net2kiss - convert a network AX.25 driver to a KISS stream on a
pseudo-tty
net2kiss [-sfzva] [-i ifname] ptyname
net2kiss takes AX.25 packets from an AX.25 kernel network
interface and converts them into a KISS data stream via a pseudo-tty.
- ptyname
- specifies the path to the pseudo-tty. If you use the special name
"/dev/ptmx", then a Unix98-PTY pair is used; the pty name is
written to stdout.
- -i ifname
- specifies the name of the kernel AX.25 network interface. The default is
bc0.
- -s
- tells net2kiss to search by itself for a free pseudoterminal, open the
master side and create a symlink named by -p to the slave side.
- -f
- can be used in conjunction with -s to force the creation of the symlink
even if the target file does already exist. *DANGEROUS*
- -v
- Verbose output. Displays error messages during operation and decoded
packets to stdout.
- -z
- put the network interface into promiscious mode.
- -a
- receive every packet instead of only AX.25 from the kernel AX.25 network
interface.
Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA,
<t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch>