Hello John, hello all,
> Hello everyone,
> what are the appropriate versions for for the net-tools and ax25-utils
> packages for the latest (2.2.6) kernel version?
>
The answer is simple: Use net-tools-1.51 and ax25-utils-2.1.42a,
preferably as binary packages so you don't have to compile them
yourself. Note that the current ax25-utils were designed to work
with kernel 2.2.42 so they may be not fully operational in 2.2.6. A
new release especially for 2.2.x kernels is being prepared at the
moment, so you have to be patient until it is released.
> I am new to linux and going through the ax25-HOWTO, I get the impression
> that net-tools is a patch. If that's the case I am wondering if it is
> still necessary considering the 2.2.6 kernel has support for ax25 imbedded
> in the kernel assuming you configure it that way.
The original AX.25-HOWTO is a little bit outdated at that point. We
all hope that Terry soon has some time left to update it :) .
Cheers, 73
Gerd
