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From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: kiss mode
To: dkelly@nebula.tbe.com
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:03:40 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, corellg@bravo.imagi.net
In-Reply-To: <199510041755.MAA02791@tomcat1.tbe.com> from "David Kelly" at Oct 4, 95 12:55:48 pm
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> 
> corellg@bravo.imagi.net said:
> > I just looked in the /etc/services file and was suprised to find a
> > kis port. is there more support for kiss mode &/or AX.25 in FreeBSD?
> > If so, is anybody using it.
> 
> I *want* to, but haven't got as far as you. Have noticed in
> ftp://ftp.ucsd.edu/hamradio/packet/tcpip/bsd there is a collection of
> diffs for putting AX.25 into the 386BSD kernel. As I understand this was
> the basis for AX.25 under Linux.
> 
> The question is: How much support for AX.25 is available for FreeBSD?
> Anyone interested in creating missing support? I have thought the tunnel
> interface used by iijppp would be very useful for an amateur radio
> protocol stack. I understand TNOS runs under FreeBSD and interfaces to
> the native network stack via SL/IP on a pty.

there is interest..
there is no time....

> 
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@nebula.tbe.com, dkelly@iquest.com
> ============================================================================
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