This is the home page for the ax25 utilities for amateur radio operators. These utilities work with the Linux kernel though there is no reason why they couldn't be ported to other operating systems as well with some effort.

AX.25 is a network protocol that is used for wireless packet networks. Generally when you want to use a network protocol, you require two things:

• Operating System Support: Linux has had AX.25, Net/ROM and ROSE support for some time now.
• Utilities: These manipulate or communicate with the operating system to either setup things or use the protocol.

The set of packages fit the second requirement. The packages have been split into three to make support and development easier.

AX.25 Library

There is a library that can be used by other programs to do all the low level stuff that you need to talk to the kernel. The idea is that the API of the library stays the same as much as possible even if the kernel changes. It also allows things like name to address translation to occur.

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AX.25 Tools

The tools are used to configure an ax.25 enabled computer. They will configure interfaces and assign callsigns to ports as well as Net/ROM and ROSE configuration.

ChangeLog

AX.25 Applications

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Getting the Files

The list of files can be seen on Sourceforge Files Page. From there you can download them. Or go directly to SourceForge Download page.

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