[arm-allstar] connect two nodes WITHOUT Allstar server ?

[Doug Crompton]

Don,

All Allstar nodes connect directly to one another. There is no server
involved other than a DNS server to tell each node how (what IP and port to
use) to get to the other node. When you attempt a connect to another node
your node (assuming you are using hamvoip DNS)  interrogates DNS for the
nodes IP address and port. It then sends a connect to that Ip address and
port, the node you want to connect to. That node in turn when it receives
the connect request then requests a DNS lookup for your node and then using
the IP address and port information it gleans from DNS completes the
connection back to your node.

Prior to hamvoip DNS lookup there was a table of all nodes with IP address
and port information stored in your server that was updated every 10
minutes. The same procedure was used except when a connect was attempted it
got the information from the file rather than via DNS.

Using hamvoip privately two or more nodes could store the IP address and
port information in the [nodes] stanza of rpt.conf and be completely
independent of any server or outside information

Multiple nodes are connected in any fashion you wish,  A to B to C  -  A to
C, B to C, etc.  In a typical "hub" connection all nodes connect to one
node. Irrespective of how they are connected audio flows to all nodes that
are connected.

Does this answer you question?


On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 1:47 PM "Don Ritchie via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> The way I understand it …
> when any node connects to another it is “through” an allstar server.
> As I\m not 100% sure about this, can someone please explain.
> Is ALL the traffic handled by a server, or does the server just
> tell the nodes how to find each other (DNS) ?
> IF all the traffic goes through the server ( another Asterisk in the
> “sky”),
> how can I connect two nodes to each other without an Allstar server.
> ie, “order wire” for (interoffice communication) .
> Direct IP to IP address ??
>
> Thanks
> Don, K8ZGW
>
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