[arm-allstar] ARM-allstar Digest, Vol 73, Issue 27

[Doug Crompton]

John,

  Please keep in mind that just generally trying random connecting to nodes
will often lead to no results for many reasons.  Not every node is online,
not every node is allowing or setup for incoming connections, and again if
you are a 6 digit node there is going to be a percentage of nodes you
cannot connect to because they are using old HW or SW and have not updated.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 12:07 PM "John W. Springman III via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Hi Doug and others,  Yeah I did the 6 digit extension as I was thinking
> that would be the way to do it rather than apply for another node number.
> I fixed the remote base issue you said about.
>
> Some nodes still not working but will have to see as I havent tried that
> many in general yet.
>
> Still trying to figure out why the dvswitch isnt registering.
>
>
> John Springman - KB3AWQ
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:43:02 -0400
> From: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] New and connections
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> John,
>
>  First of all I see you are using 6 digit node numbers. This is fine but be
> aware and others be aware that you will NOT be able to connect to or from
> any nodes in the system that either have not updated or are using older
> systems that cannot be updated. This is a significant number of nodes,
> maybe 10% to as much as 20% of nodes out there.
>
> Another factor is the remote base problem. IN YOUR CASE THIS IS YOUR
> PROBLEM! You are not a remote base and should not have that item checked at
> allstarlink.org  Go there and uncheck that. Make sure it has cleared. This
> is indicated by a 'y' on the end of domain lookup. Here is what yours looks
> like right now -
>
> # dns-query 513960
> +OK|radio at 192.81.87.244:4569/513960,192.81.87.244,y
> # dns-query 513961
> +OK|radio at 192.81.87.244:4569/513961,192.81.87.244,y
>
> Do a dns-query at your end once you have removed the checkbox at
> allstarlink.org and things update and you should see no 'y' at the end.
> This should fix your problem.
>
> This is important for anyone else reading this. In most every case you
> should NOT check remote base at allstarlink.org.  This is a very special
> case and when checked things work very differently. Unfortunately this is
> not explained at the site so people think it is something they should
> check.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
>
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