23Feb02=======================================================================
1. remove old satellites from keps.
+2. Add information on setting up the ax25 utils to the installation manual
+(g0vgs)
19Feb02=======================================================================
1. move the PC11 dup check after the input filter
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-<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Configuration</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s3">3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities</A></H2>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users</A>
+<P>The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation
+and configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will
+attempt to cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial
+ports as if they had TNC's on them. I will also show what
+additional configuration the DXSpider program requires.
+<P>
+<P>Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat
+7.1 distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution
+then your mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes
+and additions if you email me any errors or distribution specific
+requirements.
+<P>
+<P>You would probably benefit from reading the
+<A HREF="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/HOWTO/html_single/AX25-HOWTO.html#AEN151">AX25-HOWTO</A> which is much more
+comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also available
+called
+<A HREF="http://1409.org/projects/index.html">ax25-config</A> which
+may help you to configure things.
+<P>
+<P>The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and
+are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure the
+ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is necessarily
+the best or for that matter, the right way!
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.1">3.1 Getting Started</A>
</H2>
-<P>As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how to
-configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add a line
-in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your users. For
-each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use the following format ...
+<P>There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the
+3 files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make
+some changes to the kernel configuration.
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<P>or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
+<P>The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match
+your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind.
+There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the
+original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25
+rpms as standard. The other is
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/linux/awznode/">AWZNode</A> by IZ5AWZ.
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>For 2.4 kernels you need these files...
<P>
-<P>For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
-need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's
-in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
-then add a specific line for that node like this:
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-GB7DJK-2 * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25
-default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<UL>
+<LI>
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm">libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm</A></LI>
+<LI>
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm">ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm</A></LI>
+<LI>
+<A HREF="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm">ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm</A></LI>
+</UL>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users </A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.2">3.2 The kernel</A>
</H2>
-<P>
-From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this
-(see next section) but, if you prefer, the method of doing it described
-here will continue to work just fine.
-<P>
-<P>Allowing telnet connections is quite simple. Firstly you need to add a line
-in /etc/services to allow connections to a port number, like this ....
+<P>First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is
+a main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you
+will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable
+Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port
+KISS Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the
+assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as modules.
+If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more fully, I would
+refer to the excellent
+<A HREF="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/HOWTO/html_single/AX25-HOWTO.html#AEN151">AX25-HOWTO</A><P>
+<P>I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do not use it
+simply ignore any instruction concerning it.
+<P>
+<P>Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 Installing the RPM's</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools,
+then ax25-apps.
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-spdlogin 8000/tcp # spider anonymous login port
+rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this ....
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 Configuration</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of
+several files ...
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<UL>
+<LI>axports</LI>
+<LI>nrports</LI>
+<LI>nrbroadcast</LI>
+<LI>ax25d.conf</LI>
+<LI>node.conf</LI>
+</UL>
<P>
-<P>Once this is done, you need to restart inetd like this ....
+<P>These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not
+have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol,
+Rose or axip for example.
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-killall -HUP inetd
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface
+requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the
+following examples.
<P>
-<P>Now login as <EM>sysop</EM> and cd spider/src. You can test that spider
-is accepting telnet logins by issuing the following command ....
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.5">3.5 axports</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below
+for a standard TNC2 ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-./client login telnet
+#portname callsign baudrate paclen window description
+ 2m gb7mbc-2 19200 256 2 2m port on 144.900MHz
+ 4m gb7mbc-4 19200 256 2 4m port on 70.325MHz
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>You should get a login prompt and on issuing a callsign, you will be given
-access to the cluster. Note, you will not get a password login. There seems
-no good reason for a password prompt to be given so it is not asked for.
+<P>Note that the portnames have to be unique.
<P>
-<P>Assuming all is well, then try a telnet from your linux console ....
+<P>The file headings are as follows ...
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-telnet localhost 8000
+portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign - The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port
+baudrate - The speed you communicate between TNC and computer
+paclen - The maximum packet length for ax25 connections
+window - The ax25 window parameter. This is like 'maxframe'
+description - A textual description of the port
</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>
-<P>You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before.
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.3">3.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.6">3.6 nrports</A>
</H2>
-<P>From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program to
-allow connections directly (i.e. not via the <CODE>/spider/src/client</CODE>
-interface program). If you are using Windows then this is the only method
-available of allowing incoming telnet connections.
-<P>
-<P>To do this you need first to remove any line that you may previously have set
-up in /etc/inetd.conf. Remember to:-
+<P>This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is below
+and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why we need
+2 ports later ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-killall -HUP inetd
+#portname callsign alias paclen description
+ netrom gb7mbc-8 BARE 236 Node Netrom Port
+ netrom2 gb7mbc-9 MBCDX 236 Cluster Netrom Port
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>to make the change happen...
+<P>Note that the portnames have to be unique.
<P>
-<P>Having done that, you need to copy the file
-<EM>/spider/perl/Listeners.pm</EM> to <EM>/spider/local</EM> and
-then edit it. You will need to uncomment the line containing "0.0.0.0"
-and select the correct port to listen on. So that it looks like this:-
+<P>The file headings are as follows ...
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-@listen = (
- ["0.0.0.0", 8000],
-);
+portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign - This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this
+ port will use
+alias - The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned
+paclen - The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted
+description - A textual description of the port
</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>As standard, the listener will listen on all interfaces simultaneously.
-If you require more control than this, you can specify each interface
-individually:-
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.7">3.7 nrbroadcast</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-@listen = (
- ["gb7baa.dxcluster.net", 8000],
- ["44.131.16.2", 6300],
-);
+#axport min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose
+ 4m 5 10 100 1
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>This will only be successful if the IP addresses on each interface are static.
-If you are using some kind of dynamic IP addressing then the 'default' method
-is the only one that will work.
-<P>
-<P>Restart the cluster.pl program to enable the listener.
-<P>
-<P>One important difference with the internal listener is that no echoing
-is done by the cluster program. Users will need to set 'local-echo' on in
-their telnet clients if it isn't set automatically (as per the standards).
-Needless to say this will probably only apply to Windows users.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.4">3.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW engine
-from Linux as well as Windows based machines.
-<P>
-<P>In order to enable access to an AGW Engine you need to copy
-<EM>/spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm</EM> to <EM>/spider/local</EM> and edit it.
-Specifically you must:-
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI> set <CODE>$enable</CODE> to 1.</LI>
-<LI> set <CODE>$login</CODE> and <CODE>$passwd</CODE> to the values set up in your AGW installation.
-If you haven't set any there, then you should not touch these values.</LI>
-<LI> You can connect to a remote AGW engine (ie on some other machine) by changing <CODE>$addr</CODE>
-and <CODE>$port</CODE> appropriately.</LI>
-<LI> Restart the cluster.pl program</LI>
-</UL>
-
+<P>The file headings are as follows ...
<P>
+<PRE>
+axport - The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast
+ NET/ROM on.
+min_obs - The minimum obsolescence value for the port
+def_qual - The default quality for the port
+worst_qual - The worst quality for the port. Any routes under
+ this quality will be ignored
+verbose - This flag determines whether you will only broadcast
+ your own node (0) or all known nodes (1)
+</PRE>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.5">3.5 Setting up node connects</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.8">3.8 ax25d.conf</A>
</H2>
-<P>In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that the
-connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether the connect
-is incoming or outgoing. In spider this is a simple task and can be done in
-runtime.
-<P>
-<P>Later versions of Spider can distinguish different software and treat them
-differently. For example, the WCY beacon cannot be handles by AK1A type
-nodes as AK1A does not know what to do with PC73. There are 4 different
-types of node at present and although they may not have any major
-differences at the moment, it allows for compatibility. The 4 types are ...
+<P>This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and steers
+them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration options
+you can set here, however they are well covered in the AX25-HOWTO. For
+our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. An example is
+below ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-set/node (AK1A type)
-set/spider
-set/dxnet
-set/clx
+[gb7mbc-0 via 2m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 2m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+[gb7mbc-0 via 4m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 4m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+<netrom2>
+parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+<netrom>
+parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>For now, we will assume that the cluster we are going to connect to is an
-AK1A type node.
+<P>There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25
+sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in
+< >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to
+set their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard
+NOCALL set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'.
+Lastly and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are
+all done in interface order.
<P>
-<P>Start up the cluster as you did before and login as the sysop with client.
-The cluster node I am wanting to make a connection to is GB7BAA but you would
-obviously use whatever callsign you required. At the prompt type ...
+<P>You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the
+cluster is like this ..
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-set/node gb7baa
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>The case does not matter as long as you have a version of DXSpider later than
-1.33. Earlier versions required the callsign to be in upper case.
-<P>
-<P>That is now set, it is as simple as that. To prove it, login on yet another
-console as sysop, cd to spider/src and issue the command ...
+<P>however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-./client gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>You should get an initialisation string from DXSpider like this ...
+<P>For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
+need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's
+in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
+then add a specific line for that node like this:
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-./client gb7baa
-PC38^GB7MBC^~
+GB7DJK-2 * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If the callsign you just set up as a cluster node is for an incoming connect,
-this is all that needs to be done. If the connection is to be outgoing then
-a connection script needs to be written.
<P>
-<P>Sometimes you make a mistake... Honest, it does happen. If you want to make a node
-back to being a normal user, regardless
-of what type it is, do:
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.9">3.9 node.conf</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the
+node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is
+very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and
+node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get.
+The node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would
+expect. An example is below ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-unset/node gb7baa
+# /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file
+#
+# see node.conf(5)
+
+# Idle timeout (seconds).
+#
+IdleTimeout 1800
+
+# Timeout when gatewaying (seconds).
+#
+ConnTimeout 40000
+
+# Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login.
+#
+HostName gb7mbc.ampr.org
+
+# ReConnect flag.
+#
+ReConnect off
+
+# "Local" network.
+#
+#LocalNet 44.139.8.48/32
+
+# Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the alias.
+#
+##Alias CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s'
+#Alias CONVers 'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"'
+#Alias CLuster 'c hkiclh'
+Alias CONV "telnet lurpac 3600"
+Alias BBS "c 70cm gb7crv"
+Alias DXC "telnet localhost 9000"
+Alias MUD "telnet homer 4000"
+##Alias TEMP "finger temp@mary.g6phf"
+##Alias TNOS "c ip1 gb7mbc-5"
+##Alias TUtor "telnet gb7mbc 3599"
+
+# Hidden ports.
+#
+#HiddenPorts 2
+
+# External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the extcmd.
