KISSPORT does not override 8001

[dranch]

Per an email from Roger, N1XP from [email protected], configuring an alternative KISSPORT only adds the new TCP port but the default port of 8001 isn't disabled. I have confirmed this only occurs on v1.7-A:

-- $ sudo direwolf -t 0 -d o -a 100 -c /etc/ax25/direwolf.conf Dire Wolf DEVELOPMENT version 1.7 A (Jul 7 2021) Includes optional support for: gpsd cm108-ptt

Reading config file /etc/ax25/direwolf.conf Audio device for both receive and transmit: plughw:1,0 (channel 0) Channel 0: 1200 baud, AFSK 1200 & 2200 Hz, E+, 44100 sample rate / 3. Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on port 8003 ... Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port 8001 ... <--------------------------------- Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port 8004 ...

Here is a confirmation of the open ports:

$ sudo lsof -nPi | grep direwolf direwolf 792 root 3u IPv4 18033 0t0 TCP *:8003 (LISTEN) direwolf 792 root 7u IPv4 20010 0t0 TCP *:8001 (LISTEN) <---------------- direwolf 792 root 9u IPv4 18035 0t0 TCP *:8004 (LISTEN)

This seems like this is a bug introduced in Direwolf v1.7 as I don't see this behavior with Direwolf v1.6:

$ sudo direwolf -t 0 -d o -a 100 -c /etc/ax25/direwolf.conf Dire Wolf version 1.6 Includes optional support for: gpsd cm108-ptt

Reading config file /etc/ax25/direwolf.conf Audio device for both receive and transmit: plughw:1,0 (channel 0) Channel 0: 1200 baud, AFSK 1200 & 2200 Hz, E+, 44100 sample rate / 3. Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on port 8003 ... Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port 8004 ... <--------------------

[jschollenberger]

Still an issue on version 1.7 B (Oct 26 2021). I actually came here to report what I though was a different bug in that it throws this confusing error message:

Some other application is probably already using port 8001.
Try using a different port number with KISSPORT in the configuration file.
Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on port 8002 ...
Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port 8003 ...

It seems you've discovered the real issue... that it really is trying to bind to 8001. I confirmed that by only running one instance with KISSPORT set to 8003 and I see it bind to both.

[j4nr6n]

Still seems to be an issue. Dire Wolf DEVELOPMENT version 1.7 E (Feb 7 2023)

[j4nr6n]

See this groups.io thread that I found in #443

However there is an easy workaround to prevent DireWolf from opening the default KISS port 8001:

# Do not open the default KISS port 8001
KISSPORT 0 
# Open alternate KISS port 8100
KISSPORT 8100