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-

3. Configuration

+

3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities

-

3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users +

The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation +and configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will +attempt to cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial +ports as if they had TNC's on them. I will also show what +additional configuration the DXSpider program requires. +

+

Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat +7.1 distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution +then your mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes +and additions if you email me any errors or distribution specific +requirements. +

+

You would probably benefit from reading the +AX25-HOWTO which is much more +comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also available +called +ax25-config which +may help you to configure things. +

+

The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and +are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure the +ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is necessarily +the best or for that matter, the right way! +

+

3.1 Getting Started

-

As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how to -configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add a line -in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your users. For -each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use the following format ... +

There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the +3 files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make +some changes to the kernel configuration.

-

-
-default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
-
-
-

-

or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns .. +

The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match +your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind. +There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the +original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25 +rpms as standard. The other is +AWZNode by IZ5AWZ.

-

-
-default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25
-
-
+

For 2.4 kernels you need these files...

-

For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will -need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's -in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and -then add a specific line for that node like this:

-

-
-GB7DJK-2  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25
-default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
-
-
+

-

3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users +

3.2 The kernel

-

-From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this -(see next section) but, if you prefer, the method of doing it described -here will continue to work just fine. -

-

Allowing telnet connections is quite simple. Firstly you need to add a line -in /etc/services to allow connections to a port number, like this .... +

First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is +a main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you +will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable +Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port +KISS Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the +assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as modules. +If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more fully, I would +refer to the excellent +AX25-HOWTO

+

I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do not use it +simply ignore any instruction concerning it. +

+

Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system. +

+

3.3 Installing the RPM's +

+ +

Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools, +then ax25-apps. 

-spdlogin   8000/tcp     # spider anonymous login port
+rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm
+rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm

-

Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this .... +

3.4 Configuration +

+ +

You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of +several files ...

-

-
-spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet
-
-
+

-

Once this is done, you need to restart inetd like this .... +

These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not +have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol, +Rose or axip for example.

-

-
-killall -HUP inetd
-
-
+

NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface +requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the +following examples.

-

Now login as sysop and cd spider/src. You can test that spider -is accepting telnet logins by issuing the following command .... +

3.5 axports +

+ +

This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below +for a standard TNC2 ... 

-./client login telnet
+#portname   callsign   baudrate   paclen   window   description
+ 2m         gb7mbc-2   19200      256      2        2m port on 144.900MHz
+ 4m         gb7mbc-4   19200      256      2        4m port on 70.325MHz

-

You should get a login prompt and on issuing a callsign, you will be given -access to the cluster. Note, you will not get a password login. There seems -no good reason for a password prompt to be given so it is not asked for. +

Note that the portnames have to be unique.

-

Assuming all is well, then try a telnet from your linux console .... +

The file headings are as follows ...

-

-telnet localhost 8000
+portname        -       The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign        -       The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port
+baudrate        -       The speed you communicate between TNC and computer
+paclen          -       The maximum packet length for ax25 connections
+window          -       The ax25 window parameter.  This is like 'maxframe'
+description     -       A textual description of the port
-
-

-

You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before.

-

3.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards) +

3.6 nrports

-

From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program to -allow connections directly (i.e. not via the /spider/src/client -interface program). If you are using Windows then this is the only method -available of allowing incoming telnet connections. -

-

To do this you need first to remove any line that you may previously have set -up in /etc/inetd.conf. Remember to:- +

This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is below +and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why we need +2 ports later ... 

-killall -HUP inetd
+#portname   callsign   alias   paclen   description
+ netrom     gb7mbc-8   BARE    236      Node Netrom Port
+ netrom2    gb7mbc-9   MBCDX   236      Cluster Netrom Port

-

to make the change happen... +

Note that the portnames have to be unique.

-

Having done that, you need to copy the file -/spider/perl/Listeners.pm to /spider/local and -then edit it. You will need to uncomment the line containing "0.0.0.0" -and select the correct port to listen on. So that it looks like this:- +

The file headings are as follows ...

-

-@listen = (
-    ["0.0.0.0", 8000],
-);
+portname        -       The name you will refer to the port by
+callsign        -       This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this
+                        port will use
+alias           -       The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned
+paclen          -       The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted
+description     -       A textual description of the port
-

-

As standard, the listener will listen on all interfaces simultaneously. -If you require more control than this, you can specify each interface -individually:- +

3.7 nrbroadcast +

+ +

This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below ... 

-@listen = (
-    ["gb7baa.dxcluster.net", 8000],
-    ["44.131.16.2", 6300],
-);
+#axport   min_obs   def_qual   worst_qual   verbose
+ 4m       5         10         100          1

-

This will only be successful if the IP addresses on each interface are static. -If you are using some kind of dynamic IP addressing then the 'default' method -is the only one that will work. -

-

Restart the cluster.pl program to enable the listener. -

-

One important difference with the internal listener is that no echoing -is done by the cluster program. Users will need to set 'local-echo' on in -their telnet clients if it isn't set automatically (as per the standards). -Needless to say this will probably only apply to Windows users. -

-

3.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) -

- -

AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW engine -from Linux as well as Windows based machines. -

-

In order to enable access to an AGW Engine you need to copy -/spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm to /spider/local and edit it. -Specifically you must:- -

-

- +

The file headings are as follows ...

+

+axport          -       The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast
+                        NET/ROM on.
+min_obs         -       The minimum obsolescence value for the port
+def_qual        -       The default quality for the port
+worst_qual      -       The worst quality for the port.  Any routes under
+                        this quality will be ignored
+verbose         -       This flag determines whether you will only broadcast
+                        your own node (0) or all known nodes (1)
+

-

3.5 Setting up node connects +

3.8 ax25d.conf

-

In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that the -connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether the connect -is incoming or outgoing. In spider this is a simple task and can be done in -runtime. -

-

Later versions of Spider can distinguish different software and treat them -differently. For example, the WCY beacon cannot be handles by AK1A type -nodes as AK1A does not know what to do with PC73. There are 4 different -types of node at present and although they may not have any major -differences at the moment, it allows for compatibility. The 4 types are ... +

This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and steers +them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration options +you can set here, however they are well covered in the AX25-HOWTO. For +our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. An example is +below ... 

-set/node        (AK1A type)
-set/spider
-set/dxnet
-set/clx
+[gb7mbc-0 via 2m]
+parameters    2 1   6  900 *  15  0
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 2m]
+parameters    2 1   6  900 *  15  0
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default *  *  *  *  *  *  0  root  /usr/sbin/node  node
+
+[gb7mbc-0 via 4m]
+parameters    2 1   6  900 *  15  0
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+[gb7mbc-1 via 4m]
+parameters    2 1   6  900 *  15  0
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default *  *  *  *  *  *  0  root /usr/sbin/node  node
+
+<netrom2>
+parameters 1    10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
+
+<netrom>
+parameters 1    10 * * * 3 *
+NOCALL *  *  *  *  *  *  L
+default *  *  *  *  *  *  0  root  /usr/sbin/node  node

-

For now, we will assume that the cluster we are going to connect to is an -AK1A type node. +

There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25 +sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in +< >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to +set their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard +NOCALL set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'. +Lastly and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are +all done in interface order.

-

Start up the cluster as you did before and login as the sysop with client. -The cluster node I am wanting to make a connection to is GB7BAA but you would -obviously use whatever callsign you required. At the prompt type ... +

You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the +cluster is like this .. 

-set/node gb7baa
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25

-

The case does not matter as long as you have a version of DXSpider later than -1.33. Earlier versions required the callsign to be in upper case. -

-

That is now set, it is as simple as that. To prove it, login on yet another -console as sysop, cd to spider/src and issue the command ... +

however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns .. 

-./client gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25

-

You should get an initialisation string from DXSpider like this ... +

For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will +need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's +in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and +then add a specific line for that node like this: 

-./client gb7baa
-PC38^GB7MBC^~
+GB7DJK-2  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25
+default  * * * * * *  - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25
-

If the callsign you just set up as a cluster node is for an incoming connect, -this is all that needs to be done. If the connection is to be outgoing then -a connection script needs to be written.

-

Sometimes you make a mistake... Honest, it does happen. If you want to make a node -back to being a normal user, regardless -of what type it is, do: +

3.9 node.conf +

+ +

For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the +node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is +very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and +node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get. +The node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would +expect. An example is below ... 

-unset/node gb7baa
+# /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file
+#
+# see node.conf(5)
+
+# Idle timeout (seconds).
+#
+IdleTimeout     1800
+
+# Timeout when gatewaying (seconds).
+#
+ConnTimeout     40000
+
+# Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login.
+#
+HostName        gb7mbc.ampr.org
+
+# ReConnect flag.
+# 
+ReConnect       off
+
+# "Local" network.
+#
+#LocalNet       44.139.8.48/32
+
+# Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the alias.
+#
+##Alias         CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s'
+#Alias          CONVers  'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"'
+#Alias          CLuster  'c hkiclh'
+Alias           CONV    "telnet lurpac 3600"
+Alias           BBS     "c 70cm gb7crv"
+Alias           DXC     "telnet localhost 9000"
+Alias           MUD     "telnet homer 4000"
+##Alias           TEMP    "finger temp@mary.g6phf"
+##Alias           TNOS    "c ip1 gb7mbc-5"
+##Alias           TUtor   "telnet gb7mbc 3599"
+                                          
+# Hidden ports.
+#
+#HiddenPorts    2
+
+# External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase
+# letters in the name of the extcmd.
+#
+# Flags:        1       Run command through pipe
+#               2       Reconnected flag
+#
+#ExtCmd         TPM     3       nobody  /usr/bin/finger finger tpm
+#ExtCmd         ECho    1       nobody  /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5
+
+# Node ID.
+#
+NodeId          "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1"
+#NodeId         \033[01;31m***\033[0m
+
+# Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects.
+#
+NrPort          netrom
+
+# Logging level
+#
+LogLevel        3
+
+# The escape character (CTRL-T)
+#
+EscapeChar      ^T
+
+# Resolve ip numbers to addresses?
+#
+ResolveAddrs    off
+
+# Node prompt.
+#
+#NodePrompt     "\n"
+#NodePrompt     "%s@%h \%i> "
+NodePrompt      "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > "
+#NodePrompt     "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> "

