net2kiss(8)

net2kiss8

Convert a network ax.25 driver to a kiss stream on a pseudo-tty

Usage

net2kiss [-sfzva] [-i ifname] ptyname

Overview

net2kiss takes AX.25 packets from an AX.25 kernel network interface and converts them into a KISS data stream via a pseudo-tty.

Parameters

ptyname

specifies the path to the pseudo-tty. If you use the special name "/dev/ptmx", then a Unix98-PTY pair is used; the pty name is written to stdout.

Options

-i ifname

specifies the name of the kernel AX.25 network interface. The default is bc0.

-s

tells net2kiss to search by itself for a free pseudoterminal, open the master side and create a symlink named by -p to the slave side.

-f

can be used in conjunction with -s to force the creation of the symlink even if the target file does already exist. *DANGEROUS*

-v

Verbose output. Displays error messages during operation and decoded packets to stdout.

-z

put the network interface into promiscious mode.

-a

receive every packet instead of only AX.25 from the kernel AX.25 network interface.

Releases

15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 2.0–6.0
  2. 7–10
  3. 11–13

Bugs

None known.

Authors

Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA, <[email protected]>

From ax25-tools 0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.