Inline.... On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 12:24 PM Jean-Michel Vien - VA2XJM <va2xjm@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
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).
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).
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.
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:
1. Can we manage our network without connecting to ASL servers ? Let's say without any internet network, all our repeaters needs to stay linked.
ASLs only requirement is that you have IP connectivity to whichever node(s) connect to one another, the internet has nothing to do with it... We run a private Analog repeater network of 15+ repeaters all across a private microwave network built out for just this purpose.
1. 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.
There are a number of ways to do this, from scripting on the hub/node(s)
themselves to building redundant networking (probably the better option)
1. 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.
Could be scripted on the node(s)/hub... you can also define custom dtmf
commands to do custom things
1. 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.
There are a number of ways to do this, the underlying system of ASL is
Asterisk - an open source PBX system that has enough extensibility to use things like SIP, or hardlines with special hardware etc etc...
If you have any good links to projects similar to what we look for, just send them.
Thanks in advance for your help,
-- Jean-Michel Vien - VA2XJMVA2XJM@gmail.com
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