-

3.6 Connection scripts +

This should be fairly obvious I hope. +

+

3.10 Getting it all running

-

Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using just about -any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all possible examples. -Connect scripts live in the /spider/connect directory and are simple ascii files. -Writing a script for connections is therefore relatively simple. -

-

The connect scripts consist of lines which start with the following keywords -or symbols:- -

-

-

-

#

All lines starting with a # are ignored, as are completely -blank lines. -

-

timeout

timeout followed by a number is the number of seconds to wait for a -command to complete. If there is no timeout specified in the script -then the default is 60 seconds. -

-

abort

abort is a regular expression containing one or more strings to look -for to abort a connection. This is a perl regular expression and is -executed ignoring case. -

-

connect

connect followed by ax25, agw (for Windows users) or telnet and some type dependent -information. In the case of a telnet connection, there can be up to -two parameters. -The first is the ip address or hostname of the computer you wish to -connect to and the second is the port number you want to use (this -can be left out if it is a normal telnet session). -In the case of an ax25 session then this would normally be a call to -ax25_call or netrom_call as in the example above. It is your -responsibility to get your node and other ax25 parameters to work -before going down this route! -

-

'

' is the delimiting character for a word or phrase of an expect/send -line in a chat type script. The words/phrases normally come in pairs, -either can be empty. Each line reads input from the connection until -it sees the string (or perl regular expression) contained in the -left hand string. If the left hand string is empty then it doesn't -read or wait for anything. The comparison is done ignoring case. -When the left hand string has found what it is looking for (if it is) -then the right hand string is sent to the connection. -This process is repeated for every line of chat script. -

-

client

client starts the connection, put the arguments you would want here -if you were starting the client program manually. You only need this -if the script has a different name to the callsign you are trying to -connect to (i.e. you have a script called other which actually -connects to GB7DJK-1 [instead of a script called gb7djk-1]). -

-

-

There are many possible ways to configure the script but here are three examples, -one for a NETRom/AX25 connect, one for AGW engines and one for tcp/ip. -

-

-
-timeout 60
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-# don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call!
-connect ax25 /usr/sbin/netrom_call bbs gb7djk g1tlh
-'Connect' '' 
-'Connect' 'c np7'
-'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
-# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
-client gb7dxm ax25
-
-
+

Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to get +it all running.

+

The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in KISS mode +and connected to the serial ports involved.

+

You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the system like this ... 

-timeout 60
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-# this does exactly the same as the previous example
-# the '1' is the AGW port number to connect thru for g1tlh
-connect agw 1 g1tlh
-'Connect' '' 
-'Connect' 'c np7'
-'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
-# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
-client gb7dxm ax25
+kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199
+kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199

-

+

Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and ttyS1 are com1 and +com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters ... 

-timeout 15
-connect telnet dirkl.tobit.co.uk
-'login' 'gb7djk'
-'word' 'gb7djk'
-# tell GB7DJK-1 that it is connected to GB7DJK
-# you can leave this out if you call this script 'gb7djk'
-client gb7djk telnet
+kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50
+kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50

-

Both these examples assume that everything is set up properly at the other end. -You will find other examples in the /spider/examples directory. +

The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the switches.

-

3.7 Starting the connection -

- -

You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing -in the word connect followed by a script name like this .... +

Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ... 

-G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2041Z >connect gb7djk-1
-connection to GB7DJK-1 started
-G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2043Z >
+nrattach netrom
+nrattach netrom2

-

This will start a connection using the script called gb7djk-1. You can -follow the connection by watching the term or console from where you started -cluster.pl. From version 1.47 onwards, you will need to set/debug connect first. -You should see something like this ... +

All of the above can be put in a file and called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all +the above commands in a file called rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it. +

+

Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ... 

-<- D G1TLH connect gb7djk-1
--> D G1TLH connection to GB7DJK-1 started
--> D G1TLH G1TLH de GB7DJK 13-Dec-1998 2046Z >
-timeout set to 15
-CONNECT sort: telnet command: dirkl.tobit.co.uk
-CHAT "login" -> "gb7djk"
-received "
-Red Hat Linux release 5.1 (Manhattan)
-Kernel 2.0.35 on an i586
-"
-received "login: "
-sent "gb7djk"
-CHAT "word" -> "gb7djk"
-received "gb7djk"
-received "Password: "
-sent "gb7djk"
-Connected to GB7DJK-1, starting normal protocol
-<- O GB7DJK-1 telnet
--> B GB7DJK-1 0
-GB7DJK-1 channel func  state 0 -> init
-<- D GB7DJK-1 
-<- D GB7DJK-1 Last login: Sun Dec 13 17:59:56 from dirk1
-<- D GB7DJK-1 PC38^GB7DJK-1^~
-<- D GB7DJK-1 PC18^ 1 nodes, 0 local / 1 total users  Max users 0  Uptime 
-0 00:00^5447^~
-    etc
+ax25d
+netromd -i

-

With later versions of Spider there is a set/login command for users. This -tells them when a user or node logs in or out. If you do not add a line to -your scripts after the final line (or before the client line which should always -be last if needed) then the login/logout information will be sent to users -before the login actually completes. This means if a node is -unreachable, it will continue sending logins and logouts to users even though it -is not actually connecting. To avoid this use the following line ... +

All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node working for telnet +connections. If nothing else, this will allow you to connect to the node yourself +to check on connection status etc. There are 2 files that need to be edited. +

+

First edit /etc/services and add 

-'connect' ''
+node    3000/tcp     #OH2BNS's Node Software

-

In a script, this might look like ... +

Assuming you want it to run on port 3000 +

+

Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look like this ... 

-timeout 35 
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-connect telnet mary 3000
-'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
-'>' 'telnet 44.131.93.96 7305'
-'connect' ''
+# default: on
+#       unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
+service node
+{
+        socket_type     = stream        
+        wait            = no
+        user            = root
+        server          = /usr/sbin/node
+        log_on_failure  += USERID
+        disable         = yes
+}

-

3.8 Telnet echo -

- -

Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet echo. -This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create at worst severe -loops. At best it creates unnecessary bandwidth and large logfiles! There are -things that can be done to limit this problem but will not always work dependent -on the route taken to connect. -

-

Telnet echo itself should only be a problem if the connection is being made to -the telnet port (23). This port uses special rules that include echo negotiation. -If the connection is to a different port, such as 7300, this negotiation does -not happen and therefore no echo should be present. -

-

Sometimes it is not possible to make a direct connection to another node and this -can cause problems. There is a way of trying to suppress the telnet echo but -this will not always work, unfortunately it is difficult to be more specific. -Here is an example of what I mean ... +

You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the PID is +like so .. 

-timeout 35
-abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
-connect telnet mary.lancs.ac.uk
-'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
-'word:' 'mypasswd'
-'\$' 'stty -echo raw'
-'\$' 'telnet 44.131.93.96'
-'connect' ''
+ps auxw |grep xinetd

-

So, the first connection is made by Spider. This is fine as Spider uses the -Net_Telnet script from within perl. This actually uses TCP rather than TELNET -so no negotiation will be done on the first connection. Once connected to -mary.lancs.ac.uk, the command is sent to suppress echo. Now a telnet is made -to a cluster node that is accepting connections on port 23. The problem with -this link is that the negotiation is made by the remote machine, therefore you -have no control over it. The chances are that this link will create echo and -there will be no way you can stop it. -

-

-

3.9 Autostarting the cluster -

- -

Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster -nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually. It -would be much easier to have it start automatically. -

-

This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a -watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for -any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier. -

-

Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add -the following lines to the file near the end ... +

You will get a reply something like this ... 

-##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
-DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+root       592  0.0  0.1  2256  620 ?        S    Feb07   0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid

-

This line works fine for RedHat distributions. It is also fine for SuSE up to -7.0. From Suse 7.1 you need to add runlevels 2 and 5 like this ... +

The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the command ... 

-DX:235:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+kill -HUP 592

-

The line required for Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to -Aurelio, PA3EZL for this information. +

All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the node by +using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ... 

-DX:23:respawn:/bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty7
+telnet localhost 3000

-

This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart -it should it crash for any reason. -

-

As root type the command telinit q. DXSpider should start up -immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as sysop -you should find everything running nicely. +

If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you have radios connected +to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other stations and receive incoming ax25 and +netrom connections.

Next diff --git a/html/installation-4.html b/html/installation-4.html index 84464dd4..fb2e6358 100644 --- a/html/installation-4.html +++ b/html/installation-4.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: Microsoft Windows Installation + The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: Configuration @@ -13,189 +13,483 @@ Previous Contents
-

4. Microsoft Windows Installation

+

4. Configuration

-

4.1 Introduction +

4.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users

-

IMPORTANT: -

What you'll be left with once you've followed these instructions -is (hopefully) a working DX Spider v1.47 system that is capable -of accepting or originating "internet" connections, plus inbound -AX.25 and TCP/IP radio connections. If the absence of outbound -radio connections is a serious limitation for you, it would be -better for you to wait a couple more weeks until this support has -been added. -

On the other hand, you may have an enquiring mind, or better yet, -may be looking for a useful way of connecting your current -(perhaps) AK1A cluster "to the internet" via some networking -mechanism (BPQEther, etc) or other. I won't be producing -instructions for the latter case, because I don't have an AK1A to -play with. But someone might ... -

Whatever, this document is intended to get you started with DX -Spider in a Microsoft Windows ™ environment. It's not -intended to teach you anything other than how to perform a -minimum configuration of a DX Spider installation and have it -able to connect across "the internet" to other DX Clusters, while -accepting inbound TELNET and radio connections. -

-

4.2 The requirements +

This is dealt with in the previous section +

+

4.2 Allowing telnet connects from users +

+ +

+From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this +(see next section) but, if you prefer, the method of doing it described +here will continue to work just fine. +

+

Allowing telnet connections is quite simple. Firstly you need to add a line +in /etc/services to allow connections to a port number, like this .... +

+

+
+spdlogin   8000/tcp     # spider anonymous login port
+
+
+

+

Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this .... +

+

+
+spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet
+
+
+

+

Once this is done, you need to restart inetd like this .... +

+

+
+killall -HUP inetd
+
+
+

+

Now login as sysop and cd spider/src. You can test that spider +is accepting telnet logins by issuing the following command .... +

