Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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hI kk6qms
I forgot to answer your GUI question
