Hi James, No, I'm familiar with the EchoLink thing. This is specifically AllStar nodes. It's not something I want to do much, if at all, but it's one for the arsenal lest it be needed. BTW. We see you connected frequently to 2483 et al, but don't often hear any voices J (and, no, you're not going on the blacklist!!) Cheers From: James Hill [mailto:jrh@g0fhm.co.uk] Sent: 30 August 2013 17:13 To: David Osborn Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Node Blocking On 30/08/2013 17:06, David Osborn wrote: Hi Group, I'm convinced I've seen talk of this before, but having trawled the archives, I'm darned if I can find it. Is there a method of blocking specific AllStar nodes from connecting? I know we're all friends here and wouldn't dream of being unpleasant to each other, but there are occasions when it may be necessary to temporarily stop another node from linking. How would this be achieved? Thanks David David, If you are talking about the Echolink side, you can put a line in echolink.conf that will allow/or disallow certain callsigns/node types. I have mine set to permit=*-* (ie any RF link) and certain PC users callsigns, seperated by commas. The rest get the "Un Authorised" message and a connection failure! Keeps the kerchunkers away, and the bad PC audio! J