+

+
+./client login telnet
+
+
+

+

You should get a login prompt and on issuing a callsign, you will be given +access to the cluster. Note, you will not get a password login. There seems +no good reason for a password prompt to be given so it is not asked for. +

+

Assuming all is well, then try a telnet from your linux console .... +

+

+
+telnet localhost 8000
+
+
+

+

You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before. +

+

4.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards)

-

The very first things you're going to need are (in order of -importance):- +

From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program to +allow connections directly (i.e. not via the /spider/src/client +interface program). If you are using Windows then this is the only method +available of allowing incoming telnet connections. +

+

To do this you need first to remove any line that you may previously have set +up in /etc/inetd.conf. Remember to:- +

+

+
+killall -HUP inetd
+
+
+

+

to make the change happen... +

+

Having done that, you need to copy the file +/spider/perl/Listeners.pm to /spider/local and +then edit it. You will need to uncomment the line containing "0.0.0.0" +and select the correct port to listen on. So that it looks like this:- +

+

+
+@listen = (
+    ["0.0.0.0", 8000],
+);
+
+
+

+

As standard, the listener will listen on all interfaces simultaneously. +If you require more control than this, you can specify each interface +individually:- +

+

+
+@listen = (
+    ["gb7baa.dxcluster.net", 8000],
+    ["44.131.16.2", 6300],
+);
+
+
+

+

This will only be successful if the IP addresses on each interface are static. +If you are using some kind of dynamic IP addressing then the 'default' method +is the only one that will work. +

+

Restart the cluster.pl program to enable the listener. +

+

One important difference with the internal listener is that no echoing +is done by the cluster program. Users will need to set 'local-echo' on in +their telnet clients if it isn't set automatically (as per the standards). +Needless to say this will probably only apply to Windows users. +

+

4.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) +

+ +

AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW engine +from Linux as well as Windows based machines. +

+

In order to enable access to an AGW Engine you need to copy +/spider/perl/AGWConnect.pm to /spider/local and edit it. +Specifically you must:-

+ +

-

4.3 The system +

4.5 Setting up node connects

-

The platform I used to generate these instructions was a -"vanilla" Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz -AMD Athlon processor and 96 Mb memory. I've also personally -verified that it runs on my laptop (Pentium 266MHz, 32 Mb memory, -Windows 98 SE v4.10.2222 A) and a computer that I assembled from -a random pile of junk (AMD K6-2 333MHz, 64 Mb memory, Windows 98 -v4.10.1998). As a result, I have reason to believe that what I'm -about to describe will perform equally on any 32-bit MS Windows -environment with 32 Mb of memory. -

Because of the changes that have recently been made to the core -"cluster.pl" module and the introduction of a very lightweight -"winclient.pl", I have a sneaking suspicion that this will now -run on any platform that has reasonably complete support for -Perl. Is there someone out there with both an enquiring mind and -(say) a Macintosh, for instance? -

Please bear in mind, though, that my instructions relate solely -to how to get this going under a Microsoft Windows environment, -and I have zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise. -

-

4.4 Perl +

In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that the +connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether the connect +is incoming or outgoing. In spider this is a simple task and can be done in +runtime. +

+

Later versions of Spider can distinguish different software and treat them +differently. For example, the WCY beacon cannot be handles by AK1A type +nodes as AK1A does not know what to do with PC73. There are 4 different +types of node at present and although they may not have any major +differences at the moment, it allows for compatibility. The 4 types are ... +

+

+
+set/node        (AK1A type)
+set/spider
+set/dxnet
+set/clx
+
+
+

+

For now, we will assume that the cluster we are going to connect to is an +AK1A type node. +

+

Start up the cluster as you did before and login as the sysop with client. +The cluster node I am wanting to make a connection to is GB7BAA but you would +obviously use whatever callsign you required. At the prompt type ... +

+

+
+set/node gb7baa
+
+
+

+

The case does not matter as long as you have a version of DXSpider later than +1.33. Earlier versions required the callsign to be in upper case. +

+

That is now set, it is as simple as that. To prove it, login on yet another +console as sysop, cd to spider/src and issue the command ... +

+

+
+./client gb7baa (using the callsign you set as a node)
+
+
+

+

You should get an initialisation string from DXSpider like this ... +

+

+
+./client gb7baa
+PC38^GB7MBC^~
+
+
+

If the callsign you just set up as a cluster node is for an incoming connect, +this is all that needs to be done. If the connection is to be outgoing then +a connection script needs to be written. +

+

Sometimes you make a mistake... Honest, it does happen. If you want to make a node +back to being a normal user, regardless +of what type it is, do: +

+

+
+unset/node gb7baa
+
+
+

+

4.6 Connection scripts

-

Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good -reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use -ActivePerl v5.6. For my testing & development, I used build 623. -You can get this from:- -http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html

You will need to choose either the MSI or the AS package. My -recommendation is that you choose the MSI package and deal with -the consequences if your system isn't equipped with support for -the latest MS Installer; you'll be better off in the long run. -The build 623 download is 7,460 KB, so now is a really good time -to have some tea if you're on a slow dial-up connection. -

During installation, please ensure that you do choose the options -to "Add Perl to the PATH environment variable" and "Create Perl -file extension association"; it will make your life so much -easier. Once the installation is finished, be sure to reboot your -PC. You probably won't be told anywhere else that this needs to -be done now, but it does. Really. -

Once you've rebooted, open a "DOS box" (Start > Run > command -might do it, if you can't find it elsewhere) and from wherever it -lands, type PERL -v <ENTER> (it's better if that's a lower-case -'v', because an upper-case 'V' means something else. You should -be rewarded with some interesting information about your Perl -installation. If you're not, you must go back to the beginning -and discover what went wrong and fix it. It's pointless to -proceed unless this simple check is passed. Assuming it did work, -you may now move on. -

-

4.5 Additional packages +

Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using just about +any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all possible examples. +Connect scripts live in the /spider/connect directory and are simple ascii files. +Writing a script for connections is therefore relatively simple. +

+

The connect scripts consist of lines which start with the following keywords +or symbols:- +

+

+

+

#

All lines starting with a # are ignored, as are completely +blank lines. +

+

timeout

timeout followed by a number is the number of seconds to wait for a +command to complete. If there is no timeout specified in the script +then the default is 60 seconds. +

+

abort

abort is a regular expression containing one or more strings to look +for to abort a connection. This is a perl regular expression and is +executed ignoring case. +

+

connect

connect followed by ax25, agw (for Windows users) or telnet and some type dependent +information. In the case of a telnet connection, there can be up to +two parameters. +The first is the ip address or hostname of the computer you wish to +connect to and the second is the port number you want to use (this +can be left out if it is a normal telnet session). +In the case of an ax25 session then this would normally be a call to +ax25_call or netrom_call as in the example above. It is your +responsibility to get your node and other ax25 parameters to work +before going down this route! +

+

'

' is the delimiting character for a word or phrase of an expect/send +line in a chat type script. The words/phrases normally come in pairs, +either can be empty. Each line reads input from the connection until +it sees the string (or perl regular expression) contained in the +left hand string. If the left hand string is empty then it doesn't +read or wait for anything. The comparison is done ignoring case. +When the left hand string has found what it is looking for (if it is) +then the right hand string is sent to the connection. +This process is repeated for every line of chat script. +

+

client

client starts the connection, put the arguments you would want here +if you were starting the client program manually. You only need this +if the script has a different name to the callsign you are trying to +connect to (i.e. you have a script called other which actually +connects to GB7DJK-1 [instead of a script called gb7djk-1]). +

+

+

There are many possible ways to configure the script but here are three examples, +one for a NETRom/AX25 connect, one for AGW engines and one for tcp/ip. +

+

+
+timeout 60
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+# don't forget to chmod 4775 netrom_call!
+connect ax25 /usr/sbin/netrom_call bbs gb7djk g1tlh
+'Connect' '' 
+'Connect' 'c np7'
+'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
+# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
+client gb7dxm ax25
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+timeout 60
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+# this does exactly the same as the previous example
+# the '1' is the AGW port number to connect thru for g1tlh
+connect agw 1 g1tlh
+'Connect' '' 
+'Connect' 'c np7'
+'Connect' 'c gb7dxm'
+# you can leave this out if you call the script 'gb7dxm'
+client gb7dxm ax25
+
+
+

+

+

+

+
+timeout 15
+connect telnet dirkl.tobit.co.uk
+'login' 'gb7djk'
+'word' 'gb7djk'
+# tell GB7DJK-1 that it is connected to GB7DJK
+# you can leave this out if you call this script 'gb7djk'
+client gb7djk telnet
+
+
+

+

Both these examples assume that everything is set up properly at the other end. +You will find other examples in the /spider/examples directory. +

+

4.7 Starting the connection

-

Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl -distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I -recommended, and don't know any better for yourself, then just -blindly following these instructions will work just fine. If that -didn't describe you, then you're on your own. -

Visit the following URL: +

You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing +in the word connect followed by a script name like this .... +

+

+
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2041Z >connect gb7djk-1
+connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+G0VGS de GB7MBC 13-Dec-1998 2043Z >
+
+

-http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/

and download the following files:- +

This will start a connection using the script called gb7djk-1. You can +follow the connection by watching the term or console from where you started +cluster.pl. From version 1.47 onwards, you will need to set/debug connect first. +You should see something like this ... 

-Data-Dumper.zip
-Net-Telnet.zip
-TimeDate.zip
-Time-HiRes.zip
-DB_File.zip
+<- D G1TLH connect gb7djk-1
+-> D G1TLH connection to GB7DJK-1 started
+-> D G1TLH G1TLH de GB7DJK 13-Dec-1998 2046Z >
+timeout set to 15
+CONNECT sort: telnet command: dirkl.tobit.co.uk
+CHAT "login" -> "gb7djk"
+received "
+Red Hat Linux release 5.1 (Manhattan)
+Kernel 2.0.35 on an i586
+"
+received "login: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+CHAT "word" -> "gb7djk"
+received "gb7djk"
+received "Password: "
+sent "gb7djk"
+Connected to GB7DJK-1, starting normal protocol
+<- O GB7DJK-1 telnet
+-> B GB7DJK-1 0
+GB7DJK-1 channel func  state 0 -> init
+<- D GB7DJK-1 
+<- D GB7DJK-1 Last login: Sun Dec 13 17:59:56 from dirk1
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC38^GB7DJK-1^~
+<- D GB7DJK-1 PC18^ 1 nodes, 0 local / 1 total users  Max users 0  Uptime 
+0 00:00^5447^~
+    etc
-

Make yourself a convenient directory to unpack all of these zip -files into (I put mine in "D:\ppm>") and do the following (the -bits you type in are blue ). Note that where these files land -will be directly related to where you chose to install your -ActivePerl (mine, as you can probably guess from what follows, -went into "D:\Perl"):- +

+

With later versions of Spider there is a set/login command for users. This +tells them when a user or node logs in or out. If you do not add a line to +your scripts after the final line (or before the client line which should always +be last if needed) then the login/logout information will be sent to users +before the login actually completes. This means if a node is +unreachable, it will continue sending logins and logouts to users even though it +is not actually connecting. To avoid this use the following line ... 

