[arm-allstar] Moving a node...

Mon Aug 13 00:40:31 EDT 2018

Thanks Doug,
Since my repeater network supports emergency work, I went ahead and defined all that stuff in the bottom of the rpt.conf file just for the possible instance of us not being able to reach allstarlink.org.

Ya know, just in case California falls off into the ocean or something... :)
I am guessing that not ALL of their code is open source?  I am also guessing that somebody like me with a BUNCH of nodes couldn't build his own registration server either...  I'm just spitballin' here...  But distributed and back-up processing would sure make for a more flexible system when stuff hits the fan like Hurricanes and such - which we seem to deal with a lot over the years down near Houston and the gulf coast...

Bill - N5MBM

      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: Sunday, August 12, 2018 11:33 PM
 Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Moving a node...

Bill,

 Our indications is that this is not going to get any better from the
Allstar side. Things are a mess over there and someday the truth may come
out about what really happened after Jim's death. Anyhow hang in there, a
fix is in the works from us.

Also as you know and I would like to pass onto others that Allstar does not
have to be registered to work. In an emergency you can define IP addresses
or URL's in the [nodes] stanza in rpt.conf. Both ends need routing to each
other including ports. This is the port defined in the iax.conf file
bindport= statement. It is a pain to do if you have lots of nodes but one
way to get around connection problems temporarily.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:24 AM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> It looks like the 46682 HUB node magically started working....  I just had
> to wait a while I guess...
> Although, allstarlink.org keeps rejecting my registration once in a
> while...  And the bubble chart no longer thinks my 46682 node is connected
> to anything - it IS!  My supermon thinks things are working
> normally....?!?  At least that's working.  I see all my remote nodes
> connected to the newly moved hub.
>
> Since I have all my nodes defined in the bottom of my rpt.conf file, they
> will talk to each other.  Even though allstarlink thinks I am out in orbit
> somewhere...  When allstarlink.org loses its mind, usually the defined
> nodes in the bottom of my config allow me to carry on anyway.
>
> Ya know, even though I shouldn't HAVE to hard code them in there - it
> works when Allstarlink.org loses its mind.
> So....  It's working!  (sorta)  The Texas Repeater Network is back up and
> running...  I will sit on my hands and see if the bubble chart magically
> starts working in the morning.
>
> Thanks for checking it out Bryan!
>
> Bill - N5MBM
>
>      From: Bryan St Clair via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Bryan St Clair <bryan at bryanstclair.com>
>  Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 11:15 PM
>  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Moving a node...
>
> +OK|radio at 50.27.185.63:4569/46682,50.27.185.63
>
> I am still connected.  Nothing heard or any response to my call.
>
> Bryan
>
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:37 PM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Do you have any idea what IP address it came up as?
> > And thanks for the prompt response!
> > Bill - N5MBM
> >
> >      From: Bryan St Clair via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: Bryan St Clair <bryan at k6cbr.us>
> >  Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 9:27 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Moving a node...
> >
> > 46682 seems to be connecting, I just got connected to it.
> >
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:23 PM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, I THOUGHT I knew what I was doing...  But evidently fate and the
> tech
> > > gods have different ideas...
> > > I wanted to move a HUB node from one of my nodes at home to a much more
> > > reliable (and faster!) internet connection at a repeater site I have.
> > > First I moved it on allstarlink.org to the right server this
> evening...
> > >
> > > Then I remmed it out on my node at home and restarted asterisk.  I
> edited
> > > extensions, iax.conf and rpt.conf
> > >
> > > Then I added the hub node on the repeater site node and restarted
> > > asterisk.  I edited extensions, iax.conf and rpt.conf
> > > NOW it seems like the hub node isn't working anymore...  I can't make
> it
> > > connect out and I can't connect INto it either...
> > > I have gone over looking for typos and I can't find any...  (But that
> > > doesn't mean there aren't any...)
> > >
> > > So I got busy and slapped an unused node number of mine on the repeater
> > > site node and can get things to connect to it! YAY!  BUT,
> > allstarlink.org
> > > doesn't have any registration data on it...  (throws up my hands in
> > > disgust...)  So the bubble chart isn't working!
> > >
> > > Is this an issue related to the new registration nightmare the allstar
> > > guys are still working on or do you think I fat fingered something...
> > > The hub node I moved is 46682 and it should come back with an IP of
> > > 50.27.185.63
> > > The hub node I created that "sort of works" is 46903 on the same Ip
> > > address...
> > >
> > > I am sort of at an impasse now...  Not sure what's going on...  Any
> help
> > > would be appreciated!
> > >
> > > Bill - N5MBM
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> > K6CBR
> > bryan at k6cbr.us
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