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>