[arm-allstar] Node registration failures

[David McGough]

Chris,

Many of us are playing Field Day, today. We'll help you find a resolution 
just as soon as we get a moment to breath.

73, David KB4FXC


On Sat, 23 Jun 2018, "Chris Zenchenko via arm-allstar" wrote:

> Following up on this.
> It has been a week and my nodes still won't register.
> The nscheck returns good on all look-ups.
> The ping to register.allstarlink.org returns just fine.
> The nodes just won't register.
> I've left the computer off for anywhere from 5 minutes to over an hour.
> There must be some log or something that can tell me why the server won't
> register my nodes.
> It did in the past as indicated in my earlier message.
> I'm completely stuck.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arm-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> On Behalf Of "Doug
> Crompton via arm-allstar"
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 10:26 AM
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Node registration failures
> 
> Chris,
> 
>   It seems you are doing everything right and since it is happening on
> multiple nodes it is not anything you are doing. The problem is the Allstar
> registration server which we know has problems. The fact that you are
> having the problem might be related to, but not the fault of, your Internet
> connection. If a connection goes down and you lose registration using the
> current registration system it could fail to return in some cases. This
> could happen in just a minute or two. When this happens as you have found
> out the only answer is to go completely offline for a period and then
> return.
> 
> The answer is a new registration server which we are about to introduce. So
> if you can bear with it for a bit we should have an answer and since you
> are apparently experiencing this problem consistently you would be a prime
> candidate for a beta test. This will be happening very soon.
> 
> 
> *73 Doug*
> 
> *WA3DSP*
> 
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 11:14 AM, "Chris Zenchenko via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> > Looking for ways to troubleshoot an on-going problem with nodes failing to
> > register.
> >
> > 1.      No changes in server info on allstar.org.
> > 2.      2. No changes in .conf files
> > 3.      3. No changes in public ip of server with nodes.
> > 4.      4. 60 minutes or more with node server powered down.
> > 5.      5. Nodes registered and working and connecting at times.
> > 6.      Using new dns method.
> > 7.      7. Confirmed pings to allstar registration server.
> > 8.      8. Successful pings to servers during system_diagnostics.
> > 9.      Code updates have been run.
> >
> > This registration problem has been popping up over the past two months or
> > so.
> > In the latest case I was out of town for 5 days.
> > When I left nodes were connecting and all was well.
> > When I returned nodes could not connect and check_reg returned
> > unregistered.
> > See above points.
> > I have no idea where to look next but stability just doesn't exist.
> > In the past I have tried the 5 to 10 minute power off with success but it
> > shouldn't be necessary several times per week.
> > The latest failure to register has gone on since Sunday evening and still
> > wasn't working this morning.
> > There must be a logical reason for this but I can't find it.
> > Any thoughts would be helpful
> > tnx
> >
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