-D:\ppm>ppm install Data-Dumper.ppd
-Installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd'
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.bs
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.dll
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.exp
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.lib
-Installing D:\Perl\html\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.html
-Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Data\Dumper\Dumper.pm
-Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.packlist
-D:\ppm>
+'connect' ''
-

I'm not going to bother you with exhaustive details of the rest -of them, but suffice it to say you need to: +

+

In a script, this might look like ... 

-ppm install DB_File.ppd
-ppm install Net-Telnet.ppd
-ppm install TimeDate.ppd
-ppm install Time-HiRes.ppd
+timeout 35 
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+connect telnet mary 3000
+'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
+'>' 'telnet 44.131.93.96 7305'
+'connect' ''
-

If all that seemed to work OK, time to move along. Before anyone -who is familiar with PPM tells me that we didn't need to download -and keep those files locally, I knew that. I also knew that PPM -is sometimes awkward to configure via firewalls, and that -sometimes the repositories don't always work the way we'd hope. I -do it that way because it suits me.

-

4.6 Getting Spider +

4.8 Telnet echo

-

Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs -to be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting -this; either get a CVS update from sourceforge (if you don't know -what this is, then it isn't for you) or get the latest "official" -release from:- -

-http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html

or if you want the lastest snapshot of CVS version (which is produced -every night):- -

-http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz

This is generally the best one to go for as it is completely up to -date. However, there is always the very slight chance that it might -unstable. Generally, there will be a note on the website if this is -the case. -

-

The only difference between "CVSlatest.tgz" and the latest -"official" release version is that it is more up to date. Don't confuse -this TGZ file with "Downloading from Sourceforge with CVS" - they are two -quite different things. -

-

If you went down the CVS route (ie installed wincvs and downloaded from -sourceforge), then everything will be nicely -set out on your local disk. If you got the TGZ file, unpack it to -somewhere convenient. The following examples assume that you put -it on drive "C:\", for convenience. -

-

You will need -winzip to -manipulate the TGZ files (they are bit like ZIP files) if you are not using CVS. +

Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet echo. +This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create at worst severe +loops. At best it creates unnecessary bandwidth and large logfiles! There are +things that can be done to limit this problem but will not always work dependent +on the route taken to connect. +

+

Telnet echo itself should only be a problem if the connection is being made to +the telnet port (23). This port uses special rules that include echo negotiation. +If the connection is to a different port, such as 7300, this negotiation does +not happen and therefore no echo should be present. +

+

Sometimes it is not possible to make a direct connection to another node and this +can cause problems. There is a way of trying to suppress the telnet echo but +this will not always work, unfortunately it is difficult to be more specific. +Here is an example of what I mean ... +

+

+
+timeout 35
+abort (Busy|Sorry|Fail)
+connect telnet mary.lancs.ac.uk
+'ogin:' 'gb7mbc'
+'word:' 'mypasswd'
+'\$' 'stty -echo raw'
+'\$' 'telnet 44.131.93.96'
+'connect' ''
+
+
+

+

So, the first connection is made by Spider. This is fine as Spider uses the +Net_Telnet script from within perl. This actually uses TCP rather than TELNET +so no negotiation will be done on the first connection. Once connected to +mary.lancs.ac.uk, the command is sent to suppress echo. Now a telnet is made +to a cluster node that is accepting connections on port 23. The problem with +this link is that the negotiation is made by the remote machine, therefore you +have no control over it. The chances are that this link will create echo and +there will be no way you can stop it. +

+

+

4.9 Autostarting the cluster +

+ +

Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster +nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and restarted manually. It +would be much easier to have it start automatically. +

+

This is not only a way to start the cluster automatically, it also works as a +watchdog, checking the sanity of DXSpider and respawning it should it crash for +any reason. Before doing the following, shutdown the cluster as you did earlier. +

+

Login as root and bring up the /etc/inittab file in your favourite editor. Add +the following lines to the file near the end ... +

+

+
+##Start DXSpider on bootup and respawn it should it crash
+DX:3:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+
+
+

+

This line works fine for RedHat distributions. It is also fine for SuSE up to +7.0. From Suse 7.1 you need to add runlevels 2 and 5 like this ... +

+

+
+DX:235:respawn:/bin/su -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" sysop >/dev/tty7
+
+
+

+

The line required for Slackware distributions is slightly different. My thanks to +Aurelio, PA3EZL for this information. +

+

+
+DX:23:respawn:/bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" >/dev/tty7
+
+
+

+

This will automatically start DXSpider on tty7 (ALT-F7) on bootup and restart +it should it crash for any reason. +

+

As root type the command telinit q. DXSpider should start up +immediately. You will see the output on tty7 and if you login as sysop +you should find everything running nicely.

Next diff --git a/html/installation-5.html b/html/installation-5.html index 0fd38b4b..ae26e609 100644 --- a/html/installation-5.html +++ b/html/installation-5.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: Installing the software + The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: Microsoft Windows Installation @@ -13,239 +13,189 @@ Previous Contents
-

5. Installing the software

+

5. Microsoft Windows Installation

-

Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with -a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, go to -"C:\spider\" and create them. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and -figure out why, because it shouldn't be. -

Now create your own local copy of the DXVars.pm file by:- -

-

-
-copy c:\spider\perl\DXVars.pm.issue
-c:\spider\local\DXVars.pm
-
-
-

Now you'll need to edit this file using a text editor. If nothing -else, you can simply -

-

-
-cd \spider\local
-
-
-

and then -

-

-
-notepad DXVars.pm
-
-
-

to bring up an editor window containing the file. As an absolute -minimum you must adjust the following items in DXVars.pm:- -

-

-

You really also ought to update the $myqth and $myemail variables. And -unless you are absolutely certain you know what you're doing, you -should change nothing else in this file. Note that if you use an "@" or -a "$" character in one of the above strings (typically in $myemail) you must -write them as "\@" or "\$". -

-

-

5.1 Incoming telnets +

5.1 Introduction

-

If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running -Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a -handy "DOS box" that's not doing anything else, do the following:- -

-

-
-copy \spider\perl\Listeners.pm \spider\local
-cd \spider\local
-notepad listeners.pm
-
-
-

The following lines need attention:- -

-

-
-["0.0.0.0", 7300],
-
-
-

On my machine, I've simply uncommented the "0.0.0.0" entry by -removing the '#' from the front of the line. -

You MUST carry out this step if you are -running on a Windows NT, 2000 or XP based system -

If you don't have a static hostname for your machine, and you -intend to allow folk to connect to your machine across the -internet, then I'd suggest you pay a visit to www.dyndns.org and -create one for yourself. While it's free, it will take a modest -an amount of effort on your part to read, understand and -implement what needs to be done to set this up. -

-

If your machine is connected to the internet and you don't -want to allow your machine to be visible to the outside world you -should change the "0.0.0.0" to "127.0.0.1" [which is -"localhost"]. This will then only allow connections from inside your -machine. As was said earlier: if you aren't running Win9x (or you want -to use DXTelnet or somesuch), then you need to have the machine -listening at least to "127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means all IP -addresses). -

-

5.2 The AGW packet engine +

IMPORTANT: +

What you'll be left with once you've followed these instructions +is (hopefully) a working DX Spider v1.47 system that is capable +of accepting or originating "internet" connections, plus inbound +AX.25 and TCP/IP radio connections. If the absence of outbound +radio connections is a serious limitation for you, it would be +better for you to wait a couple more weeks until this support has +been added. +

On the other hand, you may have an enquiring mind, or better yet, +may be looking for a useful way of connecting your current +(perhaps) AK1A cluster "to the internet" via some networking +mechanism (BPQEther, etc) or other. I won't be producing +instructions for the latter case, because I don't have an AK1A to +play with. But someone might ... +

Whatever, this document is intended to get you started with DX +Spider in a Microsoft Windows ™ environment. It's not +intended to teach you anything other than how to perform a +minimum configuration of a DX Spider installation and have it +able to connect across "the internet" to other DX Clusters, while +accepting inbound TELNET and radio connections. +

+

5.2 The requirements

-

On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine -to interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create -your own local copy of AGWConnect.pm by:- -

-

-
-copy c:\spider\perl\AGWConnect.pm
-c:\spider\local\AGWConnect.pm
-
-
-

and then -

-

-
-notepad AGWConnect.pm
-
-
-

to bring up an editor window containing the file. You must -consider adjusting the following items in AGWConnect.pm:- +

The very first things you're going to need are (in order of +importance):-

-

5.3 Setting up the initial user files +

5.3 The system

-

Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is -supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:- -

-

-
-cd \spider\perl
-perl create_sysop.pl
-
-
-

If all goes according to plan, you will see no output from this -program, and after a brief wait, your DOS prompt will be -returned. -

Depending on how brave you are, you might now care to try the -following:- -

-

-
-perl cluster.pl
-
-
-

If you did everything you were told, your DOS window will now -hold a display which looks something like:- +

The platform I used to generate these instructions was a +"vanilla" Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz +AMD Athlon processor and 96 Mb memory. I've also personally +verified that it runs on my laptop (Pentium 266MHz, 32 Mb memory, +Windows 98 SE v4.10.2222 A) and a computer that I assembled from +a random pile of junk (AMD K6-2 333MHz, 64 Mb memory, Windows 98 +v4.10.1998). As a result, I have reason to believe that what I'm +about to describe will perform equally on any 32-bit MS Windows +environment with 32 Mb of memory. +

