[arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Tue Oct 3 09:47:10 EST 2017 


Hi Klaus,

The AllStar software doesn't have a way to interface with the IRLP 
hardware adapter. As you know, the IRLP boards provide 2 basic features: 
an I/O interface for the radio and a hardware DTMF decoder.

For AllStar, the I/O interface is currently accomplished via GPIO pins 
provided by the CM108* or CM119* USB sound chip. Other GPIO options are 
currently in development.

All AllStar DTMF decoding is accomplished using DSP software which is
already part of the Asterisk PBX application. This DSP DTMF code offers
very good performance.

So, the IRLP hardware adapters become obsolete.

73, David KB4FXC




On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" wrote:

> Like I said, I am using about a dozen thin clients right now and it 
would be nice to be able to switch over to this system using the same 
hardware that is already in place. Could the irlp interface board be 
re-used as the radio interface or is it too much work and a uri should be 
used. Presently on this first Pii3 I have I have a URI interface but it 
would be nice to re-purpose all those irlp cards. My final goal would be 
to switch over all the present nodes to have all three systems available 
in one pc.
Thanks for your work.
 Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR

      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: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
   
Klaus,

  While we are talking about releasing a PC version identical in features
to the RPi version it is not there yet. It will primarily be intended for
virtual box users that run at managed sites. There would be no real reason
to run it on a PC if you have physical access to a Pi. I run a Pi3 as a hub
with as many as 40+ directly connected users, Echolink and broadcastify but
no radios. However I do have a radio node on the same server that
occasionally gets used. It never skips a beat. I do run it in turbo mode.
So there would be very few situations where a Pi would not be adequate and
save a lot of energy, heat, and noise.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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


On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:30 PM, "k_rung via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Yes I saw echol was already available so that is great. Super job you guys
> are dojng on this project. This is my first use of a piii for anything. I
> normally use thin clients like the Neoware CA-10 for irlp projects. Would
> this package run on one of these?
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Date: 10-02-2017  10:12 PM  (GMT-05:00)
> To ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> Subject Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
>
> Klaus,
>
>  Well Echolink is already built into Allstar - see the echolink setup
> howto on the hamvoip web page. IRLP will be following soon.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:15 PM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Ok I understand what you are doing. All forwarding and lan ip is done in
> > the router and not at the node level so it gets what the router gives it
> > and the router makes it basically static in that it forwards to that mac
> of
> > the pc and whatever the ip might end up to be does not matter then. I am
> > really new to Allstar so you have to understand that I have irlp setup
> > knowledge and what is required there. Normally ports are forwarded to the
> > irlp pc's static lan ip and all works after that. The wan ip of the
> router
> > can change to whatever and I can always find it. I normally use ssh to
> log
> > into the nodes locally and remotely as most of my nodes are remote and so
> > will this allstar be once I understand it.
> > I am really looking forward to eventually having allstar, echolink and
> > irlp all in one box being able to crosslink them internally.
> >
> >
> >  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
> >
> >      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: Monday, October 2, 2017 2:08 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
> >
> > Klaus,
> >
> >  If you only want to connect out and you do not need remote ssh to your
> > node from a location outside your LAN you do not need any port forwarding
> > when using Allstar. If you do want to turn on port forwarding for the iax
> > or ssh ports the router has to have a stable and consistent local IP
> > address for your Allstar server to forward to. In the past it was typical
> > to use a static IP at the server (Allstar) end but it is really easier to
> > just leave Allstar dhcp and make the router always assign the same IP
> > address based on the hardware attached. In this way you could actual
> mark a
> > Pi3 board with an IP address and no matter what software you loaded on
> that
> > board it would always get the same local IP address. Ports would vary but
> > the IP would always be the same.
> >
> > It is also a lot less dangerous to leave the Pi dhcp as it will always
> > connect to a dhcp server no matter what the IP structure it is connecting
> > to. An example would be if you statically assigned a 192.168.x.x address
> on
> > the Pi and there was a router change that used 10.x.x.x addresses or
> even a
> > change from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.2.x it would not work. You would have
> to
> > connect a monitor and keyboard to the Pi to change its static IP address,
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:30 PM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, thanks for the reply Doug, I am used to EchoIRLP nodes and am used
> to
> > > port forwarding using a ddwrt router. This makes things very straight
> > > forward. Are you saying you do need a static ip but make it static
> using
> > > the router and then do the port forwarding to the ip the router gave
> the
> > > node pc? It is sort of backwards to what I am used to doing and I would
> > > prefer the old way I am used to.
> > > I was able to set a static ip on the eth0 wired connection and was
> > > surprised there was no field to allow setting the wifi static ip. in
> the
> > > wifi setup fields.
> > >  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
> > >
> > >      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: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:18 AM
> > >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
> > >
> > > Klaus,
> > >
> > >  While wifi could be made to work in static mode it is seldom used that
> > > way. Why do you need static? If you are using a nat'ed router the best
> > > thing to do is allow it to find an IP address using dhcp then go into
> > your
> > > router and make that address reserved or static dhcp (routers call it
> > > different things). The router uses the machine address (MAC) of the Pi
> > > board to identify it and assign the same address each time one is
> > > requested. Then you can port forward to that address if you desire.
> > >
> > > Portable nodes should never use a static address because you have no
> > > knowledge of the IP topography of the network you might be connecting
> to
> > > and port forwarding is usually not available or necessary.
> > >
> > >
> > > *73 Doug*
> > >
> > > *WA3DSP*
> > >
> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:45 AM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am setting up a arm-allstar node and am having a problem setting
> up a
> > > > static ip for wifi. I don't see a choice where I can set the wifi to
> a
> > > > static ip. Anyone have any ideas?
> > > >  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
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