Wednesday, March 23, 2011

QRT de AX25 Packet on Linux


Too many blogs...

From now on I'll be making my AX25 Packet related posts to the home blog.


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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Monday, August 11, 2008

USB720 on Linux

It's not directly related to AX25 packet on Linux, but it would be useful to make a portable Linux server with Packet and an Internet connection.

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/09/03/ev-do-internet-access-with-ubuntu-linux/

http://kenkinder.com/evdo-pc5740/

Monday, July 28, 2008

New Ubuntu Machine

Use the Alternate 6.06 disk. I suppose it's time to start using 8.04 but I've had good luck with 6.06, I know the packet features work, and best of all, it's still supported.

Install the "server" option. The goal here is a basic packet machine not a web browser. That's another posting.

Pick defaults everything for the install. Let it choose the partitions. I recently started with a 1 GB compact flash memory card and even after updating I have 400 MB free.

I have one standard user name on all my systems. That's the one I give at install time.

Once the install is complete and it's booted off the disk partition, then update the install to the latest and greatest -- assuming Internet connectivity is working.

# modify the install sources and remove the CD-ROM entry. We used the CD for the install and that's the end of it.
sudo EDIT /etc/apt/sources.list

# Now update the catalog
sudo apt-get update

# Use the updated catalog to get the latest software
sudo apt-get upgrade

While sudo works great, it's nice to have real ROOT user access. This is enabled in Ubuntu simply by assigning the password.

# become root
sudo su -

# set the root password
passwd
# enter the new password twice. Don't for get it.

One of the core tools needed is ssh. Install it now.
sudo apt-get install ssh

# other useful tools
sudo apt-get install curl

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Native Packet on Linux

I've been dancing with Packet Radio on Linux for some 15 plus years. Every time I set up a new machine it's an adventure to get going. Make that a never ending adventure since there's always something that needs to be tweaked, adjusted or downright fixed.

It's about to happen again.

My "packet" Linux box has a dual-booting XP-Home partition and that's going to be come a remote Ham Radio Deluxe server up North at the barn. So it's time to reset and build a new Linux packet server.

I'm not even sure what hardware is going to be used. The NSLU2? A WRT54GL? The mini-itx? Probably the old 400 MHz file server that's to be replaced with a better system that can handle the Gigabyte video files and storage requirements.

So - here's YAB - Yet Another Blog - to chronicle the on going adventure of setting up Amateur Radio AX25 packet on a Linux server.