Re: What were the reasons of having IP address at AX.25 interfaces ?

[Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:39:19PM +0000, Glenn Wright wrote:
> For the HAMS like me that run TCP/IP.

Sure, but that does not mean that _all_ interfaces must have IP address.
In my specific present application scope the question is APRS -- those
radio channels do not run IP at all, and therefore forcing the interfaces
to have IP is superflous at best.

> Matti Aarnio wrote:
> > I can well understand that the IP address is OPTIONAL, but
> > not that it is MANDATORY.

Thus the question: is there a reason to have the IP address
as MANDATORY parameter for things like  kissattach ?


Related: at present there are no ready-made init-scripts for
AX.25/ROSE/etc.   Or perhaps I just have failed to spot any
in any Debian variations, or RedHat/SuSE...

Something like what there exists for IP settings.

73 de Matti, OH2MQK
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