+#
+# Flags: 1 Run command through pipe
+# 2 Reconnected flag
+#
+#ExtCmd TPM 3 nobody /usr/bin/finger finger tpm
+#ExtCmd ECho 1 nobody /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5
+
+# Node ID.
+#
+NodeId "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1"
+#NodeId \033[01;31m***\033[0m
+
+# Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects.
+#
+NrPort netrom
+
+# Logging level
+#
+LogLevel 3
+
+# The escape character (CTRL-T)
+#
+EscapeChar ^T
+
+# Resolve ip numbers to addresses?
+#
+ResolveAddrs off
+
+# Node prompt.
+#
+#NodePrompt "\n"
+#NodePrompt "%s@%h \%i> "
+NodePrompt "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > "
+#NodePrompt "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> "
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.6">3.6 Connection scripts</A>
+<P>This should be fairly obvious I hope.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss3.10">3.10 Getting it all running</A>
</H2>
-<P>Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using just about
-any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all possible examples.
-Connect scripts live in the /spider/connect directory and are simple ascii files.
-Writing a script for connections is therefore relatively simple.
-<P>
-<P>The connect scripts consist of lines which start with the following keywords
-or symbols:-
-<P>
-<DL>
-<P>
-<DT><B>#</B><DD><P>All lines starting with a <CODE>#</CODE> are ignored, as are completely
-blank lines.
-<P>
-<DT><B>timeout</B><DD><P><CODE>timeout</CODE> followed by a number is the number of seconds to wait for a
-command to complete. If there is no timeout specified in the script
-then the default is 60 seconds.
-<P>
-<DT><B>abort</B><DD><P><CODE>abort</CODE> is a regular expression containing one or more strings to look
-for to abort a connection. This is a perl regular expression and is
-executed ignoring case.
-<P>
-<DT><B>connect</B><DD><P><CODE>connect</CODE> followed by ax25, agw (for Windows users) or telnet and some type dependent
-information. In the case of a telnet connection, there can be up to
-two parameters.
-The first is the ip address or hostname of the computer you wish to
-connect to and the second is the port number you want to use (this
-can be left out if it is a normal telnet session).
-In the case of an ax25 session then this would normally be a call to
-ax25_call or netrom_call as in the example above. It is your
-responsibility to get your node and other ax25 parameters to work
-before going down this route!
-<P>
-<DT><B>'</B><DD><P><CODE>'</CODE> is the delimiting character for a word or phrase of an expect/send
-line in a chat type script. The words/phrases normally come in pairs,
-either can be empty. Each line reads input from the connection until
-it sees the string (or perl regular expression) contained in the
-left hand string. If the left hand string is empty then it doesn't
-read or wait for anything. The comparison is done ignoring case.
-When the left hand string has found what it is looking for (if it is)
-then the right hand string is sent to the connection.
-This process is repeated for every line of chat script.
-<P>
-<DT><B>client</B><DD><P><CODE>client</CODE> starts the connection, put the arguments you would want here
-if you were starting the client program manually. You only need this
-if the script has a different name to the callsign you are trying to
-connect to (i.e. you have a script called other which actually
-connects to GB7DJK-1 [instead of a script called gb7djk-1]).
-</DL>
-<P>
-<P>There are many possible ways to configure the script but here are three examples,
-one for a NETRom/AX25 connect, one for AGW engines and one for tcp/ip.
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-timeout 60
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-# don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call!
-connect ax25 /usr/sbin/netrom_call bbs gb7djk g1tlh
-'Connect' ''
-'Connect' 'c np7'
-'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
-# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
-client gb7dxm ax25
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to get
+it all running.
<P>
+<P>The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in KISS mode
+and connected to the serial ports involved.
<P>
+<P>You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the system like this ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-timeout 60
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-# this does exactly the same as the previous example
-# the '1' is the AGW port number to connect thru for g1tlh
-connect agw 1 g1tlh
-'Connect' ''
-'Connect' 'c np7'
-'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
-# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
-client gb7dxm ax25
+kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199
+kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>
+<P>Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and ttyS1 are com1 and
+com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-timeout 15
-connect telnet dirkl.tobit.co.uk
-'login' 'gb7djk'
-'word' 'gb7djk'
-# tell GB7DJK-1 that it is connected to GB7DJK
-# you can leave this out if you call this script 'gb7djk'
-client gb7djk telnet
+kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>Both these examples assume that everything is set up properly at the other end.
-You will find other examples in the /spider/examples directory.
+<P>The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the switches.
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.7">3.7 Starting the connection</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing
-in the word <EM>connect</EM> followed by a script name like this ....
+<P>Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2041Z >connect gb7djk-1
-connection to GB7DJK-1 started
-G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2043Z >
+nrattach netrom
+nrattach netrom2
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>This will start a connection using the script called <EM>gb7djk-1</EM>. You can
-follow the connection by watching the term or console from where you started
-<EM>cluster.pl</EM>. From version 1.47 onwards, you will need to <CODE>set/debug connect</CODE> first.
-You should see something like this ...
+<P>All of the above can be put in a file and called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all
+the above commands in a file called rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it.
+<P>
+<P>Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-<- D G1TLH connect gb7djk-1
--> D G1TLH connection to GB7DJK-1 started
--> D G1TLH G1TLH de GB7DJK 13-Dec-1998 2046Z >
-timeout set to 15
-CONNECT sort: telnet command: dirkl.tobit.co.uk
-CHAT "login" -> "gb7djk"
-received "
-Red Hat Linux release 5.1 (Manhattan)
-Kernel 2.0.35 on an i586
-"
-received "login: "
-sent "gb7djk"
-CHAT "word" -> "gb7djk"
-received "gb7djk"
-received "Password: "
-sent "gb7djk"
-Connected to GB7DJK-1, starting normal protocol
-<- O GB7DJK-1 telnet
--> B GB7DJK-1 0
-GB7DJK-1 channel func state 0 -> init
-<- D GB7DJK-1
-<- D GB7DJK-1 Last login: Sun Dec 13 17:59:56 from dirk1
-<- D GB7DJK-1 PC38^GB7DJK-1^~
-<- D GB7DJK-1 PC18^ 1 nodes, 0 local / 1 total users Max users 0 Uptime
-0 00:00^5447^~
- etc
+ax25d
+netromd -i
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>With later versions of Spider there is a set/login command for users. This
-tells them when a user or node logs in or out. If you do not add a line to
-your scripts after the final line (or before the client line which should always
-be last if needed) then the login/logout information will be sent to users
-<I>before</I> the login actually completes. This means if a node is
-unreachable, it will continue sending logins and logouts to users even though it
-is not actually connecting. To avoid this use the following line ...
+<P>All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node working for telnet
+connections. If nothing else, this will allow you to connect to the node yourself
+to check on connection status etc. There are 2 files that need to be edited.
+<P>
+<P>First edit /etc/services and add
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-'connect' ''
+node 3000/tcp #OH2BNS's Node Software
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>In a script, this might look like ...
+<P>Assuming you want it to run on port 3000
+<P>
+<P>Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look like this ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-timeout 35
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-connect telnet mary 3000
-'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
-'>' 'telnet 44.131.93.96 7305'
-'connect' ''
+# default: on
+# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
+service node
+{
+ socket_type = stream
+ wait = no
+ user = root
+ server = /usr/sbin/node
+ log_on_failure += USERID
+ disable = yes
+}
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.8">3.8 Telnet echo</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet echo.
-This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create at worst severe
-loops. At best it creates unnecessary bandwidth and large logfiles! There are
-things that can be done to limit this problem but will not always work dependent
-on the route taken to connect.
-<P>
-<P>Telnet echo itself should only be a problem if the connection is being made to
-the telnet port (23). This port uses special rules that include echo negotiation.
-If the connection is to a different port, such as 7300, this negotiation does
-not happen and therefore no echo should be present.
-<P>
-<P>Sometimes it is not possible to make a direct connection to another node and this
-can cause problems. There is a way of trying to suppress the telnet echo but
-this will not always work, unfortunately it is difficult to be more specific.
-Here is an example of what I mean ...
+<P>You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the PID is
+like so ..
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-timeout 35
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-connect telnet mary.lancs.ac.uk
-'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
-'word:' 'mypasswd'
-'\$' 'stty -echo raw'
-'\$' 'telnet 44.131.93.96'
-'connect' ''
+ps auxw |grep xinetd
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>So, the first connection is made by Spider. This is fine as Spider uses the
-Net_Telnet script from within perl. This actually uses TCP rather than TELNET
-so no negotiation will be done on the first connection. Once connected to
-mary.lancs.ac.uk, the command is sent to suppress echo. Now a telnet is made
-to a cluster node that is accepting connections on port 23. The problem with
-this link is that the negotiation is made by the remote machine, therefore you
-have no control over it. The chances are that this link will create echo and
-there will be no way you can stop it.
-<P>
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss3.9">3.9 Autostarting the cluster</A>
-</H2>
-
-<P>Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster
-nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually. It
-would be much easier to have it start automatically.
-<P>
-<P>This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a
-watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for
-any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier.
-<P>
-<P>Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add
-the following lines to the file near the end ...
+<P>You will get a reply something like this ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
-DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+root 592 0.0 0.1 2256 620 ? S Feb07 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>This line works fine for RedHat distributions. It is also fine for SuSE up to
-7.0. From Suse 7.1 you need to add runlevels 2 and 5 like this ...
+<P>The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the command ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-DX:235:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+kill -HUP 592
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>The line required for Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to
-Aurelio, PA3EZL for this information.
+<P>All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the node by
+using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-DX:23:respawn:/bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty7
+telnet localhost 3000
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<P>This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart
-it should it crash for any reason.
-<P>
-<P>As root type the command <EM>telinit q</EM>. DXSpider should start up
-immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as <EM>sysop</EM>
-you should find everything running nicely.
+<P>If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you have radios connected
+to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other stations and receive incoming ax25 and
+netrom connections.
<P>
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-<H2><A NAME="s4">4. Microsoft Windows Installation</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s4">4. Configuration</A></H2>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.1">4.1 Introduction</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.1">4.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users</A>
</H2>
-<P><B>IMPORTANT:</B>
-<P>What you'll be left with once you've followed these instructions
-is (hopefully) a working DX Spider v1.47 system that is capable
-of accepting or originating "internet" connections, plus inbound
-AX.25 and TCP/IP radio connections. If the absence of outbound
-radio connections is a serious limitation for you, it would be
-better for you to wait a couple more weeks until this support has
-been added.
