[arm-allstar] [App_rpt-users] updating nodelist for a small group of ham repeater

[Kenneth Grimard]

Hi pete

I am using duckdns and it is free. it is a very easy to install.

look here

www.duckdns.org

when you use dynamic host names your ip could roll anytime the the other 
node would know within 5 minutes
that it has changed and what the address is.

I have setup a network just like this using all private nodes. And i use 
ddns when ever possible.

works very well too.

ken n1dot



On 7/14/2015 2:59 AM, pete M wrote:
> thanks Doug, yup we are running some nodes like you describe, but with 
> the growing number of nodes in the system and most of them being on 
> dhcp. it is being frustrating to update all nodes when one change ip 
> adress. the dns thing could be a way to setup a network, but we would 
> need to set a dns system like no-ip.com <http://no-ip.com> service, 
> not a small task..
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 13, 2015, at 10:50 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com 
> <mailto:doug at crompton.com>> wrote:
>
>> Pete,
>>
>>  You are basically right in your assumption of how it works for 
>> global Allstar but if you want to create a local private system it 
>> could be much simpler assuming a few things.
>>
>> You do not have to register to establish a connection between servers 
>> assuming BOTH ends know the other IP address and port. If the IP 
>> addresses are known then each node would manually have that inserted 
>> in the rpt.conf file. Then those servers could connect to reach other 
>> independent of the Allstar system. Of course there is a couple of 
>> caveat. The most important is knowing the public IP address of the 
>> distant server. Since most sites do not have static puiblic IP 
>> addresses the IP address could change so using a dyndns service would 
>> be required. You could also create your own dns server as long as at 
>> least one node had access to a static public IP.
>>
>> Another option ff your servers are LOS and you wanted to create your 
>> own network using say Ubiquity 2.4 or 5Gig links then you would 
>> assign your own IP addresses and they would not change so from that 
>> standpoint it would simplify things.
>>
>> I hope that somewhat answers your questions.
>>
>> *73 Doug
>> WA3DSP
>> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> From: petem001 at hotmail.com <mailto:petem001 at hotmail.com>
>> To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:43:43 -0400
>> Subject: [App_rpt-users] updating nodelist for a small group of ham 
>> repeater
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> we are a small group of ham and club in the Quebec province that want 
>> to do our own lottle network of app_rpt repeater
>>
>> I have taken a good look at how allstarlink manage registration and I 
>> did figured out that there must be a script running on an asterisk 
>> server named register.allstartlink.org 
>> <http://register.allstartlink.org> , that script either connect to 
>> the actual asterisk cli and parse / save the output of the iax2 show 
>> registry command.. or get the info on a sql server connected to the 
>> asterisk server. so that is how the allstalink system create 
>> the rpt_extnodes-temp that is fetch by the rc.updatenodelist tat is 
>> used by app_rpt to know where are all the nodes.. well that is how I 
>> think this done.. If I am wrong please advise me..
>>
>> So how would one little group of club would go to creat something 
>> like that?
>>
>> I am pretty sure we would need to create a central server on a fix ip 
>> adress or domain name. that can be done..
>>
>> then on that server we would need to create iax2 trunk for all the 
>> nodes. those trunk would have all different node number and 
>> passwords.. (maybe in iax.conf ??)  then I am lost
>>
>> Anyone been there? I dont want to create a competing network to 
>> allstarlink, I want to create a small automated private nets of 
>> repeater.. Not that I dont like allstarlink, it is just that some of 
>> the sysop here love the technology behind app_rpt/asterisk. they just 
>> dont want to be on the big network, and updatng ip adress when they 
>> chage is a real pain.
>>
>> thanks for your time reading this.
>>
>> Pierre
>> VE2PF
>>
>>
>>
>>
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