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>5. A note on callsigns, addresses and things before we start</A
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>Each AX.25 and NET/ROM port on your system must have a callsign/ssid allocated
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to it. These are configured in the configuration files that will be described
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in detail later on.</P
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>Some AX.25 implementations such as NOS and BPQ will allow you to configure
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the same callsign/ssid on each AX.25 and NET/ROM port. For somewhat complicated
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technical reasons Linux does not allow this. This isn't as big a problem in
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practice as it might seem.</P
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>This means that there are things you should be aware of and take into
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consideration when doing your configurations.</P
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>Each AX.25 and NET/ROM port must be configured with a unique callsign/ssid.</P
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>TCP/IP will use the callsign/ssid of the AX.25 port it is being
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transmitted or received by, ie the one you configured for the AX.25 interface
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in point 1.</P
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>NET/ROM will use the callsign/ssid specified for it in its
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configuration file, but this callsign is only used when your NET/ROM is
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speaking to another NET/ROM, this is <EM
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>not</EM
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> the
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callsign/ssid that AX.25 users who wish to use your NET/ROM `node' will
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use. More on this later.</P
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>ROSE will, by default, use the callsign/ssid of the AX.25 port, unless
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the ROSE callsign has been specifically set using the
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`<EM
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>rsparms</EM
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>' command. If you set a callsign/ssid
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using the `<EM
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>rsparms</EM
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>' command then ROSE will use
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this callsign/ssid on all ports.</P
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>Other programs, such as the `<EM
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>ax25d</EM
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>' program can listen using
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any callsign/ssid that they wish and these may be duplicated across different
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ports.</P
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>If you are careful with routing you can configure the same IP address on
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all ports if you wish.</P
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>5.1. What are all those T1, T2, N2 and things ?</A
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>Not every AX.25 implementation is a TNC2. Linux uses nomenclature that
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differs in some respects from that you will be used to if your sole
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experience with packet is a TNC. The following table should help you
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interpret what each of the configurable items are, so that when you come
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across them later in this text you'll understand what they mean.</P
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>Linux</TH
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>TAPR TNC</TH
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>Description</TH
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>T1</TD
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>FRACK</TD
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>How long to wait before retransmitting an unacknowledged frame.</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>T2</TD
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>RESPTIME</TD
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>The minimum amount of time to wait for another frame to be received
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before transmitting an acknowledgement.</TD
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>T3</TD
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>CHECK</TD
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>The period of time we wait between sending a check that the link is still active.</TD
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>N2</TD
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>RETRY</TD
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>How many times to retransmit a frame before assuming the connection has failed.</TD
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>Idle</TD
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>The period of time a connection can be idle before we close it down.</TD
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>Window</TD
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>MAXFRAME</TD
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>The maximum number of unacknowledged transmitted frames.</TD
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>5.2. Run time configurable parameters</A
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>The kernel allows you to change many parameters at run time. If you
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take a careful look at the <TT
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>/proc/sys/net/</TT
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> directory
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structure you will see many files with useful names that describe
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various parameters for the network configuration. The files in the
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<TT
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>/proc/sys/net/ax25/</TT
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> directory each represent one
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configured AX.25 port. The name of the file relates to the name of the
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port.</P
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>The structure of the files in
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<TT
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>/proc/sys/net/ax25/<TT
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>portname</I
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is as follows:</P
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>Filename</TH
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>Meaning</TH
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>Values</TH
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>Default</TH
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>ip_default_mode</TD
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>IP Default Mode</TD
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>0=DG 1=VC</TD
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>0</TD
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>AX.25 Default Mode</TD
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>0</TD
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>1</TD
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>connect_mode</TD
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>Connected Mode</TD
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>1</TD
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>Standard Window</TD
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>1 .. 7</TD
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>2</TD
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>1 .. 63</TD
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>t1_timeout</TD
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>T1 Timeout</TD
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>1s .. 30s</TD
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>T2 Timeout</TD
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>1s .. 20s</TD
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>T3 Timeout</TD
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>0s .. 3600s</TD
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>Idle Timeout</TD
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>0m or greater</TD
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>20m</TD
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>maximum_retry_count</TD
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>N2</TD
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>1 .. 31</TD
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>10</TD
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>maximum_packet_length</TD
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>AX.25 Frame Length</TD
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>1 .. 512</TD
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>256</TD
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>In the table T1, T2 and T3 are given in seconds, and the Idle Timeout
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is given in minutes. But please note that the values used in the sysctl
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interface are given in internal units where the time in seconds is
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multiplied by 10, this allows resolution down to 1/10 of a second. With
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timers that are allowed to be zero, e.g. T3 and Idle, a zero value indicates
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that the timer is disabled.</P
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><P
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>The structure of the files in <TT
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>To set a parameter all you need to do is write the desired value to the file
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># cat /proc/sys/net/rose/window_size
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|
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