[HamWAN PSDR] Connecting to a new tower

[Bart Kus]

That is correct.  The most action required may be refreshing a DHCP 
lease after connecting.

--Bart


On 9/12/2021 11:13 AM, lionelhlvrsn at gmail.com wrote:
>
> 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/*
>
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>
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