NAME

       ax25_call,  netrom_call,  rose_call,  tcp_call  -  make  an  AX.25,  NET/ROM,  ROSE or TCP
       connection

SYNOPSIS

       ax25_call [-c] [-i paclen] [-o paclen] port local_call remote_call [digipeaters ...]

       netrom_call [-c] [-i paclen] [-o paclen] port local_call remote_netrom_addr

       rose_call [-c] [-i paclen] [-o paclen] port local_call remote_call remote_rose_addr

       tcp_call [-c] [-i paclen] [-o paclen] remote_addr remote_port

DESCRIPTION

       ax25_call, netrom_call, rose_call and tcp_call establish an AX.25, NET/ROM, ROSE or a  TCP
       connection  in  a  manner  suitable for calling from either the ax25d program directly, or
       from the node program as an external  command.  By  setting  the  command  line  arguments
       appropriately  it  is possible to set the local callsign from which the call will be made.
       No translation of the end of lines is performed by this program.

       For netrom_call the  remote_netrom_addr  parameter may either be in the form of  a  single
       callsign  or  as  a  NET/ROM  alias   and   callsign  pair separated by colon. For example
       NMCLUS:GB7BPQ.

       For rose_call the remote_rose_addr  parameter  must be in the form of  a  ten  digit  ROSE
       address.

       For  tcp_call the remote_addr parameter must be a dotted-quad IP address or a hostname and
       the remote_port must be a service name (see services(5)) or a port number.

OPTIONS

       -c          Enables  zlib  based  compression  on  the  incoming  connection.  Compression
                   algorithm is the same as in LinuxNode (see node(8)).

       -i paclen   The maximum frame length to be used on the incoming connection. The default is
                   256 for ax25_call and rose_call, 236 for netrom_call and 1024 for tcp_call.

       -o paclen   The maximum frame length to be used on the outgoing connection. The default is
                   256 for ax25_call and rose_call, 236 for netrom_call and 1024 for tcp_call.

FILES

       /etc/ax25/axports
       /etc/ax25/nrports
       /etc/ax25/rsports

SEE ALSO

       ax25(4),netrom(4),rose(4),tcp(4).

AUTHOR

       Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <g4klx@g4klx.demon.co.uk>
       Tomi Manninen OH2BNS <oh2bns@sral.fi>