NAME

       mheardd - collect information about packet activity

SYNOPSIS

       mheardd [-f] [-l] [-n number] [-p [!]port1[,port2,..]] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       Mheardd  is  a  daemon that collects the statistics about the activity on all the AX.25 channels that are
       configured. The list generated is available  for  viewing  by  the  mheard(1)  program.  The  information
       collected  is  a  superset  of  the information normally collected by similar mheard programs and this is
       reflected in the options available for the viewing program. Logging to the system log file may be enabled
       which  will  enable  monitoring  of  pathalogical  conditions,  for  example  invalid  frame  types   and
       invalid/unknown protocol IDs.

OPTIONS

       -f        Deletes the existing mheard logging file at program startup, this is not the default.

       -l        Enables logging to the system log file. The default is off.

       -n number Sets  the  number  of  entries in the activity list file, the default is 100. The minimum value
                 allowed is 10 and the maximum is 1000.

       -p [!]port1[,port2,..]
                 With -p, you instruct mheardd to only listen on specified ax25 ports.  You may give more ports,
                 separated by ','.  If you introduce the port(s) by a leading '!', then mheardd will  listen  on
                 all ports except those you specified.

       -v        Display the version.

FILES

       /var/ax25/mheard/mheard.dat
       /etc/ax25/axports

SEE ALSO

       mheard(1), ax25(4).

AUTHOR

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

Linux                                           10 December 2005                                      MHEARDD(8)