Because of the changes that have recently been made to the core +"cluster.pl" module and the introduction of a very lightweight +"winclient.pl", I have a sneaking suspicion that this will now +run on any platform that has reasonably complete support for +Perl. Is there someone out there with both an enquiring mind and +(say) a Macintosh, for instance? +

Please bear in mind, though, that my instructions relate solely +to how to get this going under a Microsoft Windows environment, +and I have zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise. +

+

5.4 Perl +

+ +

Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good +reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use +ActivePerl v5.6. For my testing & development, I used build 623. +You can get this from:- +http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/Download.html

You will need to choose either the MSI or the AS package. My +recommendation is that you choose the MSI package and deal with +the consequences if your system isn't equipped with support for +the latest MS Installer; you'll be better off in the long run. +The build 623 download is 7,460 KB, so now is a really good time +to have some tea if you're on a slow dial-up connection. +

During installation, please ensure that you do choose the options +to "Add Perl to the PATH environment variable" and "Create Perl +file extension association"; it will make your life so much +easier. Once the installation is finished, be sure to reboot your +PC. You probably won't be told anywhere else that this needs to +be done now, but it does. Really. +

Once you've rebooted, open a "DOS box" (Start > Run > command +might do it, if you can't find it elsewhere) and from wherever it +lands, type PERL -v <ENTER> (it's better if that's a lower-case +'v', because an upper-case 'V' means something else. You should +be rewarded with some interesting information about your Perl +installation. If you're not, you must go back to the beginning +and discover what went wrong and fix it. It's pointless to +proceed unless this simple check is passed. Assuming it did work, +you may now move on. +

+

5.5 Additional packages +

+ +

Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl +distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I +recommended, and don't know any better for yourself, then just +blindly following these instructions will work just fine. If that +didn't describe you, then you're on your own. +

Visit the following URL:

-

-
-DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
-Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
-loading prefixes ...
-loading band data ...
-loading user file system ...
-starting listeners ...
-Internal port: localhost 27754
-load badwords: Ok
-reading in duplicate spot and WWV info ...
-reading existing message headers ...
-load badmsg: Ok
-load forward: Ok
-load swop: Ok
-@msg = 0 before delete
-@msg = 0 after delete
-reading cron jobs ...v cron: reading /spider/cmd/crontab
-cron: adding 1 0 * * 0
-DXUser::export("$main::data/user_asc")
-reading database descriptors ...
-doing local initialisation ...
-orft we jolly well go ...
-queue msg (0)
-
-
-

Now, if that's what you've got, you are very nearly home and dry -(in as far as these particular experiments are concerned, anyhow) -

If you are running Windows 9x you can access your new cluster (from -the local machine) by finding yourself another "DOS box" and doing the -following:- +http://www.activestate.com/PPMPackages/zips/6xx-builds-only/

and download the following files:- 

-cd \spider\perl
-perl winclient.pl
+Data-Dumper.zip
+Net-Telnet.zip
+TimeDate.zip
+Time-HiRes.zip
+DB_File.zip
-

If you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP then winclient.pl does not -work. We don't know why other than this seems to be some kind of -incomaptibility in perl. You can achieve the same thing by telnetting -to the port you defined in Listeners.pm (7300 as default), thus:- +

Make yourself a convenient directory to unpack all of these zip +files into (I put mine in "D:\ppm>") and do the following (the +bits you type in are blue ). Note that where these files land +will be directly related to where you chose to install your +ActivePerl (mine, as you can probably guess from what follows, +went into "D:\Perl"):- 

-Menu->Start->Run
-telnet localhost 7300
+D:\ppm>ppm install Data-Dumper.ppd
+Installing package 'Data-Dumper.ppd'
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.bs
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.dll
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.exp
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.lib
+Installing D:\Perl\html\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.html
+Installing D:\Perl\site\lib\Data\Dumper\Dumper.pm
+Writing D:\Perl\site\lib\auto\Data\Dumper\Dumper.packlist
+D:\ppm>
-

On getting the login: prompt, enter your sysop callsign (the one you -put in DXVars.pm as $myalias). -

-

I would recommend strongly that you obtain a better telnet -client than that which comes with windows (I use -PuTTY). -

-

Anyway, if you are rewarded with a display which looks something like:- +

I'm not going to bother you with exhaustive details of the rest +of them, but suffice it to say you need to: 

-Hello Iain, this is GB7SJP in Amersham, Bucks running DXSpider V1.47
-Cluster: 1 nodes, 1 local / 1 total users Max users 2 Uptime 0 00:00
-M0ADI de GB7SJP 4-Mar-2001 1511Z >
+ppm install DB_File.ppd
+ppm install Net-Telnet.ppd
+ppm install TimeDate.ppd
+ppm install Time-HiRes.ppd
-

You've arrived. Try some commands, and see how they feel. (In -case you were wondering, "Iain", "M0ADI" and "GB7SJP" all came -from the version of DXVars.pm that was on the machine when I -started the winclient.pl) -

-

The interface is very basic. It is a simple command line. There are -better looking interfaces. Most of the "standard" logging and DX -Cluster access programs that are capable of connecting via a TCP or -telnet connection will work as a "Sysop Console" client. You connect -to "localhost" on the port that you defined in Listeners.pm (usually -7300). I recommend packages like -DXTelnet. -

-

5.4 Connecting to other clusters +

If all that seemed to work OK, time to move along. Before anyone +who is familiar with PPM tells me that we didn't need to download +and keep those files locally, I knew that. I also knew that PPM +is sometimes awkward to configure via firewalls, and that +sometimes the repositories don't always work the way we'd hope. I +do it that way because it suits me. +

+

5.6 Getting Spider

-

If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to -negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to -allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the understanding -that the system may or may not be there and may or may not be -connected to anything particularly useful at any given moment. Contact -me by -Email if you -want me to set up a connection for you. +

Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs +to be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting +this; either get a CVS update from sourceforge (if you don't know +what this is, then it isn't for you) or get the latest "official" +release from:- +

+http://www.dxcluster.org/download/index.html

or if you want the lastest snapshot of CVS version (which is produced +every night):- +

+http://www.dxcluster.org/download/CVSlatest.tgz

This is generally the best one to go for as it is completely up to +date. However, there is always the very slight chance that it might +unstable. Generally, there will be a note on the website if this is +the case. +

+

The only difference between "CVSlatest.tgz" and the latest +"official" release version is that it is more up to date. Don't confuse +this TGZ file with "Downloading from Sourceforge with CVS" - they are two +quite different things. +

+

If you went down the CVS route (ie installed wincvs and downloaded from +sourceforge), then everything will be nicely +set out on your local disk. If you got the TGZ file, unpack it to +somewhere convenient. The following examples assume that you put +it on drive "C:\", for convenience. +

+

You will need +winzip to +manipulate the TGZ files (they are bit like ZIP files) if you are not using CVS.

Next diff --git a/html/installation-6.html b/html/installation-6.html index d47532aa..dfb32b40 100644 --- a/html/installation-6.html +++ b/html/installation-6.html @@ -2,48 +2,253 @@ - The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: General Information + The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: Installing the software + -Next +Next Previous Contents
-

6. General Information

+

6. Installing the software

-

The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related. +

Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with +a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, go to +"C:\spider\" and create them. If "C:\spider" is missing, go back and +figure out why, because it shouldn't be. +

Now create your own local copy of the DXVars.pm file by:-

-

6.1 The crontab file +
+
+copy c:\spider\perl\DXVars.pm.issue
+c:\spider\local\DXVars.pm
+
+
+

Now you'll need to edit this file using a text editor. If nothing +else, you can simply +

+

+
+cd \spider\local
+
+
+

and then +

+

+
+notepad DXVars.pm
+
+
+

to bring up an editor window containing the file. As an absolute +minimum you must adjust the following items in DXVars.pm:- +

+

+

You really also ought to update the $myqth and $myemail variables. And +unless you are absolutely certain you know what you're doing, you +should change nothing else in this file. Note that if you use an "@" or +a "$" character in one of the above strings (typically in $myemail) you must +write them as "\@" or "\$". +

+

+

6.1 Incoming telnets

-

Login as sysop and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. -Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included -a comment) +

If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running +Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a +handy "DOS box" that's not doing anything else, do the following:- 

-# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
-# start a connect job going
+copy \spider\perl\Listeners.pm \spider\local
+cd \spider\local
+notepad listeners.pm
+
+
+

The following lines need attention:- +

+

+
+["0.0.0.0", 7300],
+
+
+

On my machine, I've simply uncommented the "0.0.0.0" entry by +removing the '#' from the front of the line. +

You MUST carry out this step if you are +running on a Windows NT, 2000 or XP based system +

If you don't have a static hostname for your machine, and you +intend to allow folk to connect to your machine across the +internet, then I'd suggest you pay a visit to www.dyndns.org and +create one for yourself. While it's free, it will take a modest +an amount of effort on your part to read, understand and +implement what needs to be done to set this up. +

+

If your machine is connected to the internet and you don't +want to allow your machine to be visible to the outside world you +should change the "0.0.0.0" to "127.0.0.1" [which is +"localhost"]. This will then only allow connections from inside your +machine. As was said earlier: if you aren't running Win9x (or you want +to use DXTelnet or somesuch), then you need to have the machine +listening at least to "127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means all IP +addresses). +

+

6.2 The AGW packet engine +

-0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx') +

On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine +to interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create +your own local copy of AGWConnect.pm by:- +

+

+
+copy c:\spider\perl\AGWConnect.pm
+c:\spider\local\AGWConnect.pm
+

and then

-

The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are -going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if -gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, -then a connect attempt will be started. +

+
+notepad AGWConnect.pm
+
+
+

to bring up an editor window containing the file. You must +consider adjusting the following items in AGWConnect.pm:- +

+

-

There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for. -If you want to know more about it, look at the -DXSpider website -at the cron page where it is explained more fully. +

6.3 Setting up the initial user files +

+ +

Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is +supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:- +

+

+
+cd \spider\perl
+perl create_sysop.pl
+
+
+

If all goes according to plan, you will see no output from this +program, and after a brief wait, your DOS prompt will be +returned. +

Depending on how brave you are, you might now care to try the +following:- +

+

+
+perl cluster.pl
+
+
+

If you did everything you were told, your DOS window will now +hold a display which looks something like:- +

