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Linux - Jnos Setup and Configuration HOW-TO

By John Martin KF8KK

Starting up your Localized Jnos

You will undoubtedly see some error messages come up.  This is because the jnos executable that was installed by the handy installation program is rather 'bare bones' and does not have many of the features that the autoexec.nos file from my jnos system has enabled.

What you want to do at this point is to see if the help files are where they are, check the BBS for operation, and see if Jnos is properly talking to the TNC and the LAN or internet.

Once you have pings working on the LAN, you can then ping some server out on the internet.  I typically use
 'ping support.novell.com' .  

By pinging with a regular hostname you also verify the operation of the DNS-- as the system has to resolve the 'support.novell.com' to an IP address before it actually starts pinging.

Testing the communication between Jnos and your TNC is a little more complex.  

You should type BBS at the Jnos prompt and then from there you use the typical Jnos BBS commands to initiate connections.

With luck, all these things are working.  If not, then you need to look at your autoexec.nos file and find the error.