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AXPARMS(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 						AXPARMS(8)

NAME

       axparms - Configure AX.25 interfaces.

SYNOPSIS

       axparms --assoc|--forward|--route|--setcall|--version ...

DESCRIPTION

       The  axparms command is designed to be a multi-function command that allows miscellaneous commands to be issued to the Linux AX.25 protocol
       layer. It includes the functionality of axassociate and axsetcall which this command superceedes. The different modes of  the  command  are
       chosen by the first argument. Sunsequent arguments depend upon this argument and so no generalised command format can be given.

--assoc Argument
       The format of this option is:

       axparms --assoc <callsign> <username>
       axparms --assoc <callsign> delete
       axparms --assoc policy [default|deny]
       axparms --assoc show

       This option mainpulates the kernel uid/callsign mapping table, allowing callsigns to be associated and dis-associated with a user. The pol-
       icy option permits the superuser to have all other uid's either default to the actual port name, or to block traffic.

       At power up the table is blank and the policy is 'default', which is thus backward compatible.

--forward Argument
       Allows the use of many receivers with one transmitter, known as packet forwarding in many systems. The format of this command is:

       axparms --forward <portfrom> <portto>
       axparms --forward <portfrom> delete

       Any packets to be transmitted on port portfrom will be transmitted on port portto. This will stay in force until the  second  form  of  the
       command is issued which will remove the association.

--route Argument
       This  option  allows  the  internal AX.25 routing table to be manipulated. This table is available for reading in /proc/net/ax25_route, and
       will be built up dynamically by stations heard. However it is possible to add, delete and list entries via this option.

       The formats of this option are:

       axparms --route add <port> <callsign> [<digis>] [--ipmode V|D]
       axparms --route del <port> <callsign>
       axparms --route list

       Routes added via this command will not be removed from the internal routing table when they are "old" as normal entries are.  The  --ipmode
       option sets mode vc or mode datagram for this destination.

       If  the	<callsign> argument is set to "default" then this will set the default route for all outgoing AX.25 connections which will be used
       when there is no specific route to the required destination.

--setcall Argument
       The format of this option is:

       axparms --setcall <interface> <callsign>

       This changes the callsign associated at the given physical ax25 interface.

       Cave: The interface name is not the symbolic port name from axports, but the real interface name (from ifconfig(8)): ax0, ax1, .., sp0, ..,
       bpq0, ... etc..

       The change is permanent as long as the interface exists, or another "axparms --setcall" is issued.

       The interface has to exist already in order to use this option; it may be in state UP or DOWN.

--version Argument
       This option displays the version of the AX.25 utilities that axparms belongs to.

FILES

       /proc/net/ax25_bpqether
       /proc/net/ax25_calls
       /etc/ax25/axports

SEE ALSO

       call(1), getsockopt(2), setsockopt(2), ax25(4), axctl(8), axports(5).

AUTHORS

       Alan Cox GW4PTS <alan@cymru.net>
       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>
       Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@poboxes.com>

Linux								   25 July 1997 							AXPARMS(8)

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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)
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