-<P>On the other hand, you may have an enquiring mind, or better yet,
-may be looking for a useful way of connecting your current
-(perhaps) AK1A cluster "to the internet" via some networking
-mechanism (BPQEther, etc) or other. I won't be producing
-instructions for the latter case, because I don't have an AK1A to
-play with. But someone might ...
-<P>Whatever, this document is intended to get you started with DX
-Spider in a Microsoft Windows ™ environment. It's not
-intended to teach you anything other than how to perform a
-minimum configuration of a DX Spider installation and have it
-able to connect across "the internet" to other DX Clusters, while
-accepting inbound TELNET and radio connections.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.2">4.2 The requirements</A>
+<P>This is dealt with in the previous section
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.2">4.2 Allowing telnet connects from users </A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>
+From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this
+(see next section) but, if you prefer, the method of doing it described
+here will continue to work just fine.
+<P>
+<P>Allowing telnet connections is quite simple. Firstly you need to add a line
+in /etc/services to allow connections to a port number, like this ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+spdlogin 8000/tcp # spider anonymous login port
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>Once this is done, you need to restart inetd like this ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+killall -HUP inetd
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>Now login as <EM>sysop</EM> and cd spider/src. You can test that spider
+is accepting telnet logins by issuing the following command ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+./client login telnet
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>You should get a login prompt and on issuing a callsign, you will be given
+access to the cluster. Note, you will not get a password login. There seems
+no good reason for a password prompt to be given so it is not asked for.
+<P>
+<P>Assuming all is well, then try a telnet from your linux console ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+telnet localhost 8000
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.3">4.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)</A>
</H2>
-<P>The very first things you're going to need are (in order of
-importance):-
+<P>From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program to
+allow connections directly (i.e. not via the <CODE>/spider/src/client</CODE>
+interface program). If you are using Windows then this is the only method
+available of allowing incoming telnet connections.
+<P>
+<P>To do this you need first to remove any line that you may previously have set
+up in /etc/inetd.conf. Remember to:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+killall -HUP inetd
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>to make the change happen...
+<P>
+<P>Having done that, you need to copy the file
+<EM>/spider/perl/Listeners.pm</EM> to <EM>/spider/local</EM> and
+then edit it. You will need to uncomment the line containing "0.0.0.0"
+and select the correct port to listen on. So that it looks like this:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+@listen = (
+ ["0.0.0.0", 8000],
+);
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>As standard, the listener will listen on all interfaces simultaneously.
+If you require more control than this, you can specify each interface
+individually:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+@listen = (
+ ["gb7baa.dxcluster.net", 8000],
+ ["44.131.16.2", 6300],
+);
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>This will only be successful if the IP addresses on each interface are static.
+If you are using some kind of dynamic IP addressing then the 'default' method
+is the only one that will work.
+<P>
+<P>Restart the cluster.pl program to enable the listener.
+<P>
+<P>One important difference with the internal listener is that no echoing
+is done by the cluster program. Users will need to set 'local-echo' on in
+their telnet clients if it isn't set automatically (as per the standards).
+Needless to say this will probably only apply to Windows users.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.4">4.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW engine
+from Linux as well as Windows based machines.
+<P>
+<P>In order to enable access to an AGW Engine you need to copy
+<EM>/spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm</EM> to <EM>/spider/local</EM> and edit it.
+Specifically you must:-
<P>
<UL>
-<LI>A cup of good, strong tea</LI>
-<LI>A supported Windows platform with an internet connection so you can
-download the necessary software bits and bobs directly to it. There are other ways, but this is preferable.</LI>
-<LI>Another cup of good, strong tea</LI>
-<LI>If all goes according to plan, about an hour to spare</LI>
-<LI>Plenty of good, strong tea</LI>
+<LI> set <CODE>$enable</CODE> to 1.</LI>
+<LI> set <CODE>$login</CODE> and <CODE>$passwd</CODE> to the values set up in your AGW installation.
+If you haven't set any there, then you should not touch these values.</LI>
+<LI> You can connect to a remote AGW engine (ie on some other machine) by changing <CODE>$addr</CODE>
+and <CODE>$port</CODE> appropriately.</LI>
+<LI> Restart the cluster.pl program</LI>
</UL>
+
+<P>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.3">4.3 The system</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.5">4.5 Setting up node connects</A>
</H2>
-<P>The platform I used to generate these instructions was a
-"vanilla" Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz
-AMD Athlon processor and 96 Mb memory. I've also personally
-verified that it runs on my laptop (Pentium 266MHz, 32 Mb memory,
-Windows 98 SE v4.10.2222 A) and a computer that I assembled from
-a random pile of junk (AMD K6-2 333MHz, 64 Mb memory, Windows 98
-v4.10.1998). As a result, I have reason to believe that what I'm
-about to describe will perform equally on any 32-bit MS Windows
-environment with 32 Mb of memory.
-<P>Because of the changes that have recently been made to the core
-"cluster.pl" module and the introduction of a very lightweight
-"winclient.pl", I have a sneaking suspicion that this will now
-run on any platform that has reasonably complete support for
-Perl. Is there someone out there with both an enquiring mind and
-(say) a Macintosh, for instance?
-<P>Please bear in mind, though, that my instructions relate solely
-to how to get this going under a Microsoft Windows environment,
-and I have zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.4">4.4 Perl</A>
+<P>In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that the
+connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether the connect
+is incoming or outgoing. In spider this is a simple task and can be done in
+runtime.
+<P>
+<P>Later versions of Spider can distinguish different software and treat them
+differently. For example, the WCY beacon cannot be handles by AK1A type
+nodes as AK1A does not know what to do with PC73. There are 4 different
+types of node at present and although they may not have any major
+differences at the moment, it allows for compatibility. The 4 types are ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+set/node (AK1A type)
+set/spider
+set/dxnet
+set/clx
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>For now, we will assume that the cluster we are going to connect to is an
+AK1A type node.
+<P>
+<P>Start up the cluster as you did before and login as the sysop with client.
+The cluster node I am wanting to make a connection to is GB7BAA but you would
+obviously use whatever callsign you required. At the prompt type ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+set/node gb7baa
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>The case does not matter as long as you have a version of DXSpider later than
+1.33. Earlier versions required the callsign to be in upper case.
+<P>
+<P>That is now set, it is as simple as that. To prove it, login on yet another
+console as sysop, cd to spider/src and issue the command ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+./client gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>You should get an initialisation string from DXSpider like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+./client gb7baa
+PC38^GB7MBC^~
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>If the callsign you just set up as a cluster node is for an incoming connect,
+this is all that needs to be done. If the connection is to be outgoing then
+a connection script needs to be written.
+<P>
+<P>Sometimes you make a mistake... Honest, it does happen. If you want to make a node
+back to being a normal user, regardless
+of what type it is, do:
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+unset/node gb7baa
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.6">4.6 Connection scripts</A>
</H2>
-<P>Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good
-reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use
-ActivePerl v5.6. For my testing & development, I used build 623.
-You can get this from:-
-<A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html">http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html</A><P>You will need to choose either the MSI or the AS package. My
-recommendation is that you choose the MSI package and deal with
-the consequences if your system isn't equipped with support for
-the latest MS Installer; you'll be better off in the long run.
-The build 623 download is 7,460 KB, so now is a really good time
-to have some tea if you're on a slow dial-up connection.
-<P>During installation, please ensure that you do choose the options
-to "Add Perl to the PATH environment variable" and "Create Perl
-file extension association"; it will make your life so much
-easier. Once the installation is finished, be sure to reboot your
-PC. You probably won't be told anywhere else that this needs to
-be done now, but it does. Really.
-<P>Once you've rebooted, open a "DOS box" (Start > Run > command
-might do it, if you can't find it elsewhere) and from wherever it
-lands, type PERL -v <ENTER> (it's better if that's a lower-case
-'v', because an upper-case 'V' means something else. You should
-be rewarded with some interesting information about your Perl
-installation. If you're not, you must go back to the beginning
-and discover what went wrong and fix it. It's pointless to
-proceed unless this simple check is passed. Assuming it did work,
-you may now move on.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.5">4.5 Additional packages</A>
+<P>Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using just about
+any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all possible examples.
+Connect scripts live in the /spider/connect directory and are simple ascii files.
+Writing a script for connections is therefore relatively simple.
+<P>
+<P>The connect scripts consist of lines which start with the following keywords
+or symbols:-
+<P>
+<DL>
+<P>
+<DT><B>#</B><DD><P>All lines starting with a <CODE>#</CODE> are ignored, as are completely
+blank lines.
+<P>
+<DT><B>timeout</B><DD><P><CODE>timeout</CODE> followed by a number is the number of seconds to wait for a
+command to complete. If there is no timeout specified in the script
+then the default is 60 seconds.
+<P>
+<DT><B>abort</B><DD><P><CODE>abort</CODE> is a regular expression containing one or more strings to look
+for to abort a connection. This is a perl regular expression and is
+executed ignoring case.
+<P>
+<DT><B>connect</B><DD><P><CODE>connect</CODE> followed by ax25, agw (for Windows users) or telnet and some type dependent
+information. In the case of a telnet connection, there can be up to
+two parameters.
+The first is the ip address or hostname of the computer you wish to
+connect to and the second is the port number you want to use (this
+can be left out if it is a normal telnet session).
+In the case of an ax25 session then this would normally be a call to
+ax25_call or netrom_call as in the example above. It is your
+responsibility to get your node and other ax25 parameters to work
+before going down this route!
+<P>
+<DT><B>'</B><DD><P><CODE>'</CODE> is the delimiting character for a word or phrase of an expect/send
+line in a chat type script. The words/phrases normally come in pairs,
+either can be empty. Each line reads input from the connection until
+it sees the string (or perl regular expression) contained in the
+left hand string. If the left hand string is empty then it doesn't
+read or wait for anything. The comparison is done ignoring case.
+When the left hand string has found what it is looking for (if it is)
+then the right hand string is sent to the connection.
+This process is repeated for every line of chat script.
+<P>
+<DT><B>client</B><DD><P><CODE>client</CODE> starts the connection, put the arguments you would want here
+if you were starting the client program manually. You only need this
+if the script has a different name to the callsign you are trying to
+connect to (i.e. you have a script called other which actually
+connects to GB7DJK-1 [instead of a script called gb7djk-1]).
+</DL>
+<P>
+<P>There are many possible ways to configure the script but here are three examples,
+one for a NETRom/AX25 connect, one for AGW engines and one for tcp/ip.
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+timeout 60
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+# don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call!
