[HamWAN PSDR] Connecting to a new tower

[lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com]

Thanks for the quick response. I didn't connect a laptop, and I didn't
analyze the situation. I will next time.

Reading between the lines, it sounds like you're saying it should have
simply worked and I should not need to do anything special when I connect to
a new tower. Is that correct?

-Lionel

 

From: Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> 
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2021 11:07 AM
To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org>; lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Connecting to a new tower

 

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
<mailto: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.

-Lionel

K7BIX

Hamshack Hotline#: 5670

 





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