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

[David Lolling]

Wow, this is an awesome write up.  Thanks for sharing!
73-Dave
KD9GN

On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 3:41 PM Chris Maness <christopher.maness at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> >> -Sent from my iPhone
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