[arm-allstar] Persistent connection

[David McGough]

In general, you only need the [nodes] entries on the node endpoints where 
you're initiating a connection. If a out-bound connection might get 
initiated from the hub, it would be worthwhile to add a [nodes] entry 
there, too.

There really isn't a down-side to adding [nodes] entries, as long as the
IP addresses and ports are static...Except, perhaps, that there is more
config maintenance required if addresses do change in the future!

73, David KB4FXC


On Tue, 1 Aug 2017, Tom Hayward wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 7:31 AM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > Do you have your destination node connection info in the
> > /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf file, [nodes] stanza?  If not, that is probably the
> > problem.
> 
> Okay, here goes...
> 
> # grep 41702 /tmp/rpt_extnodes
> 41702=radio at 44.24.241.110:4569/41702,44.24.241.110
> 
> Then I pasted that line in /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf under the [nodes] heading.
> 
> Going down for a reboot...
> 
> It connected at boot! Thank you!
> 
> Now one more question: Do I need to do the same thing on the hub side
> so that it is allowed to connect after a long period of being down (so
> it would have dropped out of Allstar registration)? The addresses
> involved are all static.
> 
> Tom KD7LXL
>