Hmm, there is an Allstar tech net? Tell me more! Jim, K6JWN ________________________________ From: App_rpt-users <app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org> on behalf of Will Bashlor <will@bashlor.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:26 AM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio Thanks for the reply Jim. That’s a great thought… The node is at my house and I have Cable Internet 50mbps/5mbps and it is served by DHCP, but it is reserved. So it does still renew at half the lease time but the IP doesn’t change. Since the IP never changes I wouldn’t think that would affect it any but I could set it static just to rule it out. I plan to move the node down the road to a datacenter. There I have 1gbps/1gbps fiber connection and a virtual Sophos firewall that I can easily bypass for troubleshooting. But I’m not ready to move it yet and I would love to fix it where it’s located now… While thinking and typing I have another idea too. I have an AllStar DIAL hub server with 4 radioless nodes at the same datacenter (currently not behind the virtual Sophos firewall). So what I will do is permanent connect hub node 46690 to the echolink conference and permanent connect 46648 to 46690. Doing that could rule out several things, or at least narrow it down to something at my house. I heard someone after the AllStar tech net Tuesday night say that it’s a bad idea to permanent connect to an echolink conference, can anyone expand on that? If anyone else has any other ideas please let me know. 73 Will, KE4IAJ TARG<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=196073504193006&ref=br_rs> AEC From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nessen Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 12:19 PM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio This is a long shot, but is your public IP address served by DHCP, or is it a static IP? If it's DHCP, chances are your IP address is changing from underneath you. I've seen this behavior on IRLP nodes in the past. Jim, K6JWN ________________________________ From: App_rpt-users <app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org<mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org>> on behalf of Will Bashlor <will@bashlor.com<mailto:will@bashlor.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 7:41 AM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' Subject: [App_rpt-users] 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio Hello all, We have an AllStar node setup using a Pi 3, DMK URI, and a Yaesu 7800. It’s AllStar Node 46648 and it’s connected to 3004544 (echolink) 24/7. It works fine most of the time, but intermittently the audio quits working in the Internet to node/radio direction. It shows up on allmon2 and echolink as connected and if you talk RF everyone on the echolink network can hear you, but when they talk back no audio comes through to 46648 or to the Yaesu that’s connected to it and it doesn’t turn green on allmon2. If I disconnect the echolink node and connect it again it fixes the no audio until it happens again. I’ve tried with a normal connect and a permanent connect and the same thing happens using both. It may be 30 minutes or 3 days before it happens again. I wouldn’t mind it disconnecting every now and then because I have a script running (also tested without the script running) that automatically connects it back, but I have no way to detect when the audio drops except listening to it on echolink and my node at the same time. I am using a Ubiquiti Edge X router and have 4569, 5198, and 5199 UDP forwarded correctly (I’m a network guy). I’ve checked the asterisk log but it’s so full of brute force attacks I can’t really find any clue of what’s going on. I am wide open for suggestions. Any ideas or anyone experienced this issue before? Thanks in advance and 73. Will, KE4IAJ TARG<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=196073504193006&ref=br_rs> AEC