[App_rpt-users] Echolink setup

[George Csahanin]

I found those echlink servers to not work...here's what I use:

server1=server1.echolink.org
server2=server2.echolink.org
server3=server3.echolink.org

And number two seems to be flaky to connect to. 

They appear to pretty much resolve to the same places, but for some reason the original host names don't work for me...

Also, to eliminate the idiots from el-land with drive by connects at 3AM my time I have a restriction to only allow connects to certain callsigns.
I was getting tired of 10 second connects from parts of teh world that won't talk to me on 20M, but will take the time to annoy me on echolink.


mine:

permit=kb8niv,wb5cey,n5jgx-r,n5jgx,n5jgx-l,w2db,w2db-l,w8vt,w8vt-r,wa2fwj,w2vfw,w2lei,wb2ijn,wa2mct,wa2mct-l,wa2mct-r

Keeps things nice and quiet, except when one of the permitted stations starts talking to himself at midnight...

GeorgeC
W2DB
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Wolthuis 
  To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org 
  Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:46 PM
  Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Echolink setup


  Bryan,

  I understand, having run many Echolink nodes, EchoIRLP nodes, etc. for years….  However, the good news is you can limit who can connect!  You can lock it down to certain callsigns, good for RACES group, etc…

   

  Unfortunately, despite several replies, I have the same config in echolink.conf as everyone sent me and it never shows up on Echolink.

   

  Maybe someone can catch my typo:

   

  [el0]

  confmode=no

  call=*CONFNAME* ; Change this!

  pwd=password ; Change this!

  name=Allstar 27408 ; Change this to your real name!

  qth=Allstar 27408 ; Change this to your actual QTH!

  email=kb8zgl at kb8zgl.net ; Change this!

  maxstns=5

  rtcptimeout=10

  node=8248 ; Change this!                             (Could this be my issue?  Maybe I need to pad the zeros like Allstar does?)

  recfile=/tmp/recorded.gsm

  astnode=27408 ; Change this to your active Allstar node number!

  context=radio-secure

  server1=naeast.echolink.org

  server2=nasouth.echolink.org

  server3=servers.echolink.org

  freq=1 ; Freq in MHz

  tone=0  ; CTCSS Tone (0 for none)

  lat=0  ; Latitude in decimal degrees

  lon=-0 ; Longitude in decimal degrees

  power=0  ; 0=0W, 1=1W, 2=4W,  3=9W, 4=16W, 5=25W, 6=36W,  7=49W,  8=64W,  9=81W  (Power in Watts)

  height=0 ; 0=10' ,1=20',2=40',3=80' ,4=160' ,5=320' ,6=640' ,7=1280',8=2560',9=5120' (AMSL in Feet)

  gain=0 ; Gain in db (0-9)

  dir=0 ; 0=omni, 1=45deg, 2=90deg, 3=135deg, 4=180deg, 5=225deg, 6=270deg, 7=315deg, 8=360deg (Direction)

   

  From: app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Bryan D. Boyle
  Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:52 PM
  To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
  Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Echolink setup

   

  are you really sure you want to?  serious question...i'm a lot happier and less agravated by the brain-damaged echolink boneheads since I set it up into a non connected pseudo node.  connect to me...and it goes nowhere else. there is nothing you can do with echolink that you can't do with the web transceiver; and the barrier to entry is a bit higher, too. 

   

  i realize this sounds unwelcoming and not in the spirit of ham radio...neither is the continuous kerchunking, dead key timeouts, and lack of understanding about the environment you are connected to.  i prefer to shift the surfers off into a virtual dummy load.

  --

  Bryan

  Sent from my iPhone

  please forgive misspellings...

   

   


  On Aug 30, 2012, at 13:21, "Mike Wolthuis" <wolthuis at gmail.com> wrote:

    I am trying to setup the echolink portion of an allstar node.  I followed the instructions for echolink.conf.  I don’t see any errors, I know chan_echolink is built in…

     

    Is there any way to check logs or what is happening?  It doesn’t show up on Echolink.

     

    FYI, this is a conference (ie. *confname*).  I am hoping that works ok?

     

    Any suggestions how I can troubleshoot this?

     

    Mike

    Kb8zgl

     

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