[arm-allstar] Echolink "Un-authorized" connection messages

Thu Aug 22 23:37:34 EDT 2019

That’s the point I was trying to make. The rate it happens is so inaccurate
that I don’t know if it’s an error on Echolink’s part, on the database
server, on the polling between Hamvoip and the Echolink database, or what.
Sometimes I can immediately log in and have no problem at all connecting,
even after not logging in to Echolink for days. Other times, I can’t log in
even after waiting X seconds, and as the logs show, either it fails to get
the database and it checks the last received database, or my node doesn’t
appear for whatever reason.

That’s why I was also asking what rtcptimeout is for. Maybe it just needs
more time to receive a database update from the server before rejecting the
connection. I feel like anyone that is trying to connect to Echolink & sees
that they’re unauthorized and thinks they aren’t welcome.

Mike

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 23:32 "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> There was nothing changed in updates for quite awhile in echolink so I
> doubt that has anything to do with it. When your echolink node comes online
> it will take a period of time for it to appear in the database. Echolink
> has had its share of connection problems on and off. Allstar attempts to
> update the database on connection several times. If it is not there after
> that it fails but that does not mean you cannot try again a minute or two
> later. This may also have something to do with proxy connections which may
> not always show up in our database.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:27 PM "Steve Polley via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > I have ran into the problem occasionally also running the latest update.
> >
> > Steve
> > N0SWP
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:54 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Mike,
> > >
> > >  Dave could give more details on this but from what you say if you are
> > > getting the database then you should be registered with Echolink. It
> > sounds
> > > like that message would be issued if you were not registered. Are you
> in
> > > the database that gets downloaded? Echolink has three possible
> variations
> > > for your call - W3XYZ, W3XYZ-L, and W3XYZ-R. Each can have a different
> > > password or they all can be the same only one can be used per distinct
> > > public IP address. At this time no one else has reported this issue so
> it
> > > seems it might be connected to something going on within your system.
> > >
> > >
> > > *73 Doug*
> > >
> > > *WA3DSP*
> > >
> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:50 PM "Mike Sullivan via ARM-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Back when I was first setting up our club's Allstar node, I was
> > > reporting
> > > > on an issue where Echolink would report that I was un-authorized to
> > > connect
> > > > to the node, but subsequent attempts, I was able to connect fine. I
> > > figured
> > > > this was just a fluke with our node, but I set up a second node at
> > > another
> > > > club's tower, which runs through an OpenVPN tunnel instead of a
> direct
> > > > cable connection. Both nodes have the same problem, just not
> > constantly.
> > > > Most times I have no problem, but there will be the occasional time
> > that
> > > it
> > > > fails to connect and says I'm un-authorized.
> > > >
> > > > In checking the Allstar log on either node after this happens, I see
> > > > multiple subsequent requests for a database update when it does fail.
> > The
> > > > failed attempts are separated 2 seconds apart, and can be anywhere
> from
> > > 4-8
> > > > times I have seen, but always result in a failed connection. Other
> > times
> > > it
> > > > is just a single DB update and no problem connecting. Running
> 'echolink
> > > > dbdump' in CLI produces a valid database.
> > > >
> > > > Could this be an issue on Echolink's database end, or is there
> > something
> > > I
> > > > can do with Allstar to ensure the node updates more regularly? I
> can't
> > > find
> > > > any other evidence listed. I've attached copies of the logs below.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > Failed attempt
> > > >
> > > > [Aug 22 19:45:16] NOTICE[27272] chan_echolink.c: Cannot find DB entry
> > > > for Callsign: KN4IMU, IP: H��v103.85.188. Requesting DB update.
> > > > [Aug 22 19:45:18] NOTICE[27272] chan_echolink.c: Cannot find DB entry
> > > > for Callsign: KN4IMU, IP:  ��v103.85.188. Requesting DB update.
> > > > [Aug 22 19:45:20] NOTICE[27272] chan_echolink.c: Cannot find DB entry
> > > > for Callsign: KN4IMU, IP: p��v103.85.188. Requesting DB update.
> > > > [Aug 22 19:45:22] NOTICE[27272] chan_echolink.c: Cannot find DB entry
> > > > for Callsign: KN4IMU, IP: н�v103.85.188. Requesting DB update.
> > > > Successful attempt
> > > >
> > > > [Aug 22 19:55:08] NOTICE[27272] chan_echolink.c: Cannot find DB entry
> > > > for Callsign: KN4IMU, IP: 0��v103.85.188. Requesting DB update.
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