Hello Greg, hello all,
>
> nrattach netrom
>
> and get back
>
> Net/ROM port netrom bound to device nr0
>
> So far, so good.
>
> Then, I do
> netromd -i
>
> and get back
>
> nrconfig: port netrom not active
> netromd: no NET/ROM ports defined
>
> Sounds like I'm missing a configuration file somewhere.
> Can anyone help?
Right, you just have to set up the file /etc/ax25/nrports.
>From the HOWTO:
This file describes the
NetRom ports in much the same way as the /etc/ax25/axports file
describes the AX.25 ports. Each NetRom device you wish to
create must
have an entry in the /etc/ax25/nrports file. Normally a Linux
machine
would have only one NetRom device configured that would use a
number
of the AX.25 ports defined. In some situations you might wish a
special service such as a BBS to have a seperate NetRom alias
and so
you would create more than one.
This file is formatted as follows:
name callsign alias paclen description
Where:
name
is the text name that you wish to refer to the port by.
callsign
is the callsign that the NetRom traffic from this port will use.
Note, this is not that address that users should connect to to
get access to a node style interface. (The node program is
covered later). This callsign/ssid should be unique and should
not appear elsewhere in either of the /etc/ax25/axports or the
/etc/ax25/nrports files.
alias
is the NetRom alias this port will have assigned to it.
paclen
is the maximum size of NetRom frames transmitted by this
port.
description
is a free text description of the port.
An example would look something like the following:
netrom VK2KTJ-9 LINUX 236 Linux Switch Port
This example creates a NetRom port known to the rest of the
NetRom
network as `LINUX:VK2KTJ-9'.
This file is used by programs such as the call program.
Hope it helps
Cheers, Gerd
