kissattach(8) [linux man page]

KISSATTACH(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 					     KISSATTACH(8)

NAME

       kissattach, spattach - Attach a KISS or 6PACK interface

SYNOPSIS

       kissattach [-b] [-6] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port [inetaddr]

       spattach [-b] [-l] [-m mtu] [-v] tty port [inetaddr]

DESCRIPTION

       Attach  a  KISS or a 6PACK interface to what is normally a tty line connected to a TNC in KISS or 6PACK mode. This program will turn itself
       into a background process. To down an interface send its attach process a SIGTERM.

       Kissattach takes many of the parameters for the port from the axports(5) file. If the speed parameter in the file is not equal to zero then
       it is used for the serial port speed, a zero value means that no speed is set. The paclen parameter is used for the device mtu unless over-
       ridden by a value on the command line.

       The tty argument will typically be that of a serial port with a KISS or 6PACK TNC attached, although it could be a pseudo  tty  or  a  KISS
       port  emulator  such  as  an  SCC  card. Kissattach supports BSD-style pseudo-terminals as well as the Unix98 pty's. If the tty argument is
       "/dev/ptmx", then Unix98 behaviour will automaticaly take effekt. With Unix98 pty's, the slave tty name could not be  forseen.  That's  why
       kissattach will print the corresponding slave pty name as a separate line on stdout.

       The port argument is the name of a port as given in the axports(5) file.

       The optional inetaddr argument is the IP address of the new interface. Some time it was mandatory argument (although due to historical rea-
       sons this restriction is lifted if the old -i option is used). But there's really not a need for  the  interface  to  have  an  IP  address
       assigned to.

OPTIONS

       -6	       Use the 6PACK line discipline instead of KISS. This is the default if the program is called as spattach.

       -i inetaddr     Set  the internet address of the interface. This address may either be a dotted decimal address or a host name. This option
		       is now depreciated and the program will complain about it, though still work.

       -l	       Log messages to the system log, the default is not to.

       -b	       Allow broadcasts on the interface (default no - because for e.g. samba broadcasts are a pain..)

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

       -v	       Display the version.

SEE ALSO

       kill(1), stty(1), ax25(4), axparms(4), axports(5), ifconfig(8).

AUTHOR

       Alan Cox GW4PTS <alan@cymru.net>
       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>

Linux								    4 July 1999 						     KISSATTACH(8)

KISSPARMS(8)						   Linux System Managers Manual 					      KISSPARMS(8)

NAME

       kissparms - Configure KISS TNCs.

SYNOPSIS

       kissparms [-c crc-type] -p <port> [-f y|n] [-h hw] [-l txtail] [-r pers] [-s slot] [-t txd] [-e feclevel] [-v] [-x] [-X raw]

DESCRIPTION

       Kissparms is used to dynamically configure KISS TNCs that have been setup for AX.25 use by kissattach.  This program uses the packet inter-
       face to allow it to communicate with the KISS TNC without interrupting the AX.25 data stream. Therefore the KISS parameters may be  set	at
       any time during the operation of the AX.25 port.

       A  full	description  of the KISS protocol can be found in the ARRL 6th Computer Networking Conference papers pp 38-43. While use of the Tx
       Tail value is now deprecated, it has been included to satisfy the requirements of users of old TNC firmware.

       Although this utility was originally designed for controlling KISS TNCs connected to a serial port, it is used by a number of  other  Linux
       packet  radio  devices  such as the Z8530 SCC driver for controlling their parameters in exactly the same manner. Therefore kissparms func-
       tionality extends to more than KISS TNCs.

OPTIONS

       -c crc-type Sets the crc-type to use. For e.g. kernel mkiss: 0 = auto, 1 = none, 2 = flexnet, 3 = smack

       -p port	   Sets the port that is being configured.

       -f y|n	   This sets the TNC into either full duplex ``y'', or half duplex ``n'' mode.

       -h hardware This is used to set hardware specific parameters.

       -e FEC error correction level
		   Sets the FEC error correction level in a DSP card based modem (KISS parameter 8). Larger correction level  means  better  noise
		   resistance,	but slower throughput on a good connection. This is an experimental feature found in a QPSK modem for the Motorola
		   DSP56001 based DSP4 and EVM cards only.

       -l txtail   Sets the TX Tail time in milliseconds. Note that the command to the TNC only operates in steps of ten milliseconds, so only use
		   values like 10, 20 etc.

       -r persist  Sets the persist value. This parameter is scaled to the range 0 to 255.

       -s slottime Sets  the  slottime	in  milliseconds. Note that the command to the TNC only operates in steps of ten milliseconds, so only use
		   values like 10, 20 etc.

       -t txdelay  Sets the TX Delay in milliseconds. Note that the command to the TNC only operates in steps of ten  milliseconds,  so  only  use
		   values like 10, 20 etc.

       -v	   Display the version.

       -x	   Takes  the  TNC out of KISS mode back into ``normal'' mode. This command is manufacturer specific but works in many cases. This
		   option overrides all options except the port number.

       -Xraw	   Sends the specified raw value to the kiss driver.

SEE ALSO

       axports(5), kissattach(8).

AUTHOR

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

Linux								  15 October 1996						      KISSPARMS(8)