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

Sat Nov 18 12:14:57 EST 2017

Chris,

 Also keep in mind that the rpt_extnodes file will not load unless you are
registered or at least one other server on your public IP is registered. So
you want to check both registration and the existence of the file.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Chris Souleles <csouleles at prodigy.net>
wrote:

> Thanks for the info.  I will check all of this later today.  Node is
> running now so I will shut it down and try to restart it later today and
> check what you suggest when the problem is happening.  When this occurring
> I just get a beep and nothing else when I try to connect.  Sounds like it
> might be the /tmp/rpt_extnodes file.
>
> I occasionally get a failure to connect with some nodes but this is
> infrequent and usually when I try again in a minute or so it connects so
> this really isn't a problem for me.  I don't need to restart in this
> situation, I just try the connect again and it usually works.
>
> Chris - W6CS - 73.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *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:* Saturday, November 18, 2017 8:21 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] Trouble connecting to nodes at start up
>
> 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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