[HamWAN PSDR] Connecting to a new tower

[Bart Kus]

There is no simple answer to give for whatever may have gone wrong 
here.  You need to understand IP networking if you're trying to 
troubleshoot networking problems.  It sounds like the RF side of things 
worked well at least.

Did the modem DHCP an IP successfully?  Is your modem bridging or 
NAT-routing the phone?  Was a default route setup and reachable? What 
was traceroute saying?  etc...

Perhaps someone can recommend some basic networking tutorials for hams here.

--Bart


On 9/12/2021 10:47 AM, lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com wrote:
>
> Looking for some guidance.
>
> I have been connected to Gold Mountain from my house for about a year, 
> and I have okay coverage. I have a Dynadish 5, which has five built-in 
> LEDs to indicate connection strength. At home, I get one or two LEDs 
> to light up, and I’m able to make calls over Hamwan with a VOIP phone.
>
> Today, I took my Dynadish portable, and set it up with good line of 
> site to Paine, Westin, and Beacon. I had all five LEDs lit up when I 
> aimed at Beacon. I had hoped to be able to plug in my VOIP phone and 
> make a test call, but the phone got stuck at “Initializing DNS,” 
> regardless of which site I tried.
>
> Took it all back home, set it up the same way on my roof, and was 
> talking on the phone in under a minute.
>
> My assumption is that I need to re-initialize the Dynadish 5 when I 
> change connection sites. Is this correct? If so, is there an easy way 
> to switch over from one to another, or do I need to open up Winbox and 
> follow the instructions in the “Connect” phase of Client Node 
> Configuration? Or do I need to do something else? I’d like to be able 
> to move from site to site without complications.
>
> Any advice/ideas are appreciated.
>
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