[arm-allstar] Update on hamvoip registration/dns servers

[Elliott]

Yep. Did the reboot and all while eating lunch at work :-) 

You guys do excellent work. Remote updates are a tricky aspect of system administration. Rolling out updates to so many users is really quite a feat. 

Thanks again,

—E

de W6EL

> On Aug 15, 2018, at 5:26 PM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Elliott,
> 
> Make sure to reboot (admin option #15) your RPi after the update. 
> Currently, the admin software doesn't force a reboot.
> 
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Wed, 15 Aug 2018, "Elliott L via arm-allstar" wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Doug,
>> 
>> I just did the update remotely (!) and everything is working well. I had
>> not updated in, I think, about a year. If it worked that smoothly for me,
>> it should be ok for most folks.
>> 
>> Thanks again,
>> 
>> --E
>> W6EL
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:54 PM "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Elliott,
>>> 
>>>  The current version  V1.5.3-40 switches everyone over to DNS lookup. This
>>> is the first step. The next update coming probably later today or tomorrow
>>> will then swithc you over to the hamvoip registration server. So look for
>>> another update soon.
>>> 
>>> To check if a node is accessible from your end do -
>>> 
>>> dns-query <node>
>>> 
>>> However just because you know about them they may not know about you. Until
>>> things stabilize there may be some places you cannot reach.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> *73 Doug*
>>> 
>>> *WA3DSP*
>>> 
>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> *73 Doug*
>>> 
>>> *WA3DSP*
>>> 
>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 3:15 PM, "Elliott L via arm-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Doug et al,
>>>> 
>>>> Is an update all that is necessary to use the new registration process,
>>> or
>>>> are there additional steps for the first time?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks again for all of your work on this project,
>>>> 
>>>> --E
>>>> W6EL
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:46 PM "James Hause via arm-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for all the hard work !
>>>>> Just did the update at 2:40 CDT.  All went well.
>>>>> Jim, KF5LBT
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 11:53 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
>>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Just a quick update on our switchover.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> An interim update V1.5.3-40 has been released as a preliminary
>>> update.
>>>>> All
>>>>>> users should update now.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This makes DNS lookup the default for all V1.5 hamvoip users and
>>>> changes
>>>>>> the way dns-query works. If you already have added the DNS line in
>>> your
>>>>>> rpt.conf file it can stay without any consequence as it is the
>>> default.
>>>>> At
>>>>>> the moment except for those issued manual registration lines from us
>>> we
>>>>> are
>>>>>> still depending on the Allstar registration which is rather flaky.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Everything is in place and working and a release to allow users to
>>>>> register
>>>>>> with hamvoip will be happening hopefully later today. A few are
>>> testing
>>>>>> now. If you have a node that is currently not registering please give
>>>> us
>>>>>> the node(s) and we can send you a register statement to get you back
>>>>>> online.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As of today the allstar registration server is still working poorly
>>> and
>>>>>> many nodes are not registering or registering very slowly.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Again thank you for your patience. When this is all up and running we
>>>>> will
>>>>>> have a very solid independent hamvoip system in place.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>>>> *
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