[arm-allstar] Linking AllStar with SvxLink

[Mike Sullivan]

We have already looked at the Ubiquiti network, their site sits in a really
bad place to link with just about anyone else.. we are in the process of
planning on building a network with the club across the river as well as a
planned new repeater for our club/ARES group. Probably looking at
Powerbeam’s to use for that.

I’m wanting to explore this option personally anyways for the pure fact of
being able to use Echolink Proxy. That solves a lot of connection headaches
for our individual members. But we may just stick with RF for Echolink and
focus on Allstar for linking.

I did see a post somewhere on my Google Search that someone was trying
running them and using an internal soundcard routing for the audio.. but
didn’t read further into it yet.

Mike

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 22:36 "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Mike,
>
>  A couple of ideas that might work.  Why not have a fixed node somewhere
> that has Internet be the node everyone connects to and then connect that
> node to the actual physical repeater site via the hotspot or other means?
> There is nothing special about everyone connect to the site and in fact
> with a more limited connection like a hotspot it would be better to have
> only one connection to the site.
>
> A hotspot would work but also explore the possibility of a wifi link to the
> site. Ubiquity makes great inexpensive links that would bring Internet to
> your site from a fixed site that has Internet. Perhaps someone from your
> club would volunteer to make their Internet available. It would have little
> impact on someone’s high speed Internet.  It would cost about $150 for
> BOTHJ ends and you would have no recurring cost like you would with a
> hotspot.
>
> Two examples. As long as you have good line of sight they should work to as
> much as 10 miles or more.
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-locoM2-2-4GHz-Outdoor/dp/B00DCNRTAG
>
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-NanoBeam-High-Performance-airMAX-NBE-5AC-Gen2-US/dp/B0713XMHH9/ref=pd_sim_147_6/131-3949763-5412550
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:22 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > All, I am helping one of the neighboring clubs get an Allstar/Echolink
> node
> > set up on their tower so we can link to them for our nightly nets (we
> > alternate days). Their tower site has limited internet options, so we are
> > exploring what we had previously, and use a cellular hotspot for
> connecting
> > to the internet. Unfortunately, I know app_rpt does not support Echolink
> > Proxy, which is what we had to use to enable users to connect without
> > problems.
> >
> > Has anyone ever experimented with using SvxLink, either on the same Pi
> or a
> > separate Pi with a second interface as a local node and have them linked
> > that way? I know it's a roundabout way to do it, but I can easily set up
> an
> > Echolink Proxy, and we also have issues with direct connection to our own
> > Echolink, usually the first time will give an "Un-authorized" message, so
> > we may look at this option ourselves.
> >
> > Mike Sullivan KN4IMU
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> > ARM-allstar mailing list
> > ARM-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar
> >
> > Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org
> >
> _______________________________________________
>
> ARM-allstar mailing list
> ARM-allstar at hamvoip.org
> http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar
>
> Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org