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diff --git a/ax25rtd/ax25rtd.man b/ax25rtd/ax25rtd.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f91815 --- /dev/null +++ b/ax25rtd/ax25rtd.man @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +.TH @@@AX25RTD@@@ 8 "11 November 2003" Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +@@@ax25rtd@@@ \- AX.25 routing daemon +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B @@@ax25rtd@@@ +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +.B @@@ax25rtd@@@ +is a daemon that: +.LP +- emulates the ceased "autorouter" of Linux Kernel AX.25 +.br +- sets up ARP entries automagically +.br +- may adjust IP routes and encapsulation mode + (although I really do not recomment to use this feature...) +.LP +The "autorouter" is not really an autorouter. It just listens to the AX.25 +traffic on your ports and uses this information to setup AX.25 routes. This +can be turned on or off by altering the configuration file +/etc/ax25/ax25rtd.conf. +.LP +@@@Ax25rtd@@@ provides a socket /var/ax25/ax25rtd/control which is used for +runtime maintainance through +.B @@@ax25rtctl@@@ +or to set up new routes by other +daemons (a Flexnet router, perhaps?) +.LP +On startup @@@ax25rtd@@@ reads the configuration file and afterwards preloads +the caches from the files /var/ax25/ax25rtd/ax25_routes and +/var/ax25/ax25rtd/ip_routes. On SIGTERM or +.B @@@ax25rtctl@@@ --save +it saves the caches to those files. +.SH FILES +/etc/ax25/ax25rtd.conf +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR ax25rtd.conf (5), +.BR @@@ax25rtctl@@@ (8). +.LP +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Joerg Reuter <jreuter@poboxes.com> +.br +Llaus Kudielka OE1KIB +.fi |