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

[Chris Maness]

David, this is a good instruction guide (it is very detailed and long
so fair warning):

https://www.trinityos.com/HAM/CentosDigitalModes/RPi/rpi4-setup.html

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
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Thanks,
Chris Maness