[arm-allstar] Split site repeater

Tue Sep 26 11:43:36 EST 2017

Glenn,

 You could have the private and public on the same node at one end. It is
often done that way. I just thought you want them separate.

You would only want the permanent connect at one end. Although I have never
tried it I am sure it would cause a confusing situation for Allstar to have
it at both ends and I don't think it would work. There also would be no
reason to do that because having it in the startup macro at one end would
ensure if anything happened short of a system locking up, which would be
very rare, it would reconnect.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:29 AM, "KD0Q via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the good info Doug!
>
> Couple of questions...
>
> Is a third node really needed?  Could the receiver node be private and the
> transmit/repeater controller node be public and connect to the Allstar
> network?
>
> What happens if both nodes are setup to automatically do a *73 permanent
> connect to each other at startup?
>
> Thanks, Glenn - KD0Q
>
> On 9/24/2017 00:03, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>
>> Glenn,
>>
>>    As long as you have static or reserved DHCP IP's on both link ends it
>> is
>> easy. You can set them up as private nodes. Lets say one was 1500 and the
>> other 1501. They do not need to be registered (no registration lines in
>> iax.conf)  but you do need to put routing information in the [nodes]
>> stanza
>> of rpt.conf with IP addresses and ports pointing back to each other. You
>> also do not do any status updates on either node as this would be
>> meaningless. The rc.updatenodelist file could be disabled - comment in
>> /usr/local/etc/rc.allstar and the astdb daily cron update could be
>> commented in crontab. Once that is setup you should be able to connect
>> between them. I would use a *73 permanent connect. It probably does not
>> matter which end initiates the connect whatever is most convenient for
>> you.
>> You also should setup a startup_macro at the connection end so it connects
>> automatically at boot.
>>
>> Understand that private unregistered nodes can only connect to other nodes
>> that they have specific routing information for and that have specific
>> routing information back to them. In this case they would be very secure
>> because not only are they unregistered they also are on a private network.
>> They could only connect to each other.
>>
>> This howto explains the [nodes] setup. It would be the same for private
>> nodes. Just use the correct IP and port for the server you are connecting
>> to.
>>
>> https://www.hamvoip.org/multi-server%20howto.pdf
>>
>> Note since these are private servers no setup at allstarlink.org is
>> needed.
>> You select the IAX ports you want in iax.conf - bindport=   You can use
>> any
>> port you want. Pick some high 5 digit port to avoid any conflict with
>> other
>> Allstar servers. Something like 40000 40001   Just make sure you specify
>> the port in the routing info  IP:port  - 192.168.1.200:40000
>>
>> If you want to then connect to the Allstar network add another Pi with a
>> registered node and connect when you want Allstar traffic. Specific
>> routing
>> in the [nodes] stanza of rpt.conf would be needed between them.
>>
>> It is also important to have stable power. Pi's don't like to be power
>> cycled quickly and that can sometimes happen on the power grid. A small
>> UPS
>> or battery backup would work fine. Some people run them on the car
>> adapters
>> 12V to 5V 3A and then you could parallel a battery with diode isolation
>> and
>> a charge circuit.
>>
>> I hope this addresses you question but it is a little more complex
>> installation so if you don't understand something please let me know.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 3:57 PM, "KD0Q via arm-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Doug,
>>>
>>> Both the receiver and the transmit/repeater controller nodes are on the
>>> same local network and have static, but not public, IP addresses. I guess
>>> the connection between them could (should?) be private.
>>>
>>> The transmit/repeater controller node will also have a transceive
>>> connection to an external Allstar node over the internet.
>>>
>>> The repeater will only have audio from the receiver over the Allstar
>>> link.
>>>
>>> Glenn - KD0Q
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:47 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Glenn,
>>>>
>>>>    A couple of questions. Is this to be a private connection? Are you
>>>> just
>>>> using Allstar for the remote link? Do you have any other RF coming in to
>>>> the repeater directly or is this just a receiver connected by Allstar
>>>> via
>>>> Internet to a transmitter? Do you want to connect to other Allstar nodes
>>>> besides the remote receiver?
>>>>
>>>> Do you have static IP addresses or Dyndns at either or both ends?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>
>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:18 AM, "KD0Q-Glenn via arm-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm working on a split site repeater with a node at the receiver linked
>>>>>
>>>> to
>>>>
>>>>> another node acting as the controller at the transmitter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are there any special configurations I need to make?  Any other
>>>>> suggestions or gotchas?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Glenn - KD0Q
>>>>>
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