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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I guess those questions has been asked before, but I found no
efficient way to search past posts from the mailing list (and I
must admit I prefer forums over a mailing list that I usually
avoid).</p>
<p>So we are a small group wishing to deploy an amateur network of
analog and fusion repeater along with other features like
phonepatch. I play with AREDN at the moment and we plan to use
that to inter-connect our sites over a 5Ghz WISP network (kind of
like wifi). It allows us to bring internet to each site and open
up a lots of possibility (VoIP network, network camera, remote
access to control devices, emails... all that over a single link).</p>
<p>I actually know nothing about Asterisk/ASL. I just downloaded
ASL, I plan to start reading docs as soon as the baby goes to nap
(and I feels he won't go to nap until mama gets back...) and I
will start playing with ASL soon after.<br>
</p>
<p>So far I know we can use internet to connect to other networks
(just like Fusion Wires-X), but my main concern is what happen
when internet goes down (it is a problem over here). So here is a
list of questions: <br>
</p>
<ol>
<li>Can we manage our network without connecting to ASL servers ?
Let's say without any internet network, all our repeaters needs
to stay linked.</li>
<li>Is there a way to have redundant link between the HUB and RPTs
? All RPTs would be normally connected to the HUB server, but if
the HUB goes down or one node can't connect to it, it would try
to connect to other nodes to remain inside the network.</li>
<li>Does one needs to manage links manually or a "link" / "unlink"
switch can be used ? Ex: *1 : connect/disconnect the RPT to/from
the network (trying to connect to HUB first, then to other nodes
until it can reach one) or a user needs to try each links
manually using DTMF.</li>
<li>For the phone patch I am thinking about using an LTE phone
interface that we can connect any regular analog phone to it.
What kind of interface would be needed for it to work ? We
prefer this LTE interface over VoIP services simply because the
cellphone network is way more reliable than internet.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you have any good links to projects similar to what we look
for, just send them.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your help,<br>
</p>
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Jean-Michel Vien - VA2XJM
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:VA2XJM@gmail.com">VA2XJM@gmail.com</a></pre>
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