[nos-bbs] Help with getting minimal JNOS configuration working

[Chris Maness]

Build a sandbox rig.  You can ping/telnet/ftp right to Linux over a slow
1k2 connection.  That is how I know I finally succeeded was downloading a
“massive” 1.4Mb file over that link, 😂

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 7:56 PM David Lolling <dave.lolling at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice.  As I am very new to this, that was part of my
> confusion as to whether the native stack is required or not. Since I really
> don't have anything nearby that I can connect to and see the normal
> behavior of a working system, I am trying to learn how to build a system as
> well as how to use it.  It' s been fun so far!
>
> Thanks,
> Dave - KD9GN
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 9:11 PM Chris Maness <christopher.maness at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That is solid advice, but in my case I went pitbull with it.  LinFBB is
>> (all flavors of FBB for that matter) is pretty awesome, and there is some
>> satisfaction in getting packet running in Linux natively.  Aside from that
>> there is probably no rational reason to run it save for fun of it.  Between
>> LinBPQ, JNOS, and direwolf you can do pretty much anything you want without
>> the native stack and user space, and the support is better.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:46 PM John Kristian <jmkristian at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Why bother with the Linux implementation of AX.25, in this case?
>>> Direwolf contains a good AX.25 implementation which (as far as I know)
>>> works entirely independent of the Linux software. The Linux software
>>> smells badly neglected.
>>>
>>> If your ultimate target is a PC, I suggest starting with your target
>>> operating system (not Pi OS). For example, run Ubuntu Server on your Pi.
>>> https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-your-raspberry-pi
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> John Kristian W6JMK
>>>
>>> >>>> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 4:41 PM David Lolling <
>>> dave.lolling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>>> ... My long term plan is to run this on a small form factor PC
>>> rather than a PI.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> On 2023-05-07 5:50 p.m., Chris Maness wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>> Maiko, I have used direwolf with kiss using the -p option, and
>>> it works
>>> >>>>>>>> better than the AGWPE port.  I found that flakey.  I don’t
>>> remember the
>>> >>>>>>>> exact details, but switched back to the pseudo terminal
>>> version, and it
>>> >>>>>>>> works great.
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>> -Chris KQ6UP
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>      On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 6:38 PM Maiko (Personal)
>>> >>>>>>>>      <maiko at pcsinternet.ca <mailto:maiko at pcsinternet.ca>>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>          Direwolf is a software modem, you should be using
>>> agwpe driver.
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>          Read this document, jump to section 5.6
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> https://www.langelaar.net/jnos2/documents/j2addendum.txt
>>> >>>>>>>>          <
>>> https://www.langelaar.net/jnos2/documents/j2addendum.txt>
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>          It's a TCP/IP connection, direwolf is the one talking
>>> to the
>>> >>>>>>>>          TNC, not JNOS, so you can't use attach asy type
>>> commands.
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>          Maiko
>>> >>>>>>>>
>>> >>>>>>>>           >     Virtual KISS TNC is available on /dev/pts/2
>>> >>>>>>>>           >     Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on
>>> port 8000 ...
>>> >>>>>>>>           >     Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0
>>> on port 8001 ...
>>> >>>>>>>>           >     Created symlink /tmp/kisstnc -> /dev/pts/2
>>>
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>> Thanks,
>> Chris Maness
>> -Sent from my iPhone
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Chris Maness
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