These are the support utilities for the Linux kernel AX.25 and NET/ROM, in
order to fully exploit these facilities you will also need a set of the
net-tools that understand AX.25 and NET/ROM. Unlike earlier releases of
these tools, the utilities, man pages, and configuration files are now
located in /usr/{sbin,bin}, /usr/man/man* and /etc/ax25 respectively, with
fixed data files in /usr/lib/ax25 and variable data files in /var/ax25.

Almost everything in this distribution is supplied with a man page, this
applies to the file formats as well. These are not enough to replace a good
tutorial on configuring a Linux machine for AX.25 and NET/ROM but I have
supplied my startup shell script which is to be found in the etc
sub-directory. This contains configurations for most things but is not an
exhaustive guide.

The programs can be broken down into two categories:

System Level
------------
ax25d		The AX.25 and NET/ROM super server
axattach	Connect an AX.25 interface to a serial port
axctl		Change the configuration of an existing AX.25 connection
axparms		Configure AX.25 ports
axspawn		Allows login to the system over an AX.25 connection
kissparms	Configure KISS TNCs
mkiss		Allows multi-KISS operation
mheardd		Mheard information collecting daemon
netromd		NET/ROM routing
nodesave	Save a copy of the NET/ROM routing table
nrattach	Starts a NET/ROM interface
nrctl		Change the configuration of an existing NET/ROM connection
nrparms		Configure the NET/ROM interface
rip98d		RIP98 IP routing
rsattach	Starts a Rose interface
rsctl		Change the configuration of an existing Rose connection
rsparms		Configure the Rose interface
rxecho		Allows transparent routing of AX.25 frames between ports

User Level
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beacon		Send periodic broadcasts
call		Connect via AX.25 or NET/ROM to other stations
listen		Monitor traffic
mheard		Display the activity on the AX.25 ports
node		A NET/ROM like front-end for the system
pms		Simple personal mailbox
user_call	Simple daemon like call utilities to call from ax25d/node

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If you want some more information and examples of how to configure
this and other Linux AX.25 related software take a look at:        

The AX25-HOWTO located at:                         

http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO.html


regards
Terry