+connect ax25 /usr/sbin/netrom_call bbs gb7djk g1tlh
+'Connect' ''
+'Connect' 'c np7'
+'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
+# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
+client gb7dxm ax25
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+timeout 60
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+# this does exactly the same as the previous example
+# the '1' is the AGW port number to connect thru for g1tlh
+connect agw 1 g1tlh
+'Connect' ''
+'Connect' 'c np7'
+'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
+# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
+client gb7dxm ax25
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+timeout 15
+connect telnet dirkl.tobit.co.uk
+'login' 'gb7djk'
+'word' 'gb7djk'
+# tell GB7DJK-1 that it is connected to GB7DJK
+# you can leave this out if you call this script 'gb7djk'
+client gb7djk telnet
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>Both these examples assume that everything is set up properly at the other end.
+You will find other examples in the /spider/examples directory.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.7">4.7 Starting the connection</A>
</H2>
-<P>Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl
-distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I
-recommended, and don't know any better for yourself, then just
-blindly following these instructions will work just fine. If that
-didn't describe you, then you're on your own.
-<P>Visit the following URL:
+<P>You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing
+in the word <EM>connect</EM> followed by a script name like this ....
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2041Z >connect gb7djk-1
+connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2043Z >
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/">http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/</A><P>and download the following files:-
+<P>This will start a connection using the script called <EM>gb7djk-1</EM>. You can
+follow the connection by watching the term or console from where you started
+<EM>cluster.pl</EM>. From version 1.47 onwards, you will need to <CODE>set/debug connect</CODE> first.
+You should see something like this ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-Data-Dumper.zip
-Net-Telnet.zip
-TimeDate.zip
-Time-HiRes.zip
-DB_File.zip
+<- D G1TLH connect gb7djk-1
+-> D G1TLH connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+-> D G1TLH G1TLH de GB7DJK 13-Dec-1998 2046Z >
+timeout set to 15
+CONNECT sort: telnet command: dirkl.tobit.co.uk
+CHAT "login" -> "gb7djk"
+received "
+Red Hat Linux release 5.1 (Manhattan)
+Kernel 2.0.35 on an i586
+"
+received "login: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+CHAT "word" -> "gb7djk"
+received "gb7djk"
+received "Password: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+Connected to GB7DJK-1, starting normal protocol
+<- O GB7DJK-1 telnet
+-> B GB7DJK-1 0
+GB7DJK-1 channel func state 0 -> init
+<- D GB7DJK-1
+<- D GB7DJK-1 Last login: Sun Dec 13 17:59:56 from dirk1
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC38^GB7DJK-1^~
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC18^ 1 nodes, 0 local / 1 total users Max users 0 Uptime
+0 00:00^5447^~
+ etc
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Make yourself a convenient directory to unpack all of these zip
-files into (I put mine in "D:\ppm>") and do the following (the
-bits you type in are blue ). Note that where these files land
-will be directly related to where you chose to install your
-ActivePerl (mine, as you can probably guess from what follows,
-went into "D:\Perl"):-
+<P>
+<P>With later versions of Spider there is a set/login command for users. This
+tells them when a user or node logs in or out. If you do not add a line to
+your scripts after the final line (or before the client line which should always
+be last if needed) then the login/logout information will be sent to users
+<I>before</I> the login actually completes. This means if a node is
+unreachable, it will continue sending logins and logouts to users even though it
+is not actually connecting. To avoid this use the following line ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-D:\ppm>ppm install Data-Dumper.ppd
-Installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd'
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.bs
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.dll
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.exp
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.lib
-Installing D:\Perl\html\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.html
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Data\Dumper\Dumper.pm
-Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.packlist
-D:\ppm>
+'connect' ''
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>I'm not going to bother you with exhaustive details of the rest
-of them, but suffice it to say you need to:
+<P>
+<P>In a script, this might look like ...
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-ppm install DB_File.ppd
-ppm install Net-Telnet.ppd
-ppm install TimeDate.ppd
-ppm install Time-HiRes.ppd
+timeout 35
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+connect telnet mary 3000
+'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
+'>' 'telnet 44.131.93.96 7305'
+'connect' ''
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If all that seemed to work OK, time to move along. Before anyone
-who is familiar with PPM tells me that we didn't need to download
-and keep those files locally, I knew that. I also knew that PPM
-is sometimes awkward to configure via firewalls, and that
-sometimes the repositories don't always work the way we'd hope. I
-do it that way because it suits me.
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss4.6">4.6 Getting Spider</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.8">4.8 Telnet echo</A>
</H2>
-<P>Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs
-to be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting
-this; either get a CVS update from sourceforge (if you don't know
-what this is, then it isn't for you) or get the latest "official"
-release from:-
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html">http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html</A><P>or if you want the lastest snapshot of CVS version (which is produced
-every night):-
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz">http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz</A><P>This is generally the best one to go for as it is completely up to
-date. However, there is always the very slight chance that it might
-unstable. Generally, there will be a note on the website if this is
-the case.
-<P>
-<P>The only difference between "CVSlatest.tgz" and the latest
-"official" release version is that it is more up to date. Don't confuse
-this TGZ file with "Downloading from Sourceforge with CVS" - they are two
-quite different things.
-<P>
-<P>If you went down the CVS route (ie installed wincvs and downloaded from
-sourceforge), then everything will be nicely
-set out on your local disk. If you got the TGZ file, unpack it to
-somewhere convenient. The following examples assume that you put
-it on drive "C:\", for convenience.
-<P>
-<P>You will need
-<A HREF="http://www.winzip.com">winzip</A> to
-manipulate the TGZ files (they are bit like ZIP files) if you are not using CVS.
+<P>Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet echo.
+This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create at worst severe
+loops. At best it creates unnecessary bandwidth and large logfiles! There are
+things that can be done to limit this problem but will not always work dependent
+on the route taken to connect.
+<P>
+<P>Telnet echo itself should only be a problem if the connection is being made to
+the telnet port (23). This port uses special rules that include echo negotiation.
+If the connection is to a different port, such as 7300, this negotiation does
+not happen and therefore no echo should be present.
+<P>
+<P>Sometimes it is not possible to make a direct connection to another node and this
+can cause problems. There is a way of trying to suppress the telnet echo but
+this will not always work, unfortunately it is difficult to be more specific.
+Here is an example of what I mean ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+timeout 35
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+connect telnet mary.lancs.ac.uk
+'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
+'word:' 'mypasswd'
+'\$' 'stty -echo raw'
+'\$' 'telnet 44.131.93.96'
+'connect' ''
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>So, the first connection is made by Spider. This is fine as Spider uses the
+Net_Telnet script from within perl. This actually uses TCP rather than TELNET
+so no negotiation will be done on the first connection. Once connected to
+mary.lancs.ac.uk, the command is sent to suppress echo. Now a telnet is made
+to a cluster node that is accepting connections on port 23. The problem with
+this link is that the negotiation is made by the remote machine, therefore you
+have no control over it. The chances are that this link will create echo and
+there will be no way you can stop it.
+<P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss4.9">4.9 Autostarting the cluster</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster
+nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually. It
+would be much easier to have it start automatically.
+<P>
+<P>This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a
+watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for
+any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier.
+<P>
+<P>Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add
+the following lines to the file near the end ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
+DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>This line works fine for RedHat distributions. It is also fine for SuSE up to
+7.0. From Suse 7.1 you need to add runlevels 2 and 5 like this ...
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+DX:235:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>The line required for Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to
+Aurelio, PA3EZL for this information.
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+DX:23:respawn:/bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty7
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart
+it should it crash for any reason.
+<P>
+<P>As root type the command <EM>telinit q</EM>. DXSpider should start up
+immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as <EM>sysop</EM>
+you should find everything running nicely.
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-<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Installing the software</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Microsoft Windows Installation</A></H2>
-<P>Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with
-a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, go to
-"C:\spider\" and create them. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and
-figure out why, because it shouldn't be.
-<P>Now create your own local copy of the DXVars.pm file by:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-copy c:\spider\perl\DXVars.pm.issue
-c:\spider\local\DXVars.pm
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Now you'll need to edit this file using a text editor. If nothing
-else, you can simply
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-cd \spider\local
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>and then
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-notepad DXVars.pm
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>to bring up an editor window containing the file. As an absolute
-minimum you must adjust the following items in DXVars.pm:-
-<P>
-<UL>
-<LI> $mycall - Should hold the callsign of your DX Cluster</LI>
-<LI> $myname - The SysOp's first name</LI>
-<LI> $myalias - the SysOp's callsign. Cannot be the same as $mycall!</LI>
-<LI> $myqth - The station's geographical location (QTH).</LI>
-<LI> $mylatitude - The station latitude in degrees and decimal fractions</LI>
-<LI> $mylongitude - The station longitude in degrees and decimal fractions</LI>
-<LI> $mylocator - The Maidenhead (or QRA) locator of the station </LI>
-</UL>
-<P>You really also ought to update the $myqth and $myemail variables. And
-unless you are absolutely certain you know what you're doing, you
-should change nothing else in this file. Note that if you use an "@" or
-a "$" character in one of the above strings (typically in $myemail) you must
-write them as "\@" or "\$".
-<P>
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Incoming telnets</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Introduction</A>
</H2>
-<P>If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running
-Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a
-handy "DOS box" that's not doing anything else, do the following:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-copy \spider\perl\Listeners.pm \spider\local
-cd \spider\local
-notepad listeners.pm
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>The following lines need attention:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-["0.0.0.0", 7300],
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>On my machine, I've simply uncommented the "0.0.0.0" entry by
-removing the '#' from the front of the line.
-<P><B>You MUST carry out this step if you are
-running on a Windows NT, 2000 or XP based system</B>
-<P>If you don't have a static hostname for your machine, and you
-intend to allow folk to connect to your machine across the
-internet, then I'd suggest you pay a visit to www.dyndns.org and
-create one for yourself. While it's free, it will take a modest
-an amount of effort on your part to read, understand and
-implement what needs to be done to set this up.
-<P>
-<P>If your machine is connected to the internet <B>and</B> you don't
-want to allow your machine to be visible to the outside world you
-should change the "0.0.0.0" to "127.0.0.1" [which is
-"localhost"]. This will then only allow connections from inside your
-machine. As was said earlier: if you aren't running Win9x (or you want
-to use DXTelnet or somesuch), then you need to have the machine
-listening at least to "127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means <B>all</B> IP
-addresses).
