[App_rpt-users] denying inbound calls

[Elden Fenison]

Yeah, that thought did occur to me. Thanks for the suggestion. Not a bad
idea. Although if I can easily block inbound VoIP calls, that would still
be preferred.

On Thu Feb 12 2015 at 5:40:45 PM Bob Brown - WØNQX <bbrown at byrg.net> wrote:

> Why don't you disable it while your not in range.
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> I use Putty to log in remotely to disable/re-enable it.
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> That is what I do with my private home node where I don't have absolute
> physical control.
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> Thanks in Advance
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> On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Elden Fenison <w7ldn at w7ldn.com> wrote:
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>> I have a little node in my garage that runs on a simplex frequency at 5
>> watts. The range is probably a mile or two. This node was intended strictly
>> for my own use. I use a HT to talk to it while I'm at home.
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>> In thinking of the legal (FCC) ramifications of running a node... it
>> seems I'm at risk. If anyone dials into the node via VoIP on either
>> Echolink or Allstar... they will essentially be transmitting from my node
>> radio. I do believe I need to be in control of the node (my station) at all
>> times per FCC rules. Well, obviously if I'm at work and out of range, I
>> can't be monitoring my node for illegal transmissions.
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>> I can't be the first one with this question. I think denying all inbound
>> VoIP calls might make this somewhat more safe. I know how to deny inbound
>> Echolink calls via the deny statement.
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>> But how do I deny inbound Allstar calls? Do I just make my node private?
>> And how does one do that? Do I just comment out the "register" statement in
>> iax.conf?
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