From: hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Subject: version 10 of KA9Q is now on tsx-11.mit.edu Date: 21 Feb 1993 20:35:33 GMT
Version 10 of KA9Q is now on tsx-11.mit.edu. KA9Q is a user-mode
implementation of TCP/IP. It was originally intended primarily for
special communications devices used in amateur radio. However on
Linux it's probably most useful because of its support of SLIP. There
is also code for Ethernet, but it hasn't been extensively tested. I
suspect most people with Ethernet are using the TCP/IP that comes with
the kernel. KA9Q does not depend upon the kernel TCP/IP, and does not
use the other network utilities. It contains its own telnet, ftp,
finger, X linkage, etc., all of which (except for the separate telnet
program) are built into the one program.
The new version is in
/pub/linux/binaries/usr.bin/ka9qbin.10.tar.Z
/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/ka9qsrc.10.tar.Z
The binary distribution contains a READ.ME that explains how to
install and configure it.
Here are the major new features in recent releases:
7 - add mput, mget, and make major fix for compressed SLIP.
If you are using compressed SLIP, you should not be
using an older version
8 - when you have several telnet sessions open, if input
arrives for a session other than the one you're
currently talking to, KA9Q will give a warning:
[telnet: input for session NN]
9 - add a separate telnet program, which can be run in
multiple windows. The main "net" executable must
be running in order for telnet to work.
10 - fix telunix, the server that allows incoming telnet
connections to login. (There is a separate server,
called "telnet", which allows incoming telnet
connections, but puts them into an interactive dialog,
sort of a primitive talk link. You choose whether
you want incoming telnet sessions to get a real
login or a talk link by doing either "start telunix"
or "start telnet".)