[App_rpt-users] Registration server down?

Tim Sawyer tim.sawyer at mac.com
Thu Dec 5 16:13:00 UTC 2013


Sometimes registration won’t happen because there is no DNS. This is very common on a new ACID install.

Add a name server to /etc/resolv.conf for example:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
--
Tim
:wq

On Dec 4, 2013, at 11:12 PM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:

> 
> Hi Lu,
> 
> Okay, you are correct, it appears you're not registered for some reason.  
> The next step is to take a look at the asterisk logfiles to see if they
> hold any answers as to what's wrong.
> 
> So, login to the Asterisk/app_rpt server and from the command prompt issue 
> this command:
> 
> grep chan_iax2 /var/log/asterisk/messages | tail -100
> 
> This should print out the last 100 lines of log entries related to the 
> chan_iax2 channel driver. This info should explain what's wrong with 
> registrations.
> 
> Please give this a try and report back. Note that your AllStar password 
> may be included in this printout, so, use caution before just 
> cutting-and-pasting into a reply e-mail.
> 
> Happy Holidays!
> 
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Lu Vencl wrote:
> 
>> Well I tried the recommended command:  wget   -O -
>> http://nodes1.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/nodes.pl   and here are my results.
>> [root at Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8 ~]# wget   -O -
>> http://nodes1.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/nodes.pl
>> --2013-12-04 21:50:01--  http://nodes1.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/nodes.pl
>> Resolving nodes1.allstarlink.org... 96.36.57.202
>> Connecting to nodes1.allstarlink.org|96.36.57.202|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 
>> 2013-12-04 21:50:06 ERROR 403: (no description).
>> 
>> So you are correct, I am not registered, but the next question is why?  My
>> IP address only changes when I reboot the router or after about 3 weeks when
>> the DHCP expires.  This just suddenly started just a few days ago, so I am
>> at a loss.
>> I am open to suggestions at this point.. 
>> Thanks
>> KA4EPS
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org
>> [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of David McGough
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 1:16 PM
>> To: Andrew Sylthe
>> Cc: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org; Benjamin L. Naber
>> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Registration server down?
>> 
>> 
>> Guys,
>> 
>> I don't think anything is broken with the registration server(s)--I just
>> checked the logs at my repeater site and everything seems fine.
>> 
>> You must have a *stable* Internet connection to maintain registration.  
>> And, realistically, in my experience, a static IP address will improve your
>> results significantly.
>> 
>> Once your system has registered, you can perform a test from the command
>> prompt of your ACID server to get the latest node list. That command is:
>> 
>> wget   -O - http://nodes1.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/nodes.pl
>> 
>> If this command fails with a 500 error (or 403 error), you're not registered
>> properly. This could mean that your IP address has changed since your last
>> registration.
>> 
>> I hope this helps-
>> 
>> 
>> 73, David KB4FXC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Andrew Sylthe wrote:
>> 
>>> I personally have noticed my IAX registration failing to 67.175.236.94
>>> (AllStar) periodically throughout the day (and the past few days for 
>>> that matter).  I have other IAX and SIP registrations that are not 
>>> experiencing the same loss of registration.  I don't believe it to be 
>>> a problem with my internet connection.  I will say that I haven't done 
>>> a tcpdump, but am willing to if someone needs more diagnostic information
>> from my endpoint.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Benjamin L. Naber
>> <Benjamin at kb9lfz.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> there have been an increasing number of reports in which folks are 
>>>> having troubles with connecting to other nodes.
>>>> 
>>>> It's apparent to me that until Master Daddy has an issue, nothing 
>>>> will be done about it.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 12:42 -0500, Lu Vencl wrote:
>>>>> Any chance the registration server is down?  For some reason, my 
>>>>> node in CO is unable to connect to anyone and it does not show up 
>>>>> in the database.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Example: http://stats.allstarlink.org/nodeinfo.cgi?node=27976
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>                              Node 27976
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Node 27976 is no longer in the database
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> But if I try to connect to other nodes, I do seem to attempt to 
>>>>> make connections ok, but they fail.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Last login: Wed Dec  4 12:08:53 2013 from 166.205.50.234
>>>>> 
>>>>> Installed and Running Server Packages:
>>>>> 
>>>>> XIPAR      - http://www.xelatec.com/xipar
>>>>> 
>>>>> Asterisk   - http://www.asterisk.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> FreePBX    - http://www.freepbx.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> IP Address  = 192.168.0.2
>>>>> 
>>>>> MAC Address = 00:25:64:83:DB:A8
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> [root at Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8 ~]# ping 
>>>>> register.allstarlink.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> PING register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=1
>>>>> ttl=56 time=66.4 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=2
>>>>> ttl=56 time=65.5 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=3
>>>>> ttl=56 time=66.5 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=4
>>>>> ttl=56 time=66.3 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=5
>>>>> ttl=56 time=66.0 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> 64 bytes from register.allstarlink.org (67.215.233.178): 
>>>>> icmp_seq=6
>>>>> ttl=56 time=65.7 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> ^C
>>>>> 
>>>>> --- register.allstarlink.org ping statistics ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5790ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 65.594/66.129/66.577/0.383 ms
>>>>> 
>>>>> [root at Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8 ~]# ^C
>>>>> 
>>>>> [root at Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8 ~]# asterisk -r
>>>>> 
>>>>> Asterisk 1.4.28, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2009 Digium, Inc. and others.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show warranty'
>>>>> for details.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU 
>>>>> General Public
>>>>> 
>>>>> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to 
>>>>> redistribute it under
>>>>> 
>>>>> certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ==================================================================
>>>>> =======
>>>>> 
>>>>> Connected to Asterisk 1.4.28 currently running on
>>>>> Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8 (pid = 1631)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Verbosity is at least 99256483dba8*CLI>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8*CLI> core set verbose 99
>>>>> 
>>>>> Verbosity is at least 99256483dba8*CLI>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8*CLI> rpt fun 27976 *327892
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>  == Parsing '/var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes': Found
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Call accepted by 99.45.143.74 (format ulaw)
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Format for call is ulaw
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Hungup 'IAX2/99.45.143.74:4569-777'
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-1878106708'
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-1462231487'
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-2063202499> Playing 'rpt/nodenames/27892' 
>>>>> (language 'en')
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-2063202499> Playing 'rpt/connection_failed' 
>>>>> (language 'en')
>>>>> 
>>>>>    -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-2063202499'
>>>>> 
>>>>> Node27976_WoodlandPark00256483dba8*CLI>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think one time this happened to me before and it ended up being 
>>>>> the registration server..  Any ideas?  Any commands I could try to 
>>>>> see the process flow of registration?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lu
>>>>> 
>>>>> KA4EPS
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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