[arm-allstar] Permanent link failing

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

 Unfortunately I don't really have an answer for your problem. Sometimes
what you think is a reliable connection is really not. It it was a private
100% up link then a non permanent connection should stay up. Did you try
that and determine if it stays up any length of time.

Also monitor the logs in the client or at /var/log/asterisk/messages.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 12:29 PM, C B <harvard5362 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the quick response.
>
> All nodes involved here are my nodes.
>
> All are your code on PI-3's with the latest updates.
>
> Very stable on my microwave.
>
> Not relying on the /tmp/rpt_extnodes file  as all are hard coded in the
> rpt.conf file with the ip address and port number as my nodes are all on
> the same private sub-net. Below is a example of what is in the rpt.conf
> file i only pasted the first 3 lines. i commented out 1999 as it is not
> used. Information for all of my nodes are in the rpt.conf as they all have
> a differnt port and are behing the same firewall.
>
> 43816 = radio at 127.0.0.1/43816,NONE
> ;1999 = radio at 127.0.0.1/1999,NONE
> 27008 = radio at 10.0.1.22:4568/27008,NONE
>
> The nodes think they are connected as allmon2 reports them as connected
> and if i am not mistaken allmon2 gets its connection information from each
> node.
>
> this issue is very intermittent and not easily repeated. It occurs
> anywhere from a few days to a few months, and as it does not show up as an
> issue on allmon2 it is hard to know when it has occurred.
>
> Thank you again for your help.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *To:* ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *Cc:* Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:05 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] Permanent link failing
>
> Chris,
>
>   I have not seen this problem here and I run several permanent
> connections. Keep in mind that whoever you are connecting to can manually
> disconnect a permanent link to them. So if the node you are connecting to
> is not yours or it is yours and you are not sure if someone could be
> disconnecting from the other end check to see if that might be the case.
>
> To better understand why this might be happening we would need more info.
> Are the links generally reliable or are they constantly
> disconnecting/reconnecting? What code version is a BOTH end? Is there any
> situation that you can identify when this happens? You can go into the
> Asterisk client (ADMIN menu item 11) and view the log to see if reconnects
> are taking place.
>
> Asterisk requires that both ends have knowledge of the other ends IP
> address. This is done through the /tmp/rpt_extnodes file. If one end (your
> end) had the connection list and the other end did not the connection would
> fail and your end would continue to try and reconnect forever until either
> you restarted/rebooted or you execute a permanent disconnect. During this
> period if you had previously been connected the connection list would
> probably still show connected.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:23 AM, "C B via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Randomly my Permanent links are acting as if they are notconnected.
> Almon2
> > still shows them as connected however the signals to not passthru.
> >
> >
> > Background on my configuration.
> >
> >
> > There are more than 30 nodes in the system that is connectedon the same
> > private sub net, on a vlan on the wide area intranet; this
> intranetconsists
> > mostly of IP microwave.  All nodessit behind a router. There are also
> nodes
> > connected via the public internet.
> >
> >
> > Each node has a unique port number, there is a line in eachnode in the
> > prt.conf so that the private ip address and port are known for eachof the
> > nosed on the same subnet of the wide area intranet. Thus this is
> notrelying
> > on a hairpin thru the router for connectivity.
> >
> >
> > The nodes Permanent link is set up by having a
> startup_macro=*73xxxxxxxxin
> > the rpt.conf
> >
> >
> > Every so often a node no longer is linked but it still showslinked in
> > allmon2.
> >
> >
> > Restarting asterisk resolved this issue.
> >
> >
> > Any idea on what can be done here to make this more reliable?
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance for any help.
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
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