...> connect [<iface>] <destination> [<digi1 digi2...digi3>]

This command initiates an AX.25 link thru a selected interface with a remote destination host. To determine the AX.25 network hosts that are active recently, the BBS User may list them with "JHEARD", and the Sysop User may use "ax25 heard". These commands identify active remote stations and the interface upon which the station was heard. The result of this command is to begin processing commands from the BBS of the remote host (following the "login" process). The remote station may utilize any BBS software thus the vocabulary and syntax may differ from the local host.

<iface> is a port name on the local host assigned by the sysop using "attach ... label ..." command. Use the "PORTS" command to list all open ports available to the BBS User.

<destination> may be either callsign-ssid or an alias for the remote host.

<digi...> is a list of digipeater node call signs (or aliases) between the calling and answering hosts. NOTE: The separation between calls is only a 'space' in the list of digipeaters. A "v" or "via" starting the list will be ignored if it is used. The command syntax of various other BBS software implementations may require "via".

When the NET/ROM service is active, this command also initiates an AX.25 link to a remote "net" host known to the NET/ROM service. Issue the "NODE" command (the Sysop user may issue the "netrom [tbd]" command) to list the recently active stations heard on the "net". The syntax drops the use of <iface> and <digi> since NET/ROM automatically determines the best path between the local and remote hosts. NOTE: the Sysop User equivalent command is "netrom connect ...".

Examples:

open a link to n5knx-2 over port ax0

the same result as above except thru the digipeater sequence of three intermediate stations

link up to remote station j4nos in the NET/ROM network

REVISION NOTES:

connect (last edited 2008-04-10 03:11:44 by GeorgeVerDuin)