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
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> on behalf of Will Bashlor <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
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
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
Here's where I found it: Chattahoochee Valley Allstar Linked Repeater and Technical Net Tuesday 8:00 PM ET 146.880 (-) 123.0 Hz Tone 441.975 (-) 67.0 Hz Tone Allstar Node 45310 Echolink W8JVF-R, WB4ULK-L https://www.w4cvy.org/areanets.html From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org] On Behalf Of Jim Nessen Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:42 PM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio Hmm, there is an Allstar tech net? Tell me more! 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 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 <mailto: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
Hi Guys, This issue is still happening often and I’m fairly convinced it’s a bug or something within AllStar. I see this issue with the Crompton image and the official ASL image on a radioless hub node directly connected to the Internet without a firewall. I see nothing helpful in any of the logs. I also have word that it’s happening on other AllStar connected repeaters connected to Echolink for periods of time (i.e. Valdosta, GA repeater(s). To describe the issue again in the simplest way, radioless hub node 46690 is connected to node 3004544. When the issue happens, audio stops flowing from 3004544 to 46690. Someone can talk on the 3004544 conference but anyone listening on 46690 and hear them, but when they reply back no audio ever makes it to 46690. To resolve the issue you can simple disconnect 46690 from 3004544 and reconnect, then it works fine, until it happens again which may be 10 minutes or 2 weeks. What would be a good way to bring this issue to the AllStar developers as a bug to be investigated and hopefully solved? Thanks and Merry Christmas. 73 Will, KE4IAJ TARG <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=196073504193006&ref=br_rs> AEC From: Will Bashlor [mailto:will@bashlor.com] Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:41 AM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: 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
Will, What software is being run on the 4544 echolink conference server? 73, David KB4FXC On Fri, 22 Dec 2017, Will Bashlor wrote:
Hi Guys,
This issue is still happening often and Iâm fairly convinced itâs a bug or something within AllStar.
I see this issue with the Crompton image and the official ASL image on a radioless hub node directly connected to the Internet without a firewall. I see nothing helpful in any of the logs.
I also have word that itâs happening on other AllStar connected repeaters connected to Echolink for periods of time (i.e. Valdosta, GA repeater(s).
To describe the issue again in the simplest way, radioless hub node 46690 is connected to node 3004544. When the issue happens, audio stops flowing from 3004544 to 46690. Someone can talk on the 3004544 conference but anyone listening on 46690 and hear them, but when they reply back no audio ever makes it to 46690.
To resolve the issue you can simple disconnect 46690 from 3004544 and reconnect, then it works fine, until it happens again which may be 10 minutes or 2 weeks.
What would be a good way to bring this issue to the AllStar developers as a bug to be investigated and hopefully solved?
Thanks and Merry Christmas.
73
Will, KE4IAJ
TARG <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=196073504193006&ref=br_rs> AEC
From: Will Bashlor [mailto:will@bashlor.com] Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:41 AM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio
Hello all,
We have an AllStar node setup using a Pi 3, DMK URI, and a Yaesu 7800. Itâs AllStar Node 46648 and itâs 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 thatâs connected to it and it doesnât turn green on allmon2. If I disconnect the echolink node and connect it again it fixes the no audio until it happens again. Iâve 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 wouldnât 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 (Iâm a network guy). Iâve checked the asterisk log but itâs so full of brute force attacks I canât really find any clue of whatâs 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
thebridge V 1.06 on Linux I know there's a later version, I have a conference server that I run V 1.09... -----Original Message----- From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org] On Behalf Of David McGough Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 2:28 PM To: Users of Asterisk app_rpt <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] 24/7 Echolink Connection Dropping Audio Will, What software is being run on the 4544 echolink conference server? 73, David KB4FXC On Fri, 22 Dec 2017, Will Bashlor wrote:
Hi Guys,
This issue is still happening often and I’m fairly convinced it’s a bug or something within AllStar.
I see this issue with the Crompton image and the official ASL image on a radioless hub node directly connected to the Internet without a firewall. I see nothing helpful in any of the logs.
I also have word that it’s happening on other AllStar connected repeaters connected to Echolink for periods of time (i.e. Valdosta, GA repeater(s).
To describe the issue again in the simplest way, radioless hub node 46690 is connected to node 3004544. When the issue happens, audio stops flowing from 3004544 to 46690. Someone can talk on the 3004544 conference but anyone listening on 46690 and hear them, but when they reply back no audio ever makes it to 46690.
To resolve the issue you can simple disconnect 46690 from 3004544 and reconnect, then it works fine, until it happens again which may be 10 minutes or 2 weeks.
What would be a good way to bring this issue to the AllStar developers as a bug to be investigated and hopefully solved?
Thanks and Merry Christmas.
73
Will, KE4IAJ
TARG <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=196073504193006&ref=br_rs> AEC
From: Will Bashlor [mailto:will@bashlor.com] Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 10:41 AM To: 'Users of Asterisk app_rpt' <app_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org> Subject: 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
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