On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 11:17:08AM -0500, Alan Crosswell wrote:
> >The IP address you use on the AX25 interface (192.168.1.1 above) is
> >unimportant if you are not using TCP/IP, but it is necessary to set one.
>
> This is the SIOCGIFCONF bug I mentioned. GIFCONF will not return any ax25
> interfaces unless they have a configured IP address. That one is a kernel
> problem that has to be worked around for now.
I _do_ have an IP set for the interface (sm0), though. 192.168.1.1,
which is not used anywhere else here.
> The other major change is for SOCK_PACKET the protocol family changed from
> PF_INET to PF_AX25 (like it should have been). This means programs that
> do promiscuous listening (like listen, and perhaps netromd) will fail to
> work. Grep for socket in the sources and see which PF_ or AF_ these calls
> are using.
>
> 73 de Alan N2YGK
> PS: I'm sure there are other differences and I'm not sure I have the above
> correct -- I haven't put enough effort into reading the source yet to
> be confident that I understand how it works. Read the Source, Luke.
Thanks Alan, I will experiment with it soon.
Hamish VK3TYD
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