Hi All, A friend has asked me to help him set up an Allstar hub, I'm having difficulty find documentation so set up a hub, but I'm not sure that what he wants to do will work. At the moment he runs an Echolink node and would like to upgrade to Allstar but using Allstar as a hub (no radio interface) is it possible to run the hub on a different pc to the Echolink pc and if so how would the two pc's talk to each other Thanks Ken G0lce Node 28468
Setting up a hub is easy - you just configure a standard install to use rxchannel = Zap/pseudo instead of USB. You don't need any USB config files. The problem is on the Echolink side. Because of limitations inherent in E/L, you cannot run two E/L nodes behind the same router. If your friend has two IP addresses, it would work; but not with a single IP. With two IP's you would conference the two systems together on the E/L side. For a single IP, what you need to do is move the radios to the asterisk system and run the E/L node from there (i.e., all on one PC). Then it will work seamlessly. Of course, that means you need a radio interface that works with Asterisk.... 73/GL Ken 27021/27061/28204 522456 Echolink W4BRM-B DSTAR
-----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users- bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Ken Robinson Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 4:46 AM To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] Allstar hub and Echolink
Hi All, A friend has asked me to help him set up an Allstar hub, I'm having difficulty find documentation so set up a hub, but I'm not sure that what he wants to do will work.
At the moment he runs an Echolink node and would like to upgrade to Allstar but using Allstar as a hub (no radio interface) is it possible to run the hub on a different pc to the Echolink pc and if so how would the two pc's talk to each other
Thanks
Ken G0lce Node 28468
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Every Allstar node can accept multiple connections. A hub in the Allstar world is just node with no radios attached. When Echolink is installed on Allstar it is attached to an Allstar node. In other words, Echolink connections terminate and originate with the Allstar node. For example, your Allstar node is 28468 and your Echolink 123456. If an Echolink user connects to your Echolink node 123456, the connection will be heard on Allstar node 28468 and any other Allstar or Echolink nodes connected to node 28468. Echolink is super easy to install on Allstar. It's just one config file with your Echolink user ID and password and a few other details. As the other poster said, you will have to move Echolink off it's current server and on to Allstar as you can only have one Echolink station behind a single IP address. However you CAN still use a Windows, iPhone or Android Echolink client behind that same IP address when using a Echolink proxy. iPhone and (I believe) Android use a proxy automatically. With Windows you have to select a proxy every time you start the client. -- Tim :wq On Jun 10, 2012, at 1:46 AM, Ken Robinson wrote:
Hi All, A friend has asked me to help him set up an Allstar hub, I'm having difficulty find documentation so set up a hub, but I'm not sure that what he wants to do will work.
At the moment he runs an Echolink node and would like to upgrade to Allstar but using Allstar as a hub (no radio interface) is it possible to run the hub on a different pc to the Echolink pc and if so how would the two pc's talk to each other
Thanks
Ken G0lce Node 28468
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