+

+
+DXSpider DX Cluster Version 1.47
+Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Dirk Koopman G1TLH
+loading prefixes ...
+loading band data ...
+loading user file system ...
+starting listeners ...
+Internal port: localhost 27754
+load badwords: Ok
+reading in duplicate spot and WWV info ...
+reading existing message headers ...
+load badmsg: Ok
+load forward: Ok
+load swop: Ok
+@msg = 0 before delete
+@msg = 0 after delete
+reading cron jobs ...v cron: reading /spider/cmd/crontab
+cron: adding 1 0 * * 0
+DXUser::export("$main::data/user_asc")
+reading database descriptors ...
+doing local initialisation ...
+orft we jolly well go ...
+queue msg (0)
+
+
+

Now, if that's what you've got, you are very nearly home and dry +(in as far as these particular experiments are concerned, anyhow) +

If you are running Windows 9x you can access your new cluster (from +the local machine) by finding yourself another "DOS box" and doing the +following:- +

+

+
+cd \spider\perl
+perl winclient.pl
+
+
+

If you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP then winclient.pl does not +work. We don't know why other than this seems to be some kind of +incomaptibility in perl. You can achieve the same thing by telnetting +to the port you defined in Listeners.pm (7300 as default), thus:- +

+

+
+Menu->Start->Run
+telnet localhost 7300
+
+
+

On getting the login: prompt, enter your sysop callsign (the one you +put in DXVars.pm as $myalias). +

+

I would recommend strongly that you obtain a better telnet +client than that which comes with windows (I use +PuTTY). +

+

Anyway, if you are rewarded with a display which looks something like:- +

+

+
+Hello Iain, this is GB7SJP in Amersham, Bucks running DXSpider V1.47
+Cluster: 1 nodes, 1 local / 1 total users Max users 2 Uptime 0 00:00
+M0ADI de GB7SJP 4-Mar-2001 1511Z >
+
+
+

You've arrived. Try some commands, and see how they feel. (In +case you were wondering, "Iain", "M0ADI" and "GB7SJP" all came +from the version of DXVars.pm that was on the machine when I +started the winclient.pl) +

+

The interface is very basic. It is a simple command line. There are +better looking interfaces. Most of the "standard" logging and DX +Cluster access programs that are capable of connecting via a TCP or +telnet connection will work as a "Sysop Console" client. You connect +to "localhost" on the port that you defined in Listeners.pm (usually +7300). I recommend packages like +DXTelnet. +

+

6.4 Connecting to other clusters +

+ +

If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to +negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to +allow folk to connect to GB7DXA (spud.ath.cx), on the understanding +that the system may or may not be there and may or may not be +connected to anything particularly useful at any given moment. Contact +me by +Email if you +want me to set up a connection for you.

-Next +Next Previous Contents diff --git a/html/installation-7.html b/html/installation-7.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..41dabe9d --- /dev/null +++ b/html/installation-7.html @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + + + + + The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49: General Information + + + + + +Next +Previous +Contents +
+

7. General Information

+ +

The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related. +

+

7.1 The crontab file +

+ +

Login as sysop and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. +Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have included +a comment) +

+

+
+# check every 10 minutes to see if gb7xxx is connected and if not
+# start a connect job going
+
+0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * start_connect('gb7xxx') unless connected('gb7xxx')
+
+
+

+

The callsign involved will be the callsign of the cluster node you are +going to connect to. This will now check every 10 minutes to see if +gb7xxx is connected, if it is then nothing will be done. If it is not, +then a connect attempt will be started. +

+

There are probably lots of other things you could use this crontab file for. +If you want to know more about it, look at the +DXSpider website +at the cron page where it is explained more fully. +

+

+Next +Previous +Contents + + diff --git a/html/installation.html b/html/installation.html index 792af3b5..beca63b2 100644 --- a/html/installation.html +++ b/html/installation.html @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Contents

The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49

Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and -Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)

December 2001 revision 1.1 +Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)February 2002 revision 1.2

A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
@@ -35,44 +35,59 @@ Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)December 2001 revision 1.1

2. Linux quick installation guide

-

3. Configuration

+

3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities

-

4. Microsoft Windows Installation

+

4. Configuration

-

5. Installing the software

+

5. Microsoft Windows Installation

-

6. General Information

+

6. Installing the software

+

+

7. General Information

+ +
Next diff --git a/sgml/installation.sgml b/sgml/installation.sgml index 286a8f8b..086cdb38 100644 --- a/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49 Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net) -December 2001 revision 1.1 +February 2002 revision 1.2 A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program. @@ -394,37 +394,486 @@ Spider should now be able to accept logins via telnet, netrom and ax25. Enter the correct line in /etc/inittab (root) -Configuration +Setting up the AX25 Utilities -Allowing ax25 connects from users +

+The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation +and configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will +attempt to cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial +ports as if they had TNC's on them. I will also show what +additional configuration the DXSpider program requires. + +

+Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat +7.1 distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution +then your mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes +and additions if you email me any errors or distribution specific +requirements. + +

+You would probably benefit from reading the which is much more +comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also available +called which +may help you to configure things. + +

+The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and +are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure the +ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is necessarily +the best or for that matter, the right way! + +Getting Started + +

+There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the +3 files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make +some changes to the kernel configuration. + +

+The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match +your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind. +There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the +original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25 +rpms as standard. The other is by IZ5AWZ. + +

+For 2.4 kernels you need these files... + +

+ + + + + + +The kernel + +

+First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is +a main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you +will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable +Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port +KISS Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the +assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as modules. +If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more fully, I would +refer to the excellent + + +

+I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do not use it +simply ignore any instruction concerning it. + +

+Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system. + +Installing the RPM's + +

+Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools, +then ax25-apps. + + +rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm +rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm +rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm + + +Configuration + +

+You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of +several files ... + + +axports +nrports +nrbroadcast +ax25d.conf +node.conf + + +

+These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not +have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol, +Rose or axip for example. + +

+NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface +requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the +following examples. + +axports + +

+This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below +for a standard TNC2 ... + + +#portname callsign baudrate paclen window description + 2m gb7mbc-2 19200 256 2 2m port on 144.900MHz + 4m gb7mbc-4 19200 256 2 4m port on 70.325MHz + + +

+Note that the portnames have to be unique.

-As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how to -configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add a line -in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your users. For -each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use the following format ... +The file headings are as follows ... + + +portname - The name you will refer to the port by +callsign - The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port +baudrate - The speed you communicate between TNC and computer +paclen - The maximum packet length for ax25 connections +window - The ax25 window parameter. This is like 'maxframe' +description - A textual description of the port + + +nrports + +

+This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is below +and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why we need +2 ports later ... + + +#portname callsign alias paclen description + netrom gb7mbc-8 BARE 236 Node Netrom Port + netrom2 gb7mbc-9 MBCDX 236 Cluster Netrom Port + + +

+Note that the portnames have to be unique. + +

+The file headings are as follows ... + + +portname - The name you will refer to the port by +callsign - This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this + port will use +alias - The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned +paclen - The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted +description - A textual description of the port + + +nrbroadcast + +

+This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below ... +#axport min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose + 4m 5 10 100 1 + + +

+The file headings are as follows ... + + +axport - The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast + NET/ROM on. +min_obs - The minimum obsolescence value for the port +def_qual - The default quality for the port +worst_qual - The worst quality for the port. Any routes under + this quality will be ignored +verbose - This flag determines whether you will only broadcast + your own node (0) or all known nodes (1) + + +ax25d.conf + +

+This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and steers +them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration options +you can set here, however they are well covered in the AX25-HOWTO. For +our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. An example is +below ... + + +[gb7mbc-0 via 2m] +parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 +NOCALL * * * * * * L +default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + +[gb7mbc-1 via 2m] +parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 +NOCALL * * * * * * L +default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node + +[gb7mbc-0 via 4m] +parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 +NOCALL * * * * * * L default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + +[gb7mbc-1 via 4m] +parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 +NOCALL * * * * * * L +default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node + + +parameters 1 10 * * * 3 * +NOCALL * * * * * * L +default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + + +parameters 1 10 * * * 3 * +NOCALL * * * * * * L +default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node

-or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns .. +There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25 +sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in +< >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to +set their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard +NOCALL set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'. +Lastly and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are +all done in interface order. + +

+You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the +cluster is like this .. + + +default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + + +

+however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns .. default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %s ax25

-For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will +For most purposes this is not desirable. The only time you probably will need this is when you need to allow other cluster nodes that are using SSID's -in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and +in. In this case it would probably be better to use the first example and then add a specific line for that node like this: GB7DJK-2 * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client gb7djk-2 ax25 default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + +node.conf + +

+For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the +node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is +very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and +node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get. +The node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would +expect. An example is below ... + + +# /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file +# +# see node.conf(5) + +# Idle timeout (seconds). +# +IdleTimeout 1800 + +# Timeout when gatewaying (seconds). +# +ConnTimeout 40000 + +# Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login. +# +HostName gb7mbc.ampr.org + +# ReConnect flag. +# +ReConnect off + +# "Local" network. +# +#LocalNet 44.139.8.48/32 + +# Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase +# letters in the name of the alias. +# +##Alias CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s' +#Alias CONVers 'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"' +#Alias CLuster 'c hkiclh' +Alias CONV "telnet lurpac 3600" +Alias BBS "c 70cm gb7crv" +Alias DXC "telnet localhost 9000" +Alias MUD "telnet homer 4000" +##Alias TEMP "finger temp@mary.g6phf" +##Alias TNOS "c ip1 gb7mbc-5" +##Alias TUtor "telnet gb7mbc 3599" + +# Hidden ports. +# +#HiddenPorts 2 + +# External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase +# letters in the name of the extcmd. +# +# Flags: 1 Run command through pipe +# 2 Reconnected flag +# +#ExtCmd TPM 3 nobody /usr/bin/finger finger tpm +#ExtCmd ECho 1 nobody /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5 + +# Node ID. +# +NodeId "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1" +#NodeId \033[01;31m***\033[0m + +# Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects. +# +NrPort netrom + +# Logging level +# +LogLevel 3 + +# The escape character (CTRL-T) +# +EscapeChar ^T + +# Resolve ip numbers to addresses? +# +ResolveAddrs off + +# Node prompt. +# +#NodePrompt "\n" +#NodePrompt "%s@%h \%i> " +NodePrompt "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > " +#NodePrompt "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> " + + +

