kissnetd(8) [debian man page]

KISSNETD(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 					       KISSNETD(8)

NAME

       kissnetd - Create a virtual network.

SYNOPSIS

       kissnetd [-f size] [-v] [-p <num> | tty... ]

DESCRIPTION

       Kissnetd allows the creation of a virtual network of AX.25 systems that use the KISS protocol. Each tty named on the command line is opened
       and any KISS frames received on tty is copied to the other ttys. This allows a number of AX.25 systems to share the same packets.

OPTIONS

       -p num	 Automaticaly allocate num Unix98 slave pty's via /dev/ptmx.  These are written to stdout and could  be  parsed  by  your  startup
		 scripts.  "kissnetd -p 3" is an comfortable alternative to "kissnetd /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx".

       -f size	 This  sets  the  maximum KISS frame size that the program will handle. The default is 512 bytes which will be adequate under most
		 circumstances.

       -v	 Enables verbose mode, tracing of data passed is sent to standard output.

SEE ALSO

       kissattach(8), kissparms(8), mkiss(8).

AUTHOR

       Frederic Rible F1OAT <frible@teaser.fr>

Linux								  13 October 1996						       KISSNETD(8)

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)