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QnetGateway Multi-Protocol Build


 

For some time QnetGateway has supported MMDVMHost as a modem type. In the MMDVM.README file, I use to say that you could add other modes and left it up to you how to do that.

Thanks to a lot of help from Ryan W4EAE and Will W4WWM, QnetGateway will now help you build and install not only MMDVMHost, but also DMRGateway, YSFGateway and APRSGateway. This is not a newbee exercise. It takes some skill to put together a multi-mode hot-spot. It would probably be very helpful if you already are familiar with how these other gateways operated. For example, you have used them in PiStar and understand how to configure them. BTW, you don't have to build everything. If you don't do YSF, don't add it to your system. If you don't do DMR, that can be ignored.

Most of the modifications for this new release are in the MMDVM.README file and the qnadmin file. The ./qnadmin command can be used to build install and maintain you multi-mode hot-spot.

You might ask, "Why would I want to do that, when PiStar is available?". The answer comes in two parts:

First QnetGateway is a better ircDDB client than ircDDBGateway, especially if you do DStar routing.

The second part has to do with the multi-mode stuff, and I will quote Ryan: "The main advantage of this build over Pi-Star is that the various individual repositories are fully up to date. PiStar is always going to be behind as changes must be incorporated into--or least be tested not to disrupt or break--the gui and other aspects of the Pi-Star image like pistar-remote or pistar-firewall.? As an example, DMRGateway directly from the repository currently supports more DMR networks and more granular network configuration than Pi-Star, as well as ipv6 connectivity."


 

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Incredible Tom.? I think I will wait a bit.

Carty



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-------- Original message --------
From: Tom Early <n7tae@...>
Date: 12/3/20 3:59 PM (GMT-05:00)
Subject: [QnetGateway] QnetGateway Multi-Protocol Build

For some time QnetGateway has supported MMDVMHost as a modem type. In the MMDVM.README file, I use to say that you could add other modes and left it up to you how to do that.

Thanks to a lot of help from Ryan W4EAE and Will W4WWM, QnetGateway will now help you build and install not only MMDVMHost, but also DMRGateway, YSFGateway and APRSGateway. This is not a newbee exercise. It takes some skill to put together a multi-mode hot-spot. It would probably be very helpful if you already are familiar with how these other gateways operated. For example, you have used them in PiStar and understand how to configure them. BTW, you don't have to build everything. If you don't do YSF, don't add it to your system. If you don't do DMR, that can be ignored.

Most of the modifications for this new release are in the MMDVM.README file and the qnadmin file. The ./qnadmin command can be used to build install and maintain you multi-mode hot-spot.

You might ask, "Why would I want to do that, when PiStar is available?". The answer comes in two parts:

First QnetGateway is a better ircDDB client than ircDDBGateway, especially if you do DStar routing.

The second part has to do with the multi-mode stuff, and I will quote Ryan: "The main advantage of this build over Pi-Star is that the various individual repositories are fully up to date. PiStar is always going to be behind as changes must be incorporated into--or least be tested not to disrupt or break--the gui and other aspects of the Pi-Star image like pistar-remote or pistar-firewall.? As an example, DMRGateway directly from the repository currently supports more DMR networks and more granular network configuration than Pi-Star, as well as ipv6 connectivity."


 

Thanks to Tom for putting this together!

I have been using this build for a while now.? I have it on a couple of hotspots, and it is running on my repeater.


 

Hello to the Group,

Would like to add that a Pi-Star imgae is only built for use with a few SBCs when QnetGateway can run on more than just a few.? The power of module build is better suited for build on any SBC that use Debian or Debian flavor OS.


Will / W4WWM