On 12-May-99 Gerd wrote:
>>
>> 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?
The crucial bit for 2.2.x is that you MUST include an IP address even if you
aren't using it (as I am not). This is changed from 2.0.36 behaviour which
doesn't require an IP address. (developers why the change?)
If you don't have any rose configured, certain utilities will now whinge
about no rose support (ax25d for instance) but it still appears to work.
so for 2.0.36 I have:-
insmod ax25
insmod bpqether
insmod netrom
ifconfig bpq0 hw ax25 g1tlh-5 up
nrattach bbs
netromd -i
but for 2.2.7 I must have:-
ifconfig bpq0 10.0.0.1 hw ax25 g1tlh-5 up
nrattach -i 44.131.16.2 bbs
in order for all the standard utilities like 'call' and so forth to work. If
I were feeling a bit bolshy I might venture to suggest that this may be an
undesirable feature, but I am not so I won't.
But I think I am allowed to ask the question why it is necessary to give an
IP address to an interface that isn't using IP (at least in my case).
Whilst I am about it, every other module in the system uses /etc/conf.modules
and parameters to the module to indicate local configuration. I have to
wonder ax25 modules should be any different.
Maybe I was feeling a bit out of sorts after all...
Dirk G1TLH
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Dirk-Jan Koopman, Tobit Computer Co Ltd
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find
at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
