nrattach(8) [debian man page]

NRATTACH(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 					       NRATTACH(8)

NAME

       nrattach - Start a NET/ROM interface

SYNOPSIS

       nrattach [-i inetaddr] [-m mtu] [-v] port

DESCRIPTION

       Nrattach  takes	many of the parameters for the port from the nrports(5) file. The paclen parameter is used for the device mtu unless over-
       ridden by a value on the command line. The port argument is the name of a port as given in the nrports(5) file.

       Nrattach tries to find the first free NET/ROM device in the system. The devices checked are nr0, nr1, nr2 and nr3 in that order. If no free
       NET/ROM device is available an error is generated and the program terminates.

OPTIONS

       -i inetaddr     Set the internet address of the interface. This address may either be a dotted decimal address or a host name.

       -m mtu	       Sets the mtu of the interface. If this value is not given then the value is taken from the paclen parameter in nrports.

       -v	       Display the version.

SEE ALSO

       netrom(4), nrparms(4), nrports(5), ifconfig(8).

BUGS

       The  program  can be run many times with the same arguments creating many instances of the same attributes on different devices. Not a good
       idea.

AUTHOR

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

Linux								    21 May 1996 						       NRATTACH(8)

NRPORTS(5)						     Linux Programmer's Manual							NRPORTS(5)

NAME

       nrports - NET/ROM port configuration file.

DESCRIPTION

       Nrports	is an ASCII file that contains information about each of the NET/ROM ports that are to be used. When dealing with an NET/ROM util-
       ity such as call, it takes an optional argument that is the port name. This port name is a reference to the line within nrports, which  has
       the same name. The information on each line contains enough information to bind the command to a particular NET/ROM interface, this binding
       is done by matching the callsign on the line in nrports with the callsign of the port set by ifconfig.

       The nrports file may contain comments that begin with a # in the first column, or a port description in the following  format,  each  field
       being delimited by white space:

	      name callsign alias paclen description

       The field descriptions are:

	      name	    this is the unique NET/ROM port identifier.

	      callsign	    the callsign of the NET/ROM interface to bind to.

	      alias	    this is the alias of the NET/ROM port.

	      paclen	    is the default packet size for this interface.

	      description   a free format description of this interface, this field extends to the end of the line. It may contain spaces.

FILES

       /etc/ax25/nrports

SEE ALSO

       call(1), netrom(4), ifconfig(8), nrparms(8).

Linux								   2 August 1996							NRPORTS(5)