and kiss is defined in those cases you
> have to send two ports data via one COM port, as happens with KAM,
> KPC-4 or KPC-9612.
>
> With Linux, you MUST INCLUDE MKISS. It has been a different mindset,
> so just adhere to it and go ahead.
>
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I agree with Jose. This is a "gotcha" for most every newcomer to linux
ax25, and totally unnecessary. Someone dropped the ball here, and it's time
to fix it. If ax25 doesn't work without MKISS, why is MKISS an option?
> Shouldn't it be added some warning in the ax25-utils distribution, as
> we are needing a refresh in the HOW-TO's and it has not been possible,
> that MKISS MUST BE COMPILED IN, and MODULES LOADED (if you use them)
> before AX25 works ? This is happening way too often and seemingly
> many are following the wrong lead. It happened to me before, and
> keeps on happening.
>
> Just a thought. Excuse me for the layman explanation. I hope this
> helps in some way.
>
> 73 de Jose, CO2JA.
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