Problems with bpq-interface

Hi all,

I have problems getting the bpq0 interface work.
My computers are running Debian Woody (kiss and bpq) and Mandrake 9.1 (bpq) and the problem is on both.

I use the following command to bring it up:

ifconfig bpq0 hw ax25 DG1CAD-12 up

In the /etc/axports file I have the following entries:

kiss    DG1CAD-10       19200   255     7       KISS TNC
ether   DG1CAD-12       100000  255     7       BPQ/ethernet

But I get the following message everytime I try to access this interface:

---- snip ----

gateway:~# axparms -route add ether dg1cad-12
axconfig: port ether not active
axparms: invalid port name - ether
gateway:~#
----    snip    ----

I didn't find a solution in the AX25-HOWTO and the manpages.

Is there a bug or do I use the wrong commands?

Regards,
Florian

Its been a while since i used bpq, but as far as i see it you need to use ifconfig as follows.

ifconfig bpq0 IP# hw ax25 DG1CAD-12 up

You also need to tell the interface via bpqparms which computer to listen for;

bpqparms -d mac_of_remote_machine;
bpqparms bpq0 -d 12:34:56:B9:xx

It all used to work fine for me, some commands may have changed some check the man pages for bpqparms.

Regards Richard
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Hi all,

after two hints the problem ist solved and bpq is working.

Thank's

Regards
Florian

bpq needs an IP address to run.
this should be enough:
ifconfig bpq0 44.130.x.y up

                     ^(your ampr IP. because it's internal, i suggest 44.128.0.2) 

axparms -setcall bpq0 DG1CAD-12

"ether" in axports: bpq0 is referenced as "bpq0". afaik, nameif (interface naming) on bpqether interfaces is -unfortunately- not supported.

you should change it to
kiss DG1CAD-10 19200 255 7 KISS TNC
bpq0 DG1CAD-12 100000 255 7 BPQ/ethernet

73,
- thomas dl9sau

The following is what I do to start bpqether on two boxes here. It works fine. One thing I should do is replace vk3bvp-6 with a bogus callsign.

----Mandrake end---

# /etc/ax25/axports
tofbb	vk3bvp-6 	57600	255	6	link to fbb

# This is on the end of rc.local
modprobe bpqether
/sbin/ifconfig bpq0 192.168.1.6 hw ax25 vk3bvp-6 up echo "bpqether started"

---Redhat end---

# /etc/ax25/axports
ether	eth-0  		10000000	255	6	ethernet port

# In the middle of my ax25 startup script
/sbin/ifconfig bpq0 192.168.1.3 hw ax25 eth-0 up

---Unproto seen on Redhat end---
ether: fm VK3BVP-6 to VK3BVP ctl SABM+
ether: fm VK3BVP to VK3BVP-6 ctl UA-

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