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 The AGW packet engine</A>
+<P><B>IMPORTANT:</B>
+<P>What you'll be left with once you've followed these instructions
+is (hopefully) a working DX Spider v1.47 system that is capable
+of accepting or originating "internet" connections, plus inbound
+AX.25 and TCP/IP radio connections. If the absence of outbound
+radio connections is a serious limitation for you, it would be
+better for you to wait a couple more weeks until this support has
+been added.
+<P>On the other hand, you may have an enquiring mind, or better yet,
+may be looking for a useful way of connecting your current
+(perhaps) AK1A cluster "to the internet" via some networking
+mechanism (BPQEther, etc) or other. I won't be producing
+instructions for the latter case, because I don't have an AK1A to
+play with. But someone might ...
+<P>Whatever, this document is intended to get you started with DX
+Spider in a Microsoft Windows ™ environment. It's not
+intended to teach you anything other than how to perform a
+minimum configuration of a DX Spider installation and have it
+able to connect across "the internet" to other DX Clusters, while
+accepting inbound TELNET and radio connections.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 The requirements</A>
</H2>
-<P>On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine
-to interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create
-your own local copy of AGWConnect.pm by:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-copy c:\spider\perl\AGWConnect.pm
-c:\spider\local\AGWConnect.pm
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>and then
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-notepad AGWConnect.pm
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>to bring up an editor window containing the file. You must
-consider adjusting the following items in AGWConnect.pm:-
+<P>The very first things you're going to need are (in order of
+importance):-
<P>
<UL>
-<LI>$enable - set to '1' to enable AGWPE interface </LI>
-<LI>$login - the login ID you chose when you set up the SV2AGW security :-)</LI>
-<LI>$passwd - password that matches $login</LI>
+<LI>A cup of good, strong tea</LI>
+<LI>A supported Windows platform with an internet connection so you can
+download the necessary software bits and bobs directly to it. There are other ways, but this is preferable.</LI>
+<LI>Another cup of good, strong tea</LI>
+<LI>If all goes according to plan, about an hour to spare</LI>
+<LI>Plenty of good, strong tea</LI>
</UL>
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Setting up the initial user files</A>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 The system</A>
</H2>
-<P>Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is
-supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-cd \spider\perl
-perl create_sysop.pl
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If all goes according to plan, you will see no output from this
-program, and after a brief wait, your DOS prompt will be
-returned.
-<P>Depending on how brave you are, you might now care to try the
-following:-
-<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-perl cluster.pl
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If you did everything you were told, your DOS window will now
-hold a display which looks something like:-
+<P>The platform I used to generate these instructions was a
+"vanilla" Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz
+AMD Athlon processor and 96 Mb memory. I've also personally
+verified that it runs on my laptop (Pentium 266MHz, 32 Mb memory,
+Windows 98 SE v4.10.2222 A) and a computer that I assembled from
+a random pile of junk (AMD K6-2 333MHz, 64 Mb memory, Windows 98
+v4.10.1998). As a result, I have reason to believe that what I'm
+about to describe will perform equally on any 32-bit MS Windows
+environment with 32 Mb of memory.
+<P>Because of the changes that have recently been made to the core
+"cluster.pl" module and the introduction of a very lightweight
+"winclient.pl", I have a sneaking suspicion that this will now
+run on any platform that has reasonably complete support for
+Perl. Is there someone out there with both an enquiring mind and
+(say) a Macintosh, for instance?
+<P>Please bear in mind, though, that my instructions relate solely
+to how to get this going under a Microsoft Windows environment,
+and I have zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 Perl</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good
+reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use
+ActivePerl v5.6. For my testing & development, I used build 623.
+You can get this from:-
+<A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html">http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html</A><P>You will need to choose either the MSI or the AS package. My
+recommendation is that you choose the MSI package and deal with
+the consequences if your system isn't equipped with support for
+the latest MS Installer; you'll be better off in the long run.
+The build 623 download is 7,460 KB, so now is a really good time
+to have some tea if you're on a slow dial-up connection.
+<P>During installation, please ensure that you do choose the options
+to "Add Perl to the PATH environment variable" and "Create Perl
+file extension association"; it will make your life so much
+easier. Once the installation is finished, be sure to reboot your
+PC. You probably won't be told anywhere else that this needs to
+be done now, but it does. Really.
+<P>Once you've rebooted, open a "DOS box" (Start > Run > command
+might do it, if you can't find it elsewhere) and from wherever it
+lands, type PERL -v <ENTER> (it's better if that's a lower-case
+'v', because an upper-case 'V' means something else. You should
+be rewarded with some interesting information about your Perl
+installation. If you're not, you must go back to the beginning
+and discover what went wrong and fix it. It's pointless to
+proceed unless this simple check is passed. Assuming it did work,
+you may now move on.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.5">5.5 Additional packages</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl
+distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I
+recommended, and don't know any better for yourself, then just
+blindly following these instructions will work just fine. If that
+didn't describe you, then you're on your own.
+<P>Visit the following URL:
<P>
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-<PRE>
-DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
-Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
-loading prefixes ...
-loading band data ...
-loading user file system ...
-starting listeners ...
-Internal port: localhost 27754
-load badwords: Ok
-reading in duplicate spot and WWV info ...
-reading existing message headers ...
-load badmsg: Ok
-load forward: Ok
-load swop: Ok
-@msg = 0 before delete
-@msg = 0 after delete
-reading cron jobs ...v cron: reading /spider/cmd/crontab
-cron: adding 1 0 * * 0
-DXUser::export("$main::data/user_asc")
-reading database descriptors ...
-doing local initialisation ...
-orft we jolly well go ...
-queue msg (0)
-</PRE>
-</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>Now, if that's what you've got, you are very nearly home and dry
-(in as far as these particular experiments are concerned, anyhow)
-<P>If you are running Windows 9x you can access your new cluster (from
-the local machine) by finding yourself another "DOS box" and doing the
-following:-
+<A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/">http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/</A><P>and download the following files:-
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-cd \spider\perl
-perl winclient.pl
+Data-Dumper.zip
+Net-Telnet.zip
+TimeDate.zip
+Time-HiRes.zip
+DB_File.zip
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>If you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP then winclient.pl does not
-work. We don't know why other than this seems to be some kind of
-incomaptibility in perl. You can achieve the same thing by telnetting
-to the port you defined in Listeners.pm (7300 as default), thus:-
+<P>Make yourself a convenient directory to unpack all of these zip
+files into (I put mine in "D:\ppm>") and do the following (the
+bits you type in are blue ). Note that where these files land
+will be directly related to where you chose to install your
+ActivePerl (mine, as you can probably guess from what follows,
+went into "D:\Perl"):-
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-Menu->Start->Run
-telnet localhost 7300
+D:\ppm>ppm install Data-Dumper.ppd
+Installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd'
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.bs
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.dll
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.exp
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.lib
+Installing D:\Perl\html\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.html
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Data\Dumper\Dumper.pm
+Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.packlist
+D:\ppm>
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>On getting the <B>login:</B> prompt, enter your sysop callsign (the one you
-put in DXVars.pm as $myalias).
-<P>
-<P>I would recommend <B>strongly</B> that you obtain a better telnet
-client than that which comes with windows (I use
-<A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html">PuTTY</A>).
-<P>
-<P>Anyway, if you are rewarded with a display which looks something like:-
+<P>I'm not going to bother you with exhaustive details of the rest
+of them, but suffice it to say you need to:
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-Hello Iain, this is GB7SJP in Amersham, Bucks running DXSpider V1.47
-Cluster: 1 nodes, 1 local / 1 total users Max users 2 Uptime 0 00:00
-M0ADI de GB7SJP 4-Mar-2001 1511Z >
+ppm install DB_File.ppd
+ppm install Net-Telnet.ppd
+ppm install TimeDate.ppd
+ppm install Time-HiRes.ppd
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
-<P>You've arrived. Try some commands, and see how they feel. (In
-case you were wondering, "Iain", "M0ADI" and "GB7SJP" all came
-from the version of DXVars.pm that was on the machine when I
-started the winclient.pl)
-<P>
-<P>The interface is very basic. It is a simple command line. There are
-better looking interfaces. Most of the "standard" logging and DX
-Cluster access programs that are capable of connecting via a TCP or
-telnet connection will work as a "Sysop Console" client. You connect
-to "localhost" on the port that you defined in Listeners.pm (usually
-7300). I recommend packages like
-<A HREF="http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/telnet.htm">DXTelnet</A>.
-<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 Connecting to other clusters</A>
+<P>If all that seemed to work OK, time to move along. Before anyone
+who is familiar with PPM tells me that we didn't need to download
+and keep those files locally, I knew that. I also knew that PPM
+is sometimes awkward to configure via firewalls, and that
+sometimes the repositories don't always work the way we'd hope. I
+do it that way because it suits me.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss5.6">5.6 Getting Spider</A>
</H2>
-<P>If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to
-negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to
-allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the understanding
-that the system may or may not be there and may or may not be
-connected to anything particularly useful at any given moment. Contact
-me by
-<A HREF="mailto:g0rdi@blacksheep.org">Email</A> if you
-want me to set up a connection for you.
+<P>Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs
+to be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting
+this; either get a CVS update from sourceforge (if you don't know
+what this is, then it isn't for you) or get the latest "official"
+release from:-
+<P>
+<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html">http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html</A><P>or if you want the lastest snapshot of CVS version (which is produced
+every night):-
+<P>
+<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz">http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz</A><P>This is generally the best one to go for as it is completely up to
+date. However, there is always the very slight chance that it might
+unstable. Generally, there will be a note on the website if this is
+the case.
+<P>
+<P>The only difference between "CVSlatest.tgz" and the latest
+"official" release version is that it is more up to date. Don't confuse
+this TGZ file with "Downloading from Sourceforge with CVS" - they are two
+quite different things.
+<P>
+<P>If you went down the CVS route (ie installed wincvs and downloaded from
+sourceforge), then everything will be nicely
+set out on your local disk. If you got the TGZ file, unpack it to
+somewhere convenient. The following examples assume that you put
+it on drive "C:\", for convenience.
+<P>
+<P>You will need
+<A HREF="http://www.winzip.com">winzip</A> to
+manipulate the TGZ files (they are bit like ZIP files) if you are not using CVS.
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+<H2><A NAME="s6">6. Installing the software</A></H2>
-<P>The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related.
+<P>Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with
+a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, go to
+"C:\spider\" and create them. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and
+figure out why, because it shouldn't be.
+<P>Now create your own local copy of the DXVars.pm file by:-
<P>
-<H2><A NAME="ss6.1">6.1 The crontab file</A>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+copy c:\spider\perl\DXVars.pm.issue
+c:\spider\local\DXVars.pm
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>Now you'll need to edit this file using a text editor. If nothing
+else, you can simply
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+cd \spider\local
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>and then
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+notepad DXVars.pm
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>to bring up an editor window containing the file. As an absolute
+minimum you must adjust the following items in DXVars.pm:-
+<P>
+<UL>
+<LI> $mycall - Should hold the callsign of your DX Cluster</LI>
+<LI> $myname - The SysOp's first name</LI>
+<LI> $myalias - the SysOp's callsign. Cannot be the same as $mycall!</LI>
+<LI> $myqth - The station's geographical location (QTH).</LI>
+<LI> $mylatitude - The station latitude in degrees and decimal fractions</LI>
+<LI> $mylongitude - The station longitude in degrees and decimal fractions</LI>
+<LI> $mylocator - The Maidenhead (or QRA) locator of the station </LI>
+</UL>
+<P>You really also ought to update the $myqth and $myemail variables. And
+unless you are absolutely certain you know what you're doing, you
+should change nothing else in this file. Note that if you use an "@" or
+a "$" character in one of the above strings (typically in $myemail) you must
+write them as "\@" or "\$".
+<P>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss6.1">6.1 Incoming telnets</A>
</H2>
-<P>Login as <EM>sysop</EM> and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab.
-Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included
-a comment)
+<P>If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running
+Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a
+handy "DOS box" that's not doing anything else, do the following:-
<P>
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
<PRE>
-# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
-# start a connect job going
+copy \spider\perl\Listeners.pm \spider\local
+cd \spider\local
+notepad listeners.pm
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>The following lines need attention:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+["0.0.0.0", 7300],
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>On my machine, I've simply uncommented the "0.0.0.0" entry by
+removing the '#' from the front of the line.
+<P><B>You MUST carry out this step if you are
+running on a Windows NT, 2000 or XP based system</B>
+<P>If you don't have a static hostname for your machine, and you
+intend to allow folk to connect to your machine across the
+internet, then I'd suggest you pay a visit to www.dyndns.org and
+create one for yourself. While it's free, it will take a modest
+an amount of effort on your part to read, understand and
+implement what needs to be done to set this up.
+<P>
+<P>If your machine is connected to the internet <B>and</B> you don't
+want to allow your machine to be visible to the outside world you
+should change the "0.0.0.0" to "127.0.0.1" [which is
+"localhost"]. This will then only allow connections from inside your
+machine. As was said earlier: if you aren't running Win9x (or you want
+to use DXTelnet or somesuch), then you need to have the machine
+listening at least to "127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means <B>all</B> IP
+addresses).
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss6.2">6.2 The AGW packet engine</A>
+</H2>
-0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')
+<P>On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine
+to interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create
+your own local copy of AGWConnect.pm by:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+copy c:\spider\perl\AGWConnect.pm
+c:\spider\local\AGWConnect.pm
</PRE>
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>and then
<P>
-<P>The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are
-going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if
-gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not,
-then a connect attempt will be started.
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+notepad AGWConnect.pm
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>to bring up an editor window containing the file. You must
+consider adjusting the following items in AGWConnect.pm:-
+<P>
+<UL>
+<LI>$enable - set to '1' to enable AGWPE interface </LI>
+<LI>$login - the login ID you chose when you set up the SV2AGW security :-)</LI>
+<LI>$passwd - password that matches $login</LI>
+</UL>
<P>
-<P>There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for.
-If you want to know more about it, look at the
-<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/cron.html">DXSpider</A> website
-at the cron page where it is explained more fully.
+<H2><A NAME="ss6.3">6.3 Setting up the initial user files</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is
+supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+cd \spider\perl
+perl create_sysop.pl
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>If all goes according to plan, you will see no output from this
+program, and after a brief wait, your DOS prompt will be
+returned.
+<P>Depending on how brave you are, you might now care to try the
+following:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+perl cluster.pl
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>If you did everything you were told, your DOS window will now
+hold a display which looks something like:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
+Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
+loading prefixes ...
+loading band data ...
+loading user file system ...
+starting listeners ...
+Internal port: localhost 27754
+load badwords: Ok
+reading in duplicate spot and WWV info ...
+reading existing message headers ...
+load badmsg: Ok
+load forward: Ok
+load swop: Ok
+@msg = 0 before delete
+@msg = 0 after delete
+reading cron jobs ...v cron: reading /spider/cmd/crontab
+cron: adding 1 0 * * 0
+DXUser::export("$main::data/user_asc")
+reading database descriptors ...
+doing local initialisation ...
+orft we jolly well go ...
+queue msg (0)
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>Now, if that's what you've got, you are very nearly home and dry
+(in as far as these particular experiments are concerned, anyhow)
+<P>If you are running Windows 9x you can access your new cluster (from
+the local machine) by finding yourself another "DOS box" and doing the
+following:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+cd \spider\perl
+perl winclient.pl
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>If you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP then winclient.pl does not
+work. We don't know why other than this seems to be some kind of
+incomaptibility in perl. You can achieve the same thing by telnetting
+to the port you defined in Listeners.pm (7300 as default), thus:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+Menu->Start->Run
+telnet localhost 7300
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>On getting the <B>login:</B> prompt, enter your sysop callsign (the one you
+put in DXVars.pm as $myalias).
+<P>
+<P>I would recommend <B>strongly</B> that you obtain a better telnet
+client than that which comes with windows (I use
+<A HREF="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html">PuTTY</A>).
+<P>
+<P>Anyway, if you are rewarded with a display which looks something like:-
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+Hello Iain, this is GB7SJP in Amersham, Bucks running DXSpider V1.47
+Cluster: 1 nodes, 1 local / 1 total users Max users 2 Uptime 0 00:00
+M0ADI de GB7SJP 4-Mar-2001 1511Z >
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>You've arrived. Try some commands, and see how they feel. (In
+case you were wondering, "Iain", "M0ADI" and "GB7SJP" all came
+from the version of DXVars.pm that was on the machine when I
+started the winclient.pl)
+<P>
+<P>The interface is very basic. It is a simple command line. There are
+better looking interfaces. Most of the "standard" logging and DX
+Cluster access programs that are capable of connecting via a TCP or
+telnet connection will work as a "Sysop Console" client. You connect
+to "localhost" on the port that you defined in Listeners.pm (usually
+7300). I recommend packages like
+<A HREF="http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/telnet.htm">DXTelnet</A>.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss6.4">6.4 Connecting to other clusters</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to
+negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to
+allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the understanding
+that the system may or may not be there and may or may not be
+connected to anything particularly useful at any given moment. Contact
+me by
+<A HREF="mailto:g0rdi@blacksheep.org">Email</A> if you
+want me to set up a connection for you.
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+<P>The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related.
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="ss7.1">7.1 The crontab file</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>Login as <EM>sysop</EM> and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab.
+Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included
+a comment)
+<P>
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
+# start a connect job going
+
+0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>
+<P>The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are
+going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if
+gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not,
+then a connect attempt will be started.
+<P>
+<P>There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for.
+If you want to know more about it, look at the
+<A HREF="http://www.dxcluster.org/cron.html">DXSpider</A> website
+at the cron page where it is explained more fully.
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<H1>The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49</H1>
<H2>Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and
-Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)</H2>December 2001 revision 1.1
+Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)</H2>February 2002 revision 1.2
<P><HR>
<EM>A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.</EM>
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<H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="installation-2.html">Linux quick installation guide</A></H2>
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-<H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="installation-3.html">Configuration</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="installation-3.html">Setting up the AX25 Utilities</A></H2>
<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users </A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 Setting up node connects</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.6">3.6 Connection scripts</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.7">3.7 Starting the connection</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.8">3.8 Telnet echo</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.9">3.9 Autostarting the cluster</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Getting Started</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.2">3.2 The kernel</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.3">3.3 Installing the RPM's</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.4">3.4 Configuration</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.5">3.5 axports</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.6">3.6 nrports</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.7">3.7 nrbroadcast</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.8">3.8 ax25d.conf</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.9">3.9 node.conf</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-3.html#ss3.10">3.10 Getting it all running</A>
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-<H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="installation-4.html">Microsoft Windows Installation</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="installation-4.html">Configuration</A></H2>
<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Introduction</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 The requirements</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 The system</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Perl</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 Additional packages</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 Getting Spider</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Allowing telnet connects from users </A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.4">4.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.5">4.5 Setting up node connects</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.6">4.6 Connection scripts</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.7">4.7 Starting the connection</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.8">4.8 Telnet echo</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-4.html#ss4.9">4.9 Autostarting the cluster</A>
</UL>
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-<H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="installation-5.html">Installing the software</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="installation-5.html">Microsoft Windows Installation</A></H2>
<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Incoming telnets</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 The AGW packet engine</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Setting up the initial user files</A>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Connecting to other clusters</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 Introduction</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 The requirements</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 The system</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Perl</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Additional packages</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-5.html#ss5.6">5.6 Getting Spider</A>
</UL>
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-<H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="installation-6.html">General Information</A></H2>
+<H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="installation-6.html">Installing the software</A></H2>
<UL>
-<LI><A HREF="installation-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 The crontab file</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Incoming telnets</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 The AGW packet engine</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 Setting up the initial user files</A>
+<LI><A HREF="installation-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 Connecting to other clusters</A>
+</UL>
+<P>
+<H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="installation-7.html">General Information</A></H2>
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<title>The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49</title>
<author>Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and
Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)</author>
-<date>December 2001 revision 1.1</date>
+<date>February 2002 revision 1.2</date>
<abstract>
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
<item>Enter the correct line in /etc/inittab (root)
</itemize>
-<sect>Configuration
+<sect>Setting up the AX25 Utilities
-<sect1>Allowing ax25 connects from users
+<P>
+The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation
+and configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will
+attempt to cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial
+ports as if they had TNC's on them. I will also show what
+additional configuration the DXSpider program requires.
+
+<P>
+Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat
+7.1 distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution
+then your mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes
+and additions if you email me any errors or distribution specific
+requirements.
+
+<P>
+You would probably benefit from reading the <htmlurl url="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/HOWTO/html_single/AX25-HOWTO.html#AEN151" name="AX25-HOWTO"> which is much more
+comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also available
+called <htmlurl url="http://1409.org/projects/index.html" name="ax25-config"> which
+may help you to configure things.
+
+<P>
+The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and
+are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure the
+ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is necessarily
+the best or for that matter, the right way!
+
+<sect1>Getting Started
+
+<P>
+There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the
+3 files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make
+some changes to the kernel configuration.
+
+<P>
+The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match
+your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind.
+There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the
+original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25
+rpms as standard. The other is <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/linux/awznode/" name="AWZNode"> by IZ5AWZ.
+
+<P>
+For 2.4 kernels you need these files...
+
+<P>
+<itemize>
+<item> <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm" name="libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm">
+<item> <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm" name="ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm">
+<item> <htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/7.1/en/powertools/i386/RedHat/RPMS/ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm" name="ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm">
+</itemize>
+
+<sect1>The kernel
+
+<P>
+First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is
+a main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you
+will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable
+Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port
+KISS Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the
+assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as modules.
+If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more fully, I would
+refer to the excellent
+<htmlurl url="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/HOWTO/html_single/AX25-HOWTO.html#AEN151" name="AX25-HOWTO">
+
+<P>
+I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do not use it
+simply ignore any instruction concerning it.
+
+<P>
+Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system.
+
+<sect1>Installing the RPM's
+
+<P>
+Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools,
+then ax25-apps.
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<sect1>Configuration
+
+<P>
+You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of
+several files ...
+
+<itemize>
+<item>axports
+<item>nrports
+<item>nrbroadcast
+<item>ax25d.conf
+<item>node.conf
+</itemize>
+
+<P>
+These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not
+have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol,
+Rose or axip for example.
+
+<P>
+NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface
+requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the
+following examples.
+
+<sect1>axports
+
+<P>
+This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below
+for a standard TNC2 ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+#portname callsign baudrate paclen window description
+ 2m gb7mbc-2 19200 256 2 2m port on 144.900MHz
+ 4m gb7mbc-4 19200 256 2 4m port on 70.325MHz
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+Note that the portnames have to be unique.
<P>
-As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how to
-configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add a line
-in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your users. For
-each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use the following format ...
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+<verb>
+portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign - The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port
+baudrate - The speed you communicate between TNC and computer
+paclen - The maximum packet length for ax25 connections
+window - The ax25 window parameter. This is like 'maxframe'
+description - A textual description of the port
+</verb>
+
+<sect1>nrports
+
+<P>
+This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is below
+and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why we need
+2 ports later ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+#portname callsign alias paclen description
+ netrom gb7mbc-8 BARE 236 Node Netrom Port
+ netrom2 gb7mbc-9 MBCDX 236 Cluster Netrom Port
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+Note that the portnames have to be unique.
+
+<P>
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+<verb>
+portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign - This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this
+ port will use
+alias - The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned
+paclen - The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted
+description - A textual description of the port
+</verb>
+
+<sect1>nrbroadcast
+
+<P>
+This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below ...
<tscreen><verb>
+#axport min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose
+ 4m 5 10 100 1
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+The file headings are as follows ...
+
+<verb>
+axport - The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast
+ NET/ROM on.
+min_obs - The minimum obsolescence value for the port
+def_qual - The default quality for the port
+worst_qual - The worst quality for the port. Any routes under
+ this quality will be ignored
+verbose - This flag determines whether you will only broadcast
+ your own node (0) or all known nodes (1)
+</verb>
+
+<sect1>ax25d.conf
+
+<P>
+This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and steers
+them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration options
+you can set here, however they are well covered in the AX25-HOWTO. For
+our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. An example is
+below ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+[gb7mbc-0 via 2m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 2m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+[gb7mbc-0 via 4m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 4m]
+parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+<netrom2>
+parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+<netrom>
+parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL * * * * * * L
+default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
</verb></tscreen>
<P>
-or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
+There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25
+sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in
+< >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to
+set their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard
+NOCALL set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'.
+Lastly and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are
+all done in interface order.
+
+<P>
+You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the
+cluster is like this ..
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns ..
<tscreen><verb>
default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
</verb></tscreen>
<P>
-For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
+For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will
need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's
-in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
+in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and
then add a specific line for that node like this:
<tscreen><verb>
GB7DJK-2 * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25
default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
</verb></tscreen>
+
+<sect1>node.conf
+
+<P>
+For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the
+node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is
+very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and
+node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get.
+The node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would
+expect. An example is below ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+# /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file
+#
+# see node.conf(5)
+
+# Idle timeout (seconds).
+#
+IdleTimeout 1800
+
+# Timeout when gatewaying (seconds).
+#
+ConnTimeout 40000
+
+# Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login.
+#
+HostName gb7mbc.ampr.org
+
+# ReConnect flag.
+#
+ReConnect off
+
+# "Local" network.
+#
+#LocalNet 44.139.8.48/32
+
+# Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the alias.
+#
+##Alias CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s'
+#Alias CONVers 'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"'
+#Alias CLuster 'c hkiclh'
+Alias CONV "telnet lurpac 3600"
+Alias BBS "c 70cm gb7crv"
+Alias DXC "telnet localhost 9000"
+Alias MUD "telnet homer 4000"
+##Alias TEMP "finger temp@mary.g6phf"
+##Alias TNOS "c ip1 gb7mbc-5"
+##Alias TUtor "telnet gb7mbc 3599"
+
+# Hidden ports.
+#
+#HiddenPorts 2
+
+# External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the extcmd.
+#
+# Flags: 1 Run command through pipe
+# 2 Reconnected flag
+#
+#ExtCmd TPM 3 nobody /usr/bin/finger finger tpm
+#ExtCmd ECho 1 nobody /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5
+
+# Node ID.
+#
+NodeId "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1"
+#NodeId \033[01;31m***\033[0m
+
+# Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects.
+#
+NrPort netrom
+
+# Logging level
+#
+LogLevel 3
+
+# The escape character (CTRL-T)
+#
+EscapeChar ^T
+
+# Resolve ip numbers to addresses?
+#
+ResolveAddrs off
+
+# Node prompt.
+#
+#NodePrompt "\n"
+#NodePrompt "%s@%h \%i> "
+NodePrompt "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > "
+#NodePrompt "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> "
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+This should be fairly obvious I hope.
+
+<sect1>Getting it all running
+
+<P>
+Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to get
+it all running.
+
+<P>
+The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in KISS mode
+and connected to the serial ports involved.
+
+<P>
+You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the system like this ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199
+kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and ttyS1 are com1 and
+com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the switches.
+
+<P>
+Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+nrattach netrom
+nrattach netrom2
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+All of the above can be put in a file and called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all
+the above commands in a file called rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it.
+
+<P>
+Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+ax25d
+netromd -i
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node working for telnet
+connections. If nothing else, this will allow you to connect to the node yourself
+to check on connection status etc. There are 2 files that need to be edited.
+
+<P>
+First edit /etc/services and add
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+node 3000/tcp #OH2BNS's Node Software
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+Assuming you want it to run on port 3000
+
+<P>
+Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look like this ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+# default: on
+# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
+service node
+{
+ socket_type = stream
+ wait = no
+ user = root
+ server = /usr/sbin/node
+ log_on_failure += USERID
+ disable = yes
+}
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the PID is
+like so ..
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+ps auxw |grep xinetd
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+You will get a reply something like this ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+root 592 0.0 0.1 2256 620 ? S Feb07 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the command ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+kill -HUP 592
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the node by
+using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ...
+
+<tscreen><verb>
+telnet localhost 3000
+</verb></tscreen>
+
+<P>
+If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you have radios connected
+to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other stations and receive incoming ax25 and
+netrom connections.
+
+<sect>Configuration
+
+<sect1>Allowing ax25 connects from users
+
+<P>
+This is dealt with in the previous section
<sect1>Allowing telnet connects from users
The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49
Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and Ian Maude, G0VGS,
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- December 2001 revision 1.1
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A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
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1. Linux Installation
1.1 Introduction
2. Linux quick installation guide
- 3. Configuration
+ 3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities
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+ 3.1 Getting Started
+ 3.2 The kernel
+ 3.3 Installing the RPM's
+ 3.4 Configuration
+ 3.5 axports
+ 3.6 nrports
+ 3.7 nrbroadcast
+ 3.8 ax25d.conf
+ 3.9 node.conf
+ 3.10 Getting it all running
- 3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users
- 3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users
- 3.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)
- 3.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)
- 3.5 Setting up node connects
- 3.6 Connection scripts
- 3.7 Starting the connection
- 3.8 Telnet echo
- 3.9 Autostarting the cluster
+ 4. Configuration
- 4. Microsoft Windows Installation
+ 4.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users
+ 4.2 Allowing telnet connects from users
+ 4.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)
+ 4.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)
+ 4.5 Setting up node connects
+ 4.6 Connection scripts
+ 4.7 Starting the connection
+ 4.8 Telnet echo
+ 4.9 Autostarting the cluster
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The requirements
- 4.3 The system
- 4.4 Perl
- 4.5 Additional packages
- 4.6 Getting Spider
+ 5. Microsoft Windows Installation
- 5. Installing the software
+ 5.1 Introduction
+ 5.2 The requirements
+ 5.3 The system
+ 5.4 Perl
+ 5.5 Additional packages
+ 5.6 Getting Spider
- 5.1 Incoming telnets
- 5.2 The AGW packet engine
- 5.3 Setting up the initial user files
- 5.4 Connecting to other clusters
+ 6. Installing the software
- 6. General Information
+ 6.1 Incoming telnets
+ 6.2 The AGW packet engine
+ 6.3 Setting up the initial user files
+ 6.4 Connecting to other clusters
- 6.1 The crontab file
+ 7. General Information
+
+ 7.1 The crontab file
______________________________________________________________________
-
-
# tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Data-Dumper-2.10.tar.gz
o Enter the correct line in /etc/inittab (root)
- 3. Configuration
+ 3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities
+
+ The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation and
+ configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will attempt to
+ cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial ports as if they
+ had TNC's on them. I will also show what additional configuration the
+ DXSpider program requires.
+
+
+ Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat 7.1
+ distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution then your
+ mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes and additions
+ if you email me any errors or distribution specific requirements.
+
+
+ You would probably benefit from reading the AX25-HOWTO which is much
+ more comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also
+ available called ax25-config which may help you to configure things.
+
+
+ The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and
+ are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure
+ the ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is
+ necessarily the best or for that matter, the right way!
+
+
+ 3.1. Getting Started
+
+ There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the 3
+ files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make some
+ changes to the kernel configuration.
+
+
+ The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match
+ your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind.
+ There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the
+ original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25 rpms
+ as standard. The other is AWZNode by IZ5AWZ.
+
+
+ For 2.4 kernels you need these files...
