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

Sat Nov 18 17:21:41 EST 2017

Chris,

 Yes, I will email you privately about this.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Chris Souleles <csouleles at prodigy.net>
wrote:

> Did the suggested checks and here are the results.
>
> Node is registered.  Checked several times and it always comes up
> registered.
>
> When it won't connect I get "no such file or directory" when I execute the grep
> 40000 /tmp/rpt_extnodes command with any node number inserted replacing the
> 40000.
>
> When it will connect I get a routing response for any node number I insert
> when I execute the command.
>
> So it appears when it won't connect it doesn't have the /tmp/rpt_extnodes
> file and when it does connect it has it.
>
> Is there something I can do to make sure it always has the /tmp/rpt_extnodes
> file after start up?
>
> 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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