It is already done in Quebec. there is about 15 repeater linked to a private network by VPN and all the repeater are running plain vanilla ASL. The sysop of those repeater dont want inter connection to the outside and it is perfectly fine like that.

They use fix IP adress in a class A 10.0.0.0 to 10.255.255.255 network and the vpn take care of keeping this all linked even if the internet connection change IP adress. They even have a script that download the configuration files from an ftp server every night so if they want to add a repeater they change the files in one place and they all get new files in 25 hours then when the change need to be live they send a reload command to every repeater by a small script that connect by ssh then go into the asterisk cli and issue the reload command.. Since they are all on a local network an operator only need to connect to the vnp and he have access to every repeater .

The server is a vps in a data center. it does not even have asterisk on it.

A few years ago there was a project to do a kind of parallel ASL for the french community. but it never was done.

Pierre

VE2PF

Le lun. 18 févr. 2019 à 14:54, Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net> a écrit :

I've been asked about this by several people, and there are several different
issues at play here.

1. app_rpt/Asterisk (aka AllStar) can be used to link any repeaters you want.
A group can setup another network if they want and use the software to link
their systems. The GPL license permits this and provides for people using
software in any way they want. This is the great freedom of open source, no
other amateur repeater linking project permits using their software like this.

2. Legalities of linking non-amateur repeaters are beyond the scope of this
list (IMO).

If you think it's legal to link your repeaters using app_rpt, have at it.
This is between you and the local regulatory authority. This may be legal in
some areas and not in others. While most are based in the US, we have users
all over the world where it may be legal in their jurisdiction.

If you distribute app_rpt/Asterisk/AllStar for this, you need to comply with
the license and make the source available. If you base it on pirated
software, well then you're still on the hook to provide the source too. As
you can't do this, you have no rights to distribute the software.

If you're building a private network grab ASL 1.01 or the source and roll your
own. It's all GPL, change it to your needs and release the source, and you're
free to build your own network. Post here if you do, we'd love to hear of it.

73's
--
Bryan Fields

727-409-1194 - Voice
http://bryanfields.net
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