Can't ifconfig ax25 under Linux

[jmorriso@bogomips.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison)]

> 
> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 22:59:12 -0800
> From: srbible@cs.nps.navy.mil (Steven R. Bible)
> Subject: Can't ifconfig ax25 under Linux
> 
> I must be missing something obvious, and then again I didn't have troubles 
> with earlier versions.
> 
> I've loaded a new machine with Linux version 1.1.75 and compiled in ver. 026 
> of AX.25.  I have also included version 56 of net-tools.  In the past I 
> simply ...

just in case: with the net-tools do 'make clobber' to make sure the
precompiled stuff is blown away (the Makefile is a bit broken when it
comes to configuring), and then run make, and configure for ax25 etc.
can't hurt, and it makes sure ifconfig gets built with AX25.

also, if it's a new kernel, maybe check that ax25 was really compiled
into the kernel: cat /proc/ax25 should say something

> 
>  axattach -s 19200 /dev/ttyS1 K6LY-9 &

what does 'ifconfig sl0' say after that? 

> The symptoms are that the TNC won't transmit when I telnet or ftp.  If I use 
> CALL, it does transmit.  When I type ifconfig sl0 I see..
> 
> sl0   Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 96-6C-98-B2-40-40-12-F8-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00

 
> Which tells me it doesn't know what kind of encapsulation and its hardware 
> address are.  I've tried every permutation of ifconfig I can to get these 
> parameters entered.  It seems that the man page and the actual ifconfig are 
> not the same.  If you type the wrong thing ifconfig returns...
> 
> # ifconfig sl0  ax25 K6LY-9
> ax25: Host name lookup failure

try 

ifconfig sl0 44.4.16.1 hw ax25 K6LY-9  etc.

I don't use a serial TNC (use a PI card, nyaah nyaah!) but I tried this
on a pseudo tty and it works (Linux 1.1.76).


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