[arm-allstar] Trouble connecting to nodes at start up

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

  You checked quite a few things and that is good but there are a few other
things to check. Make sure you have you are registered. You can run

check_reg.sh

at the Linux prompt.

Then make sure you have the /tmp/rpt_extnodes file and that it has the info
for the node you want to connect to. You can type

grep 40000 /tmp/rpt_extnodes

at the linux prompt, where 40000 is replaced with the node number you want
to check. This will return the routing info for that node or nothing if it
does not exisit.

Also how the system responds when you do a connect tells you a little about
what is going on. If you just get a beep or nothing in response to a
connect it means you have no info for that node and probably no rpt_exnodes
file. If you get a failure to connect it could mean many things but one
could be that the other end does not have node information for you.

I would also say try and run your node wired if you can to see if there is
a difference.

We are about to roll out the DNS node lookup code which should eliminate
many of these problems but until then the rpt_extnodes file must be there
and the node you want to connect to must be listed in it.

Let us know what you find out.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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






On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 10:39 AM, "Chris Souleles via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> I've been having trouble getting my node to connect to other nodes after
> start up. I wait 10 or fifteen minutes after start up and there is no
> response when I try to connect to another node.   I have to halt and turn
> power on and off a few times to get it to work.   Once it connects to a
> node, then after that everything is normal and I can connect and disconnect
> with no problem.
> It properly reports the IP address. Asterisk shows the proper DTMF
> commands. Wireless status indicates the proper wireless network and the
> correct IP address. The echo command will echo my voice. COS and PTT work.
> My cable modem and wireless network work for everything else.
> My configuration is RPI 3, URIx, BF888, simplex node, and I downloaded the
> hamvoip 1.5 a couple weeks ago so it is pretty current.  I'm connected
> wireless.  Any ideas?
> Chris - W6CS - 73
> Simple USB parameters:Card is:         0Name is:         usbRx Level:
>   500Rx no-delay:     0Rx audio-delay:  5Tx A Level:      300Tx B Level:
>   0preemphasis:     nodeemphasis:      noplfilter:        yesrxboost:
>    yesPTT:             Active LOWPTT status:      Un-KeyedCTCSS (input):
>  IgnoredCOS (input):     CM108/CM119 Active HIGHCOS (test):
> Un-KeyedCOS (composite): Un-Keyed
> Web error log (from Supermon) showed the following.  I don't know if it is
> relevant.AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully
> qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.2. Set the 'ServerName' directive
> globally to suppress this message[Fri Nov 17 20:17:00.884764 2017]
> [lbmethod_heartbeat:notice] [pid 345] AH02282: No slotmem from
> mod_heartmonitor[Fri Nov 17 20:17:01.164689 2017] [mpm_prefork:notice] [pid
> 345] AH00163: Apache/2.4.18 (Unix) PHP/7.0.4 configured -- resuming normal
> operations[Fri Nov 17 20:17:01.164882 2017] [core:notice] [pid 345]
> AH00094: Command line: '/usr/bin/httpd -D FOREGROUND'
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