[arm-allstar] Fwd: Data Usage

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Wed Aug 10 17:59:28 EST 2016


That's a good question? ...If the node isn't registered, and sitting
completely idle, probably not. Even if registered, maybe not.  I've always
run across VPNs (OpenVPN) when using 4G and specifically generate
keep-alive traffic.

Anyone got a definitive answer?

73, David KB4FXC


On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Phil Hebert via arm-allstar wrote:

> A related question
> If the node is idle, then is there still enough activity to keep a mifi hotspot not go to sleep ?
> 
> Sent from my Mobile Device
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> 
> > On Aug 10, 2016, at 17:53, David McGough via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > No. An idle node has very, very low bandwidth requirements.
> > 
> > 
> >> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, Tom Hayward via arm-allstar wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 2:16 PM, Mark Johnston via arm-allstar
> >> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>> Including overhead I would estimate 100 kb/sec each way depending on codec -
> >>> ALaw or ULaw vs GSM which is about half that.
> >>> 
> >>> Multiply that out for however long you stay connected...
> >> 
> >> Does a connected but idle link consume much data? I'd like to
> >> permanently link a couple very low-usage repeaters.
> >> 
> >> Tom KD7LXL
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