Michael,

I use a program called linkt. it will work fine with a port like ax0. I'm
not sure how it will work with your setup.

I use an mfj tnc in kiss mode and run a program called kissattach (comes
with SUSE linux) to provide the ax0 port to the computer. I don't know if
your baycom is capable of kiss mode.

Good luck with your endeavors to get this going. While packet seems to be
mostly dead in my part of the country, there are a few die-hards using it
for comm support in emergency situations.

73,

tim



Michael Hofmann wrote:



Bob Nielsen wrote:

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:40:51 +0100, Michael Hofmann wrote:
Shouldn't I find the bc[0-3] devices in /dev? There is nothing.

With the newer drivers, the device is called bcfs0, etc. See
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/baycom.txt (at least that is
where the file is for 2.4 kernels) for updated documentation.



Thanks Bob, now I got the bcsf0 device up and with a a bit of reading in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/baycom.txt I realized what module
I had to use. I can read PR traffic on the console now with the sethdlc -i
bcsf0 command, but I still didn't manage to run linpac (both 0.17-pre3 and
1.0pre4) successfully, so I can not transmit for the time being.
Do you have any more hints? Are there any other Packet terminals for the
console besides linpac? Unfortunately the ax25-tools and ax25-apps do not
compile on my machine.

73,
Michael

"tim gorman" wrote in message
...

snip

Good luck with your endeavors to get this going. While packet seems to be
mostly dead in my part of the country, there are a few die-hards using it
for comm support in emergency situations.

In the interest of accuracy, I'll have to correct Tim's characterization of
packet users in the US as "a few die-hards", as if packet had been replaced
by something better and only a few weirdos would still bother with it in
these modern times.

The fact is that nothing either better or worse has come along to replace
packet radio, and there are thousands of enthusiastic packet users in the US
today, with more hams becoming involved (or re-involved) with packet every
day.

Packet operation in the US is growing very fast right now, with old networks
being refurbished or upgraded, and new ones showing up where none have been
before. One packet net in the northeastern US has installed over 140 nodes
in the last five years or so, another packet net started more or less from
scratch a few years ago and now covers an entire state. Another new packet
net in the central US is just getting started.

There has been an upsurge in interest in emergency digital communications
since the terrorist attacks, partly because of interest generated by federal
grant money that is available for some of these efforts, but the renewed
growth and interest we are seeing in packet today pre-dates the terrorist
attacks by several years. Hams across the US have been dusting off their
TNC's, or getting on the air with the new TNC's and the soundcard packet
stuff in ever greater numbers for several years now, and the trend has been
speeding up, not slowing down.

Tell us about your network!

Charles Brabham, N5PVL
Director: USPacket.Net
http://www.uspacket.net

"tim gorman" wrote in message
...

snip

Good luck with your endeavors to get this going. While packet seems to be
mostly dead in my part of the country, there are a few die-hards using it
for comm support in emergency situations.

In the interest of accuracy, I'll have to correct Tim's characterization of
packet users in the US as "a few die-hards", as if packet had been replaced
by something better and only a few weirdos would still bother with it in
these modern times.

The fact is that nothing either better or worse has come along to replace
packet radio, and there are thousands of enthusiastic packet users in the US
today, with more hams becoming involved (or re-involved) with packet every
day.

Packet operation in the US is growing very fast right now, with old networks
being refurbished or upgraded, and new ones showing up where none have been
before. One packet net in the northeastern US has installed over 140 nodes
in the last five years or so, another packet net started more or less from
scratch a few years ago and now covers an entire state. Another new packet
net in the central US is just getting started.

There has been an upsurge in interest in emergency digital communications
since the terrorist attacks, partly because of interest generated by federal
grant money that is available for some of these efforts, but the renewed
growth and interest we are seeing in packet today pre-dates the terrorist
attacks by several years. Hams across the US have been dusting off their
TNC's, or getting on the air with the new TNC's and the soundcard packet
stuff in ever greater numbers for several years now, and the trend has been
speeding up, not slowing down.

Tell us about your network!

Charles Brabham, N5PVL
Director: USPacket.Net
http://www.uspacket.net