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diff --git a/ax25/bpqparms.8 b/ax25/bpqparms.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7a8b450 --- /dev/null +++ b/ax25/bpqparms.8 @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.TH BPQPARMS 8 "4 September 1996" Linux "Linux System Managers Manual" +.SH NAME +bpqparms \- Configure BPQ ethernet devices. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B bpqparms device [-a ethaddr] [-d ethaddr] [-vV] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +.B Bpqparms +allows the setting of the BPQ Ethernet options for a particular device. Each +BPQ Ethernet device appears as a device named bpq0...bpqN which overlays the +original Ethernet device, usually eth0...ethN. This device is an AX.25 +device driver and allows AX.25 frames to be transmitted over an Ethernet to +another machine using the same protocol. The default for the device is to +send and receive BPQ Ethernet packets to the broadcast address. This +program replaces the previous \(lqaxparms -dev\(rq option. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP 15 +.BI "\-a ethaddr" +Allows the setting of which ethernet address will be accepted by the BPQ +Ethernet device. +.TP 15 +.BI "\-d ethaddr" +If specified on its own, will set the destination ethernet address will be +used for transmitting and for receiving of BPQ ethernet packets. An address +of \(lqbroadcast\(rq sets it to the ethernet broadcast address. +.TP 15 +.BI \-v +Displays the version number. +.TP 15 +.BI \-V +The original version messages. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR ax25 (4), +.BR axports (5), +.BR ifconfig (8). +.SH AUTHOR +Joerg Reuter DL1BKE <jreuter@poboxes.com> |