AX25 Hacks for Linux

This is a collection of scripts which allow personal mailboxes and chatting over AX25 under a Linux environment. You should find a tutorial to follow in order to get the basics setup, and whether you use a hardware or software modem is up to you, so long as it provides an ax interface.

• axchatroom - provides a chat room
• axmailbox - provides a mailbox allowing users to send mail to each other.

Requirements

The standard AX25 linux bits are required under Linux:

• Linux with the ax25 and kiss modules included (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. should be ok.
• ax25-apps
• ax25-tools - should include ax25d and axwrapper

Setup

Before starting your ax25 you need to modify your /etc/ax25/ax25d.conf. Mine looks a bit like this:

[M6PIU-2 VIA ax0]
NOCALL   * * * * * * L
default  * * * * * * 0  root /usr/local/sbin/axwrapper axwrapper /usr/bin/axmailbox axmailbox %U

[M6PIU-3 VIA ax0]
NOCALL   * * * * * * L
default  * * * * * * 0  root /usr/local/sbin/axwrapper axwrapper /usr/bin/axchatroom axchatroom %U

Of course, it’s not a good idea to run these as root, but do whatever you are comfortable with.

You’ll also need to modify the top part of each script as they have a few variables each.