[arm-allstar] 2 nodes direct connect?

[Danny K5CG]

Jim,

The only thing "Allstar" is being used for is DNS lookup.

You can disable registration, then and add your nodes to each other's rpt.conf as local nodes but using their public IPs. The IP address for a local node doesn't have to be on the local LAN.

That will works as long as your node's public IP addresses never change. Otherwise you could use a dynamic DNS name not associated with AllstarLink.

You'd still be able to connect out to other nodes but your nodes would be unlisted.

Danny
K5CG



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From: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Cc: "Jim Kinter Jr." <Jim at k5ktf.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:21:47 AM
Subject: [arm-allstar] 2 nodes direct connect?

I got my new VHF node (and old extended-number UHF node) all online 
and showing up on the stats page, etc.
Working great.

I have both units online, and added the stuff to make the new one 
automagically link up permanent at boot.

 From what I can tell, this is linking out to Allstar and back in.
Is there a way/config that would let one connect to the other 
directly without contacting the Allstar network?
(URL to a doc if one is already written that google and I cant find? )

I would still like both to show up and not go totally private, but am 
thinking if I can have both link directly peer to peer over the 
private network and not be reliant on touching the Internet (in case 
Spectrum decides to do more work upstream...smh) the 2 machines would 
not lose the link between themselves.

I know with Asterisk-based VoIP phones, I can do a direct Dial by IP, 
where 1 talks direct to the other via IP address.
Is there some way to do this on for the nodes? Im guessing either in 
Rpt or Extensions?

I know it is NOT possible via Echolink (researched way back when I 
had just EL on the machine).

Thanks!


73
Jim Kinter, Jr. K5KTF
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