+This should be fairly obvious I hope. + +Getting it all running + +

+Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to get +it all running. + +

+The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in KISS mode +and connected to the serial ports involved. + +

+You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the system like this ... + + +kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199 +kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199 + + +

+Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and ttyS1 are com1 and +com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters ... + + +kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50 +kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50 + + +

+The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the switches. + +

+Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ... + + +nrattach netrom +nrattach netrom2 + + +

+All of the above can be put in a file and called from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all +the above commands in a file called rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it. + +

+Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ... + + +ax25d +netromd -i + + +

+All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node working for telnet +connections. If nothing else, this will allow you to connect to the node yourself +to check on connection status etc. There are 2 files that need to be edited. + +

+First edit /etc/services and add + + +node 3000/tcp #OH2BNS's Node Software + + +

+Assuming you want it to run on port 3000 + +

+Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look like this ... + + +# default: on +# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication. +service node +{ + socket_type = stream + wait = no + user = root + server = /usr/sbin/node + log_on_failure += USERID + disable = yes +} + + +

+You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the PID is +like so .. + + +ps auxw |grep xinetd + + +

+You will get a reply something like this ... + + +root 592 0.0 0.1 2256 620 ? S Feb07 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid + + +

+The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the command ... + + +kill -HUP 592 + + +

+All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the node by +using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ... + + +telnet localhost 3000 + + +

+If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you have radios connected +to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other stations and receive incoming ax25 and +netrom connections. + +Configuration + +Allowing ax25 connects from users + +

