Dan,
Check out the "D-RATS and Pac-Link" file for more info about setting up AGWPE. I think you may have better luck with A hardware TNC. Look at "D-RATS and Packet radio" if you have access to a KISS TNC. Also try putting the TNC in transparent mode(aka ASCII or modem mode) and tell D-RATS it's a D-STAR radio. That may overcome some of the drawbacks of KISS mode. I think it should work, but I don't have TNCs to try it myself.
Good luck in all things,
Patrick (N3TSZ)

--- In d-rats_group@..., "Dan Ozment" <dan@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip, Patrick! The COM42 device is actually my USB cable for
> the 2820. I removed it earlier when I was trying this and only had the
> AGWPE interface defined. I wasn't able to make it work without the COM42
> definition. COM42 was in my post because I added it back before I found
> the repeater.log. Based on that I don't think the COM port changed
> anything.
>
>
>
> The goal here, by the way, is to create a local ratflector that can be
> accessed by users of both D-STAR and non-D-STAR radios as wells as users who
> have internet access.
>