WAP setup issue

Hi list, happy New Year 2026.

I'am trying run application wapbox (as proxy for WAP 1.x cell phone) on wor=
kstation (Debian). As other users:
https://www.kannel.org/pipermail/users/2009-February/005691.html
https://www.kannel.org/pipermail/users/2013-November/020515.html
https://www.kannel.org/pipermail/users/2019-June/023913.html

I found some issues with running it.

The application runs as "service" (deb package from repo) and is managed by=
 "kannel.conf" file. I didn't find "wapkannel.conf" file mentioned in docum=
entation.
My "kannel.conf" is something like:

group =3D core
admin-port =3D 9199
admin-password =3D bar
admin-deny-ip =3D "*.*.*.*"
admin-allow-ip =3D "127.0.0.1"
wapbox-port =3D 9200
wdp-interface-name =3D "127.0.0.1"
log-file =3D "/var/log/kannel/bearerbox.log"
box-deny-ip =3D "*.*.*.*"
box-allow-ip =3D "127.0.0.1"

group =3D wapbox
bearerbox-host =3D 127.0.0.1
http-interface-name =3D wlo1
log-file =3D "/home/user/Desktop/wapbox.log"
access-log =3D "/home/user/Desktop/wapaccess.log"

Some debug content:

$ bearerbox -v 0 kannel.conf
create log
=C2=A0[0] ERROR: Couldn't open logfile `/var/log/kannel/bearerbox.log'.
=C2=A0[0] ERROR: System error 13: Permission denied
=C2=A0[0] INFO: HTTP: Opening server at port 9199.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 1 (gwlib/fdset.c:poller)
=C2=A0[1] DEBUG: Thread 1 (gwlib/fdset.c:poller) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 2 (gwlib/http.c:server_thread)
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 3 (gw/bb_http.c:httpadmin_run)
=C2=A0[3] DEBUG: Thread 3 (gw/bb_http.c:httpadmin_run) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: starting UDP sender/receiver module
=C2=A0[2] DEBUG: Thread 2 (gwlib/http.c:server_thread) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[2] DEBUG: HTTP: Including port 9199, fd 8 for polling in server thre=
ad
=C2=A0[0] INFO: Adding interface 127.0.0.1
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: udpc_create: Bound to UDP <127.0.0.1:9200>
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 4 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_receiver)
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 5 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_sender)
=C2=A0[5] DEBUG: Thread 5 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_sender) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: udpc_create: Bound to UDP <127.0.0.1:9201>
=C2=A0[4] DEBUG: Thread 4 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_receiver) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 6 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_receiver)
=C2=A0[6] DEBUG: Thread 6 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_receiver) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 7 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_sender)
=C2=A0[7] DEBUG: Thread 7 (gw/bb_udp.c:udp_sender) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: starting wapbox connection module
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 8 (gw/bb_boxc.c:wdp_to_wapboxes)
=C2=A0[8] DEBUG: Thread 8 (gw/bb_boxc.c:wdp_to_wapboxes) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 9 (gw/bb_boxc.c:wapboxc_run)
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: starting WDP router
=C2=A0[9] DEBUG: Thread 9 (gw/bb_boxc.c:wapboxc_run) maps to pid 5060.
=C2=A0[0] DEBUG: Started thread 10 (gw/bearerbox.c:wdp_router)
=C2=A0[0] INFO: ----------------------------------------
=C2=A0[0] INFO: Kannel bearerbox II version 1.4.5 starting
=C2=A0[0] INFO: MAIN: Start-up done, entering mainloop
=C2=A0[10] DEBUG: Thread 10 (gw/bearerbox.c:wdp_router) maps to pid 5060.

$ netstat -a | grep 9200
tcp=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 0.0.0.0:9200=C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0.0.0.0:*=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0LISTEN=C2=A0
udp=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0 localhost:9200=C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 0.0.0.0:*=C2=A0

bearerbox log says (get status):
connection to port 9199:
[2] DEBUG: HTTP: Creating HTTPClient for `127.0.0.1'.
[2] DEBUG: HTTP: Created HTTPClient area 0x702258000fe0.
[3] DEBUG: HTTP: Resetting HTTPClient for `127.0.0.1'.
[1] DEBUG: Timeout for fd:36 appears.
[1] DEBUG: HTTP: Destroying HTTPClient area 0x702258000fe0.
[1] DEBUG: HTTP: Destroying HTTPClient for `127.0.0.1'.
=C2=A0
status:
Status: running, uptime 0d 0h 0m 53s
WDP: received 0 (0 queued), sent 0 (0 queued)
SMS: received 0 (0 queued), sent 0 (0 queued), store size -1
 SMS: inbound (0.00,0.00,0.00) msg/sec, outbound (0.00,0.00,0.00) msg/sec
DLR: received 0, sent 0
 DLR: inbound (0.00,0.00,0.00) msg/sec, outbound (0.00,0.00,0.00) msg/sec
 DLR: 0 queued, using internal storage
Box connections:
 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0wapbox, IP 127.0.0.1 (on-line 0d 0h 0m 52s)=20
No SMSC connections
=C2=A0
connection to port 9200 ("waiting for localhost"):
[9] INFO: Client connected from <127.0.0.1>=C2=A0
[9] DEBUG: Started thread 13 (gw/bb_boxc.c:function)
[13] DEBUG: Thread 13 (gw/bb_boxc.c:function) maps to pid 6158.
[13] DEBUG: setting up systems for new wapbox
[13] DEBUG: Started thread 14 (gw/bb_boxc.c:boxc_sender)
[14] DEBUG: Thread 14 (gw/bb_boxc.c:boxc_sender) maps to pid 6158.

...but no proxyiing at all. Connection (cellphone) from outside doesn't rea=
ch wapbox (no log). May anybody help me run this? It looks like setup mista=
ke.

Thanks.

Patrick K