NRPARMS(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 						NRPARMS(8)

NAME

       nrparms - Configure the NET/ROM interface.

SYNOPSIS

       nrparms -nodes node +|- ident quality count port neighbour [digicall...]

       nrparms -routes port nodecall [digicall...] +|- quality

       nrparms -version

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  is  used	to manipulate the routing tables of the NET/ROM network layer, or to get and set many of the network and transport
       layer parameters for the NET/ROM protocol. The program has three basic modes of operation, node	setting,  neighbour  setting  and  general
       parameter  setting. The syntax for the node and neighbour setting is taken from the original NET/ROM manual and is therefore not very UNIXy
       but should be familiar to those familiar with NET/ROMs or TheNet.

       To set up a new route to a NET/ROM node in the routing tables you must use the nodes option. All of the parameters are needed  to  add  the
       node. It is probably best to illustrate with an example:

	    nrparms -nodes GB7BPQ + NMCLUS 120 6 vhf G8ROU-3

       This  creates  a new route to a distant node with the callsign GB7BPQ and the alias NMCLUS, it has a quality of 120 (out of 255) and has an
       obsolescence count of six and packets for that node should be sent on the AX.25 port named vhf to my immediate neighbour G8ROU-3. The call-
       signs  of  the node and the neighbour may be the same. For example to set up the node G8ROU-3 which is also my immediate neighbour, I would
       use:

	    nrparms -nodes G8ROU-3 + MATLCK 200 6 vhf G8ROU-3

       If the ident of the remote node is not known, it is possible to add a node with a blank ident. To do this an ident of '*' must  be  entered
       on the command line. Because of the command line expansion that shells do, the * must be escaped by enclosing it in quotes.

       It  is  also  possible to remove a route to a distant node with the same command except that the + is replaced by a -. The other parameters
       must also be present. If the node has not other routes then the node will be deleted, and the neighbour node that the  connections  go  via
       may also be deleted if no other node route uses it, and it is not a locked neighbour entry.

       When  setting up a new node, a new neighbour entry may also be created. This will have a default value. For that neighbour to be meaningful
       in the automatic routing process, it must have a more reasonable entry in the neighbours list. To do this the routes option of the  command
       must be used.  An example:

	    nrparms -routes ax0 G8ROU-3 + 120

       This  will  create (or update) the neighbour entry for G8ROU-3 with a quality of 120 and it will be locked, it will not create a node entry
       for the neighbour. This quality will be used by the netromd(8) program when calculating route qualities via this neighbour. Normally once a
       neighbour  has  zero  node  routes  going via it, it will be deleted. Locking a neighbour prevents the deletion from occurring. To unlock a
       neighbour entry, the same command is used but with the + replaced by a -.

FILES

       /etc/ax25/axports
       /etc/ax25/nrports

SEE ALSO

       call(1), netrom(4), nrports(5), axparms(8), netromd(8), nrparms(8).

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>

Linux								  25 January 1997							NRPARMS(8)