debian man page for net2kiss

NET2KISS(8)															       NET2KISS(8)

NAME
       net2kiss - convert a network AX.25 driver to a KISS stream on a pseudo-tty

SYNOPSIS
       net2kiss [-sfzva] [-i ifname] ptyname

DESCRIPTION
       net2kiss takes AX.25 packets from an AX.25 kernel network interface and converts them into a KISS data stream via a pseudo-tty.

PARAMETERS
       ptyname
	      specifies the path to the pseudo-tty. If you use the special name "/dev/ptmx", then a Unix98-PTY pair is used; the pty name is writ-
	      ten to stdout.

OPTIONS
       -i ifname
	      specifies the name of the kernel AX.25 network interface. The default is bc0.

       -s     tells net2kiss to search by itself for a free pseudoterminal, open the master side and create a symlink named by	-p  to	the  slave
	      side.

       -f     can be used in conjunction with -s to force the creation of the symlink even if the target file does already exist. *DANGEROUS*

       -v     Verbose output. Displays error messages during operation and decoded packets to stdout.

       -z     put the network interface into promiscious mode.

       -a     receive every packet instead of only AX.25 from the kernel AX.25 network interface.

BUGS
       None known.

SEE ALSO
       ifconfig(8), kissattach(8).

AUTHORS
       Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA, <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch>

								  15 October 1996						       NET2KISS(8)