NAME

       rsuplnk - User entry into the ROSE network.

SYNOPSIS

       rsuplnk [-q] <port>

DESCRIPTION

       The  rsuplnk  program  allows  a  user  to  gain  entry  into the ROSE network using the standard pseudo-
       digipeating method. Recent Linux kernels are aware of this form of operation and the  ax25d  program  can
       listen  for  such  connections. The normal mode of operation of a ROSE switch is to have one ROSE address
       (ie port) per physical AX.25 port.  Therefore ROSE users coming in on a given AX.25 port will  appear  as
       if  they  come  from  the  associated  ROSE  port.  This is the reason for the need for a ROSE port as an
       argument.

       To use rsuplnk you need an entry in ax25d.conf to listen for incoming connections. In the example  below,
       I  will  be listening for ROSE connections on my AX.25 port 144 using the callsign KE4GAJ-10 and the ROSE
       port associated with the AX.25 port is rs144.

       #
       [KE4GAJ-10* VIA 144]
       NOCALL  * * * * * * L
       default * * * * * * - root /usr/sbin/rsuplnk rsuplnk rs144
       #

       There would typically be one rsuplnk per user access AX.25 port. The associated  program  for  exiting  a
       ROSE network is rsdwnlnk.

       All errors generated by rsuplnk are written to the system debug log file.

OPTIONS

       -q      Suppresses the messages generated by rsuplnk when making the connection.

FILES

       /etc/ax25/rsports

SEE ALSO

       rose(4), ax25d.conf(5), ax25d(8), rsdwnlnk(8), rose_call(8).

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>

Linux                                             29 April 1997                                       RSUPLNK(8)