+
+
+
+ o libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm
+
+ o ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm
+
+ o ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm
+
+
+ 3.2. The kernel
+
+ First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is a
+ main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you
+ will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable
+ Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port KISS
+ Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the
+ assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as
+ modules. If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more
+ fully, I would refer to the excellent AX25-HOWTO
+
+
+ I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do
+ not use it simply ignore any instruction concerning it.
+
+
+ Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system.
+
+
+ 3.3. Installing the RPM's
+
+ Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools,
+ then ax25-apps.
+
+
+
+ rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm
+ rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm
+ rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm
+
+
+
+
+
+ 3.4. Configuration
+
+ You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of
+ several files ...
+
+
+ o axports
+
+ o nrports
+
+ o nrbroadcast
+
+ o ax25d.conf
+
+ o node.conf
+
+
+ These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not
+ have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol,
+ Rose or axip for example.
+
+
+ NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface
+ requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the
+ following examples.
+
+
+ 3.5. axports
+
+ This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below
+ for a standard TNC2 ...
+
+
+
+ #portname callsign baudrate paclen window description
+ 2m gb7mbc-2 19200 256 2 2m port on 144.900MHz
+ 4m gb7mbc-4 19200 256 2 4m port on 70.325MHz
+
+
+
+ Note that the portnames have to be unique.
+
+
+ The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
+ portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+ callsign - The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port
+ baudrate - The speed you communicate between TNC and computer
+ paclen - The maximum packet length for ax25 connections
+ window - The ax25 window parameter. This is like 'maxframe'
+ description - A textual description of the port
+
+
+
+
+ 3.6. nrports
+
+ This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is
+ below and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why
+ we need 2 ports later ...
+
+
+
+ #portname callsign alias paclen description
+ netrom gb7mbc-8 BARE 236 Node Netrom Port
+ netrom2 gb7mbc-9 MBCDX 236 Cluster Netrom Port
+
+
+
+
+
+ Note that the portnames have to be unique.
+
+
+ The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
+ portname - The name you will refer to the port by
+ callsign - This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this
+ port will use
+ alias - The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned
+ paclen - The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted
+ description - A textual description of the port
+
+
+
+
+ 3.7. nrbroadcast
+
+ This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below
+ ...
+
+
+
+ #axport min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose
+ 4m 5 10 100 1
+
+
+
+
+
+ The file headings are as follows ...
+
+
+
+ axport - The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast
+ NET/ROM on.
+ min_obs - The minimum obsolescence value for the port
+ def_qual - The default quality for the port
+ worst_qual - The worst quality for the port. Any routes under
+ this quality will be ignored
+ verbose - This flag determines whether you will only broadcast
+ your own node (0) or all known nodes (1)
+
+
+
+
+ 3.8. ax25d.conf
+
+ This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and
+ steers them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration
+ options you can set here, however they are well covered in the
+ AX25-HOWTO. For our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters.
+ An example is below ...
+
+
+
+ [gb7mbc-0 via 2m]
+ parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+ [gb7mbc-1 via 2m]
+ parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+ [gb7mbc-0 via 4m]
+ parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+ [gb7mbc-1 via 4m]
+ parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+ <netrom2>
+ parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+ <netrom>
+ parameters 1 10 * * * 3 *
+ NOCALL * * * * * * L
+ default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node
+
+
+
+
+
+ There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25
+ sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in <
+ >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to set
+ their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard NOCALL
+ set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'. Lastly
+ and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are all done
+ in interface order.
- 3.1. Allowing ax25 connects from users
- As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how
- to configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add
- a line in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your
- users. For each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use
- the following format ...
+
+ You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the
+ cluster is like this ..
- or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns
- ..
+ however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their
+ callsigns ..
- 3.2. Allowing telnet connects from users
+ 3.9. node.conf
+
+ For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the
+ node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is
+ very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and
+ node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get. The
+ node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would
+ expect. An example is below ...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ # /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file
+ #
+ # see node.conf(5)
+
+ # Idle timeout (seconds).
+ #
+ IdleTimeout 1800
+
+ # Timeout when gatewaying (seconds).
+ #
+ ConnTimeout 40000
+
+ # Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login.
+ #
+ HostName gb7mbc.ampr.org
+
+ # ReConnect flag.
+ #
+ ReConnect off
+
+ # "Local" network.
+ #
+ #LocalNet 44.139.8.48/32
+
+ # Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+ # letters in the name of the alias.
+ #
+ ##Alias CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s'
+ #Alias CONVers 'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"'
+ #Alias CLuster 'c hkiclh'
+ Alias CONV "telnet lurpac 3600"
+ Alias BBS "c 70cm gb7crv"
+ Alias DXC "telnet localhost 9000"
+ Alias MUD "telnet homer 4000"
+ ##Alias TEMP "finger temp@mary.g6phf"
+ ##Alias TNOS "c ip1 gb7mbc-5"
+ ##Alias TUtor "telnet gb7mbc 3599"
+
+ # Hidden ports.
+ #
+ #HiddenPorts 2
+
+ # External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+ # letters in the name of the extcmd.
+ #
+ # Flags: 1 Run command through pipe
+ # 2 Reconnected flag
+ #
+ #ExtCmd TPM 3 nobody /usr/bin/finger finger tpm
+ #ExtCmd ECho 1 nobody /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5
+
+ # Node ID.
+ #
+ NodeId "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1"
+ #NodeId \033[01;31m***\033[0m
+
+ # Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects.
+ #
+ NrPort netrom
+
+ # Logging level
+ #
+ LogLevel 3
+
+ # The escape character (CTRL-T)
+ #
+ EscapeChar ^T
+
+ # Resolve ip numbers to addresses?
+ #
+ ResolveAddrs off
+
+ # Node prompt.
+ #
+ #NodePrompt "\n"
+ #NodePrompt "%s@%h \%i> "
+ NodePrompt "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > "
+ #NodePrompt "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> "
+
+
+
+
+
+ This should be fairly obvious I hope.
+
+
+ 3.10. Getting it all running
+
+ Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to
+ get it all running.
+
+
+ The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in
+ KISS mode and connected to the serial ports involved.
+
+
+ You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the
+ system like this ...
+
+
+
+ kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199
+ kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199
+
+
+
+
+
+ Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and
+ ttyS1 are com1 and com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters
+ ...
+
+
+
+ kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+ kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+
+
+
+
+
+ The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the
+ switches.
+
+
+ Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ...
+
+
+
+ nrattach netrom
+ nrattach netrom2
+
+ All of the above can be put in a file and called from
+ /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all the above commands in a file called
+ rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it.
+
+
+ Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ...
+
+
+
+ ax25d
+ netromd -i
+
+
+
+
+
+ All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node
+ working for telnet connections. If nothing else, this will allow you
+ to connect to the node yourself to check on connection status etc.
+ There are 2 files that need to be edited.
+
+
+ First edit /etc/services and add
+
+
+
+ node 3000/tcp #OH2BNS's Node Software
+
+
+
+
+
+ Assuming you want it to run on port 3000
+
+
+ Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look
+ like this ...
+
+
+
+ # default: on
+ # unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
+ service node
+ {
+ socket_type = stream
+ wait = no
+ user = root
+ server = /usr/sbin/node
+ log_on_failure += USERID
+ disable = yes
+ }
+
+
+
+
+
+ You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the
+ PID is like so ..
+
+
+
+ ps auxw |grep xinetd
+
+
+
+
+ You will get a reply something like this ...
+
+
+
+ root 592 0.0 0.1 2256 620 ? S Feb07 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid
+
+
+
+
+
+ The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the
+ command ...
+
+
+
+ kill -HUP 592
+
+
+
+
+
+ All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the
+ node by using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ...
+
+
+
+ telnet localhost 3000
+
+
+
+
+
+ If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you
+ have radios connected to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other
+ stations and receive incoming ax25 and netrom connections.
+
+
+ 4. Configuration
+
+ 4.1. Allowing ax25 connects from users
+
+ This is dealt with in the previous section
+
+
+ 4.2. Allowing telnet connects from users
From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this
spdlogin 8000/tcp # spider anonymous login port
- Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this ....
+
+ Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this ....
+
spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet
You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before.
- 3.3. Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)
+ 4.3. Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)
From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program
to allow connections directly (i.e. not via the /spider/src/client
killall -HUP inetd
+
+
+
+
to make the change happen...
users.
- 3.4. Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)
+ 4.4. Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards)
AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW
engine from Linux as well as Windows based machines.
- 3.5. Setting up node connects
+ 4.5. Setting up node connects
In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that
the connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether
- 3.6. Connection scripts
+ 4.6. Connection scripts
Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using
just about any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all
directory.
- 3.7. Starting the connection
+ 4.7. Starting the connection
You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login,
by typing in the word connect followed by a script name like this ....
- 3.8. Telnet echo
+ 4.8. Telnet echo
Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet
echo. This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create
- 3.9. Autostarting the cluster
+ 4.9. Autostarting the cluster
Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects
by cluster nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and
sysop you should find everything running nicely.
- 4. Microsoft Windows Installation
+ 5. Microsoft Windows Installation
- 4.1. Introduction
+ 5.1. Introduction
IMPORTANT:
connections.
- 4.2. The requirements
+ 5.2. The requirements
The very first things you're going to need are (in order of
importance):-
o Plenty of good, strong tea
- 4.3. The system
+ 5.3. The system
The platform I used to generate these instructions was a "vanilla"
Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz AMD Athlon
zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise.
- 4.4. Perl
+ 5.4. Perl
Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good
reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use ActivePerl
passed. Assuming it did work, you may now move on.
- 4.5. Additional packages
+ 5.5. Additional packages
Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl
distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I
because it suits me.
- 4.6. Getting Spider
+ 5.6. Getting Spider
Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs to
be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting this;
ZIP files) if you are not using CVS.
- 5. Installing the software
+ 6. Installing the software
Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you
with a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not,
- 5.1. Incoming telnets
+ 6.1. Incoming telnets
If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running
Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a
"127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means all IP addresses).
- 5.2. The AGW packet engine
+ 6.2. The AGW packet engine
On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine to
interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create your own
o $passwd - password that matches $login
- 5.3. Setting up the initial user files
+ 6.3. Setting up the initial user files
Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is
supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:-
7300). I recommend packages like DXTelnet.
- 5.4. Connecting to other clusters
+ 6.4. Connecting to other clusters
If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to
negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to
me by Email if you want me to set up a connection for you.
- 6. General Information
+ 7. General Information
The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform
related.
- 6.1. The crontab file
+ 7.1. The crontab file
Login as sysop and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab.
Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have
projects / spider.git / commitdiff