help with DMR link, please

[Larry Rogers]

The DMR, being a point-to-point link, needs you to tell it the destination
address.  You do this by writing a program that translates the remote
host name to an internet name and then does the SIOCSIFDSTADDR ioctl on
the device.  A netstat, -i I believe, will then show that you have set that
address.  Typically, you need to set the destination address before you do
the ifconfig.  In the ifconfig, you need to also disable arp (-arp) and
trailers (-trailers) if you aren't using them.  Finally, the DMC driver
that comes with 4.2 is not as good as a more recent one from Bill Nesheim
from Cornell (bill at cornell.arpa).  Contact siemens!jcc for a copy of the
destination setting program and bill at cornell.arpa for a better driver.
Have faith - they do work.


Larry Rogers
Princeton University
Department of Computer Science
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