NAME¶

net2kiss - convert a network AX.25 driver to a KISS stream on a pseudo-tty

SYNOPSIS¶

net2kiss [-sfzva] [-i ifname] ptyname

DESCRIPTION¶

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

PARAMETERS¶

ptyname

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

OPTIONS¶

-i ifname

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

-s

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

-f

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

-v

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

-z

put the network interface into promiscious mode.

-a

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

BUGS¶

None known.

SEE ALSO¶

ifconfig(8), kissattach(8).

AUTHORS¶

Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA, <t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch>