---
name: "net2kiss"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ax25-tools"
version: "0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/net2kiss"
---

# net2kiss(8)

convert a network AX.25 driver to a KISS stream on a pseudo-tty

## NAME

net2kiss - convert a network AX.25 driver to a KISS stream on a pseudo-tty

## SYNOPSIS

**net2kiss \[-sfzva\] \[-i ifname\] ptyname**\

## DESCRIPTION

**net2kiss** takes AX.25 packets from an AX.25 kernel network interface and converts them into a KISS data stream via a pseudo-tty.

## PARAMETERS

- **ptyname**

  specifies the path to the pseudo-tty. If you use the special name "/dev/ptmx", then a Unix98-PTY pair is used; the pty name is written to stdout.

## OPTIONS

- **-i ifname**

  specifies the name of the kernel AX.25 network interface. The default is bc0.

- **-s**

  tells net2kiss to search by itself for a free pseudoterminal, open the master side and create a symlink named by -p to the slave side.

- **-f**

  can be used in conjunction with -s to force the creation of the symlink even if the target file does already exist. \*DANGEROUS\*

- **-v**

  Verbose output. Displays error messages during operation and decoded packets to stdout.

- **-z**

  put the network interface into promiscious mode.

- **-a**

  receive every packet instead of only AX.25 from the kernel AX.25 network interface.

## BUGS

None known.

## SEE ALSO

[**ifconfig**(8)](/ifconfig/8.md), [**kissattach**(8)](/kissattach/8.md).

## AUTHORS

Thomas M. Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA, \<t.sailer@alumni.ethz.ch\>