+This is dealt with in the previous section Allowing telnet connects from users diff --git a/txt/installation.txt b/txt/installation.txt index 570a1166..6df2a3ee 100644 --- a/txt/installation.txt +++ b/txt/installation.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ The DXSpider Installation Manual v1.49 Iain Philipps, G0RDI (g0rdi@77hz.com) and Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net) - December 2001 revision 1.1 + February 2002 revision 1.2 A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program. ______________________________________________________________________ @@ -9,6 +9,61 @@ Table of Contents + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 1. Linux Installation 1.1 Introduction @@ -20,37 +75,50 @@ 2. Linux quick installation guide - 3. Configuration + 3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities + + 3.1 Getting Started + 3.2 The kernel + 3.3 Installing the RPM's + 3.4 Configuration + 3.5 axports + 3.6 nrports + 3.7 nrbroadcast + 3.8 ax25d.conf + 3.9 node.conf + 3.10 Getting it all running - 3.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users - 3.2 Allowing telnet connects from users - 3.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards) - 3.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) - 3.5 Setting up node connects - 3.6 Connection scripts - 3.7 Starting the connection - 3.8 Telnet echo - 3.9 Autostarting the cluster + 4. Configuration - 4. Microsoft Windows Installation + 4.1 Allowing ax25 connects from users + 4.2 Allowing telnet connects from users + 4.3 Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards) + 4.4 Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) + 4.5 Setting up node connects + 4.6 Connection scripts + 4.7 Starting the connection + 4.8 Telnet echo + 4.9 Autostarting the cluster - 4.1 Introduction - 4.2 The requirements - 4.3 The system - 4.4 Perl - 4.5 Additional packages - 4.6 Getting Spider + 5. Microsoft Windows Installation - 5. Installing the software + 5.1 Introduction + 5.2 The requirements + 5.3 The system + 5.4 Perl + 5.5 Additional packages + 5.6 Getting Spider - 5.1 Incoming telnets - 5.2 The AGW packet engine - 5.3 Setting up the initial user files - 5.4 Connecting to other clusters + 6. Installing the software - 6. General Information + 6.1 Incoming telnets + 6.2 The AGW packet engine + 6.3 Setting up the initial user files + 6.4 Connecting to other clusters - 6.1 The crontab file + 7. General Information + + 7.1 The crontab file ______________________________________________________________________ @@ -126,8 +194,6 @@ - - # tar xvfz /usr/local/packages/Data-Dumper-2.10.tar.gz @@ -533,15 +599,265 @@ o Enter the correct line in /etc/inittab (root) - 3. Configuration + 3. Setting up the AX25 Utilities + + The aim of this section is not to fully cover the installation and + configuration of all the possible ax25 modules. I will attempt to + cover a simple installation and configure 2 serial ports as if they + had TNC's on them. I will also show what additional configuration the + DXSpider program requires. + + + Please bear in mind that I am basing this section on a RedHat 7.1 + distribution, if you are using SuSe or any other distibution then your + mileage may vary. I will be happy to make any changes and additions + if you email me any errors or distribution specific requirements. + + + You would probably benefit from reading the AX25-HOWTO which is much + more comprehensive and an interesting configuration program is also + available called ax25-config which may help you to configure things. + + + The following files are extracts from the working files at GB7MBC and + are in daily use. However, there are many ways that you can configure + the ax25 utils, this is just the one I use, it does not mean it is + necessarily the best or for that matter, the right way! + + + 3.1. Getting Started + + There are 2 things you need to do initially. You need to get the 3 + files required for the ax25 installation and you need to make some + changes to the kernel configuration. + + + The first thing is to get the versions of the ax25 utils that match + your kernel. You may also wish to get a node package of some kind. + There are 2 main node packages in use of which I shall keep to the + original by Tomi Manninen, OH2BNS as this is included in the ax25 rpms + as standard. The other is AWZNode by IZ5AWZ. + + + For 2.4 kernels you need these files... + + + + o libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm + + o ax25-tools-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm + + o ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm + + + 3.2. The kernel + + First you need to add Amateur Radio Support to your kernel. This is a + main menu item and should be easily found. Within this header you + will find lots of options. For our purposes you need to enable + Amateur Radio AX.25 Level 2 Protocol, NET/ROM and the Serial Port KISS + Driver. For the purposes of this document I will work under the + assumption that you include them in the kernel fully, ie not as + modules. If you need to look at compiling your kernel for ax25 more + fully, I would refer to the excellent AX25-HOWTO + + + I should say at this stage that NET/ROM is not mandatory. If you do + not use it simply ignore any instruction concerning it. + + + Now recompile your kernel in the normal way and reboot your system. + + + 3.3. Installing the RPM's + + Now install the RPM's you downloaded, libax25 first, then ax25-tools, + then ax25-apps. + + + + rpm -ivh libax25-0.0.7-7.i386.rpm + rpm -ivh ax25-tool-0.0.6-13.i386.rpm + rpm -ivh ax25-apps-0.0.4-9.i386.rpm + + + + + + 3.4. Configuration + + You will find the configuration files in /etc/ax25. These consist of + several files ... + + + o axports + + o nrports + + o nrbroadcast + + o ax25d.conf + + o node.conf + + + These are the main files. You will find other files but they do not + have any use unless you are wanting to use that particular protocol, + Rose or axip for example. + + + NOTE:- before we start it is important to realise that every interface + requires a different SSID. You should be able to follow this in the + following examples. + + + 3.5. axports + + This file sets up the ax25 ports you want to use. An example is below + for a standard TNC2 ... + + + + #portname callsign baudrate paclen window description + 2m gb7mbc-2 19200 256 2 2m port on 144.900MHz + 4m gb7mbc-4 19200 256 2 4m port on 70.325MHz + + + + Note that the portnames have to be unique. + + + The file headings are as follows ... + + + portname - The name you will refer to the port by + callsign - The ax25 callsign you want to assign to the port + baudrate - The speed you communicate between TNC and computer + paclen - The maximum packet length for ax25 connections + window - The ax25 window parameter. This is like 'maxframe' + description - A textual description of the port + + + + + 3.6. nrports + + This file sets up the netrom ports you want to use. An example is + below and includes a port for both cluster and node. You will see why + we need 2 ports later ... + + + + #portname callsign alias paclen description + netrom gb7mbc-8 BARE 236 Node Netrom Port + netrom2 gb7mbc-9 MBCDX 236 Cluster Netrom Port + + + + + + Note that the portnames have to be unique. + + + The file headings are as follows ... + + + portname - The name you will refer to the port by + callsign - This is the callsign that NET/ROM traffic from this + port will use + alias - The NET/ROM alias this port will be assigned + paclen - The maximum size of NET/ROM frames transmitted + description - A textual description of the port + + + + + 3.7. nrbroadcast + + This file sets up the netrom broadcast qualities. An example is below + ... + + + + #axport min_obs def_qual worst_qual verbose + 4m 5 10 100 1 + + + + + + The file headings are as follows ... + + + + axport - The port name in axports that you wish to broadcast + NET/ROM on. + min_obs - The minimum obsolescence value for the port + def_qual - The default quality for the port + worst_qual - The worst quality for the port. Any routes under + this quality will be ignored + verbose - This flag determines whether you will only broadcast + your own node (0) or all known nodes (1) + + + + + 3.8. ax25d.conf + + This file controls any incoming ax25 and NET/ROM connections and + steers them to the relevant program. There are lots of configuration + options you can set here, however they are well covered in the + AX25-HOWTO. For our purposes I will show a typical set of parameters. + An example is below ... + + + + [gb7mbc-0 via 2m] + parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + + [gb7mbc-1 via 2m] + parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node + + [gb7mbc-0 via 4m] + parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + + [gb7mbc-1 via 4m] + parameters 2 1 6 900 * 15 0 + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node + + + parameters 1 10 * * * 3 * + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * - sysop /spider/src/client client %u ax25 + + + parameters 1 10 * * * 3 * + NOCALL * * * * * * L + default * * * * * * 0 root /usr/sbin/node node + + + + + + There are a few things to take note of here. Firstly, all ax25 + sections are wrapped in [ ] and all NET/ROM sections are wrapped in < + >. Secondly you should be able to see that anyone who forgets to set + their callsign in a TNC and tries to connect with the standard NOCALL + set into their TNC will not connect, the 'L' means 'lockout'. Lastly + and importantly, notice the order of the sections. They are all done + in interface order. - 3.1. Allowing ax25 connects from users - As stated previously, the aim of this document is not to tell you how - to configure Linux or the ax25 utilities. However, you do need to add - a line in your ax25d.conf to allow connections to DXSpider for your - users. For each interface that you wish to allow connections on, use - the following format ... + + You should be able to see that the normal line for access to the + cluster is like this .. @@ -551,8 +867,8 @@ - or, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their callsigns - .. + however, if you wish your users to be able to use SSID's on their + callsigns .. @@ -576,7 +892,279 @@ - 3.2. Allowing telnet connects from users + 3.9. node.conf + + For those of you that wish to run the node, you need to set up the + node.conf file. There are a couple of additional files, node.perms is + very similar to the way ftp permissions are set up in NOS systems and + node.motd is the message anyone logging into the node will get. The + node.conf file sets all the parameters of the node as you would + expect. An example is below ... + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + # /etc/ax25/node.conf - LinuxNode configuration file + # + # see node.conf(5) + + # Idle timeout (seconds). + # + IdleTimeout 1800 + + # Timeout when gatewaying (seconds). + # + ConnTimeout 40000 + + # Visible hostname. Will be shown at telnet login. + # + HostName gb7mbc.ampr.org + + # ReConnect flag. + # + ReConnect off + + # "Local" network. + # + #LocalNet 44.139.8.48/32 + + # Command aliases. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase + # letters in the name of the alias. + # + ##Alias CAllbook 'telnet %{2:44.17.0.53} 1235 %1 s' + #Alias CONVers 'telnet %{2:oh2ti} 3600 "/n %u %{1:139}\n/w *"' + #Alias CLuster 'c hkiclh' + Alias CONV "telnet lurpac 3600" + Alias BBS "c 70cm gb7crv" + Alias DXC "telnet localhost 9000" + Alias MUD "telnet homer 4000" + ##Alias TEMP "finger temp@mary.g6phf" + ##Alias TNOS "c ip1 gb7mbc-5" + ##Alias TUtor "telnet gb7mbc 3599" + + # Hidden ports. + # + #HiddenPorts 2 + + # External commands. See node.conf(5) for the meaning of the uppercase + # letters in the name of the extcmd. + # + # Flags: 1 Run command through pipe + # 2 Reconnected flag + # + #ExtCmd TPM 3 nobody /usr/bin/finger finger tpm + #ExtCmd ECho 1 nobody /bin/echo echo \%U \%u \%S \%s \%P \%p \%R \%r \%T \%t \%\% \%0 \%{1:foobar} \%{2} \%3 \%4 \%5 + + # Node ID. + # + NodeId "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1" + #NodeId \033[01;31m***\033[0m + + # Netrom port name. This port is used for outgoing netrom connects. + # + NrPort netrom + + # Logging level + # + LogLevel 3 + + # The escape character (CTRL-T) + # + EscapeChar ^T + + # Resolve ip numbers to addresses? + # + ResolveAddrs off + + # Node prompt. + # + #NodePrompt "\n" + #NodePrompt "%s@%h \%i> " + NodePrompt "\nBARE:GB7MBC-1 \%i > " + #NodePrompt "\a\033[36m%U\033[0m de \033[01;32m#LNODE\033[0m:\033[01;33mOH2BNS-10\033[0m> " + + + + + + This should be fairly obvious I hope. + + + 3.10. Getting it all running + + Ok, now we have all the relevant files configured, the next step is to + get it all running. + + + The first thing to do is attach the TNC's. Your TNC's should be in + KISS mode and connected to the serial ports involved. + + + You now use the 'kissattach' command to connect the TNC's to the + system like this ... + + + + kissattach /dev/ttyS0 2m 44.131.96.199 + kissattach /dev/ttyS1 4m 44.131.96.199 + + + + + + Assuming that 44.131.96.199 is your IP address. The devices ttyS0 and + ttyS1 are com1 and com2 respectively. Now we can set some parameters + ... + + + + kissparms -p 2m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50 + kissparms -p 4m -t 150 -l 150 -s 50 -r 50 + + + + + + The command 'man kissparms' will give you the explanation of the + switches. + + + Now we need to attach the NET/ROM ports in the same way ... + + + + nrattach netrom + nrattach netrom2 + + All of the above can be put in a file and called from + /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Put all the above commands in a file called + rc.ax25 and put a line in rc.local to call it. + + + Now you can start the daemons that set everything in motion ... + + + + ax25d + netromd -i + + + + + + All should now be running. All that remains is to get the node + working for telnet connections. If nothing else, this will allow you + to connect to the node yourself to check on connection status etc. + There are 2 files that need to be edited. + + + First edit /etc/services and add + + + + node 3000/tcp #OH2BNS's Node Software + + + + + + Assuming you want it to run on port 3000 + + + Now cd /etc/xinetd.d and edit a new file called node. It should look + like this ... + + + + # default: on + # unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication. + service node + { + socket_type = stream + wait = no + user = root + server = /usr/sbin/node + log_on_failure += USERID + disable = yes + } + + + + + + You now need to restart the xinetd daemon. First find out what the + PID is like so .. + + + + ps auxw |grep xinetd + + + + + You will get a reply something like this ... + + + + root 592 0.0 0.1 2256 620 ? S Feb07 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid + + + + + + The PID or Process ID is 592 in this case so now we can issue the + command ... + + + + kill -HUP 592 + + + + + + All should now be operational and you should be able to log into the + node by using a telnet session to the relevant port, like so ... + + + + telnet localhost 3000 + + + + + + If that works, you are just about there. you should (assuming you + have radios connected to the TNC's) be able to connect out to other + stations and receive incoming ax25 and netrom connections. + + + 4. Configuration + + 4.1. Allowing ax25 connects from users + + This is dealt with in the previous section + + + 4.2. Allowing telnet connects from users From version 1.47 there is a new (more efficient) way of doing this @@ -592,10 +1180,12 @@ spdlogin 8000/tcp # spider anonymous login port - Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this .... + + Then add a line in /etc/inetd.conf like this .... + spdlogin stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /spider/src/client login telnet @@ -642,7 +1232,7 @@ You should now get the login prompt and be able to login as before. - 3.3. Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards) + 4.3. Setting up telnet connects (from 1.47 onwards) From version 1.47 you can choose to allow the perl cluster.pl program to allow connections directly (i.e. not via the /spider/src/client @@ -658,6 +1248,10 @@ killall -HUP inetd + + + + to make the change happen... @@ -706,7 +1300,7 @@ users. - 3.4. Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) + 4.4. Setting up for AGW Engine (1.47 onwards) AGW Engine is a Windows based ax25 stack. You can connect to an AGW engine from Linux as well as Windows based machines. @@ -732,7 +1326,7 @@ - 3.5. Setting up node connects + 4.5. Setting up node connects In order to allow cluster node connections, spider needs to know that the connecting callsign is a cluster node. This is the case whether @@ -817,7 +1411,7 @@ - 3.6. Connection scripts + 4.6. Connection scripts Because DXSpider operates under Linux, connections can be made using just about any protocol; AX25, NETRom, tcp/ip, ROSE etc are all @@ -927,7 +1521,7 @@ directory. - 3.7. Starting the connection + 4.7. Starting the connection You start the connection, from within a sysop enabled cluster login, by typing in the word connect followed by a script name like this .... @@ -1000,7 +1594,7 @@ - 3.8. Telnet echo + 4.8. Telnet echo Cluster links in particular suffer greatly from the presence of telnet echo. This is caused by the telnet negotiation itself and can create @@ -1045,7 +1639,7 @@ - 3.9. Autostarting the cluster + 4.9. Autostarting the cluster Ok, you should now have DXSpider running nicely and allowing connects by cluster nodes or users. However, it has to be shutdown and @@ -1104,9 +1698,9 @@ sysop you should find everything running nicely. - 4. Microsoft Windows Installation + 5. Microsoft Windows Installation - 4.1. Introduction + 5.1. Introduction IMPORTANT: @@ -1131,7 +1725,7 @@ connections. - 4.2. The requirements + 5.2. The requirements The very first things you're going to need are (in order of importance):- @@ -1150,7 +1744,7 @@ o Plenty of good, strong tea - 4.3. The system + 5.3. The system The platform I used to generate these instructions was a "vanilla" Microsoft Windows Me 4.90.3000 system, with a 700MHz AMD Athlon @@ -1173,7 +1767,7 @@ zero intention of trying to make them say otherwise. - 4.4. Perl + 5.4. Perl Install your chosen Perl environment. Unless you have a very good reason for not doing so, I strongly suggest that you use ActivePerl @@ -1204,7 +1798,7 @@ passed. Assuming it did work, you may now move on. - 4.5. Additional packages + 5.5. Additional packages Some extensions ("packages") need to be added to the base Perl distribution, and we'll do this next. If you're using the Perl I @@ -1273,7 +1867,7 @@ because it suits me. - 4.6. Getting Spider + 5.6. Getting Spider Get the current version of the DX Spider distribution. This needs to be v1.47 or later. You've got two ways (currently) of getting this; @@ -1310,7 +1904,7 @@ ZIP files) if you are not using CVS. - 5. Installing the software + 6. Installing the software Ensure that your CVS session or your WINunZIPped file have left you with a directory "C:\spider\local" and C:\spider\local_cmd"; if not, @@ -1374,7 +1968,7 @@ - 5.1. Incoming telnets + 6.1. Incoming telnets If you want to enable inbound "TELNET" connections (or you are running Windows NT, 2000 or XP), you've got a little more work to do. From a @@ -1423,7 +2017,7 @@ "127.0.0.1" ("0.0.0.0" means all IP addresses). - 5.2. The AGW packet engine + 6.2. The AGW packet engine On the assumption that you'll be using the SV2AGW Packet Engine to interface your radios to the cluster, you should now create your own @@ -1458,7 +2052,7 @@ o $passwd - password that matches $login - 5.3. Setting up the initial user files + 6.3. Setting up the initial user files Next you need to create the initial user files, etc. A tool is supplied which will do this for you. To run the tool:- @@ -1577,7 +2171,7 @@ 7300). I recommend packages like DXTelnet. - 5.4. Connecting to other clusters + 6.4. Connecting to other clusters If you want to connect this to another cluster, then you'll want to negotiate a link with someone. For experimental purposes, I'm happy to @@ -1587,13 +2181,13 @@ me by Email if you want me to set up a connection for you. - 6. General Information + 7. General Information The following relates to all versions of DXSpider and is not platform related. - 6.1. The crontab file + 7.1. The crontab file Login as sysop and create a file in /spider/local_cmd called crontab. Edit it with your favourite editor and add a line like this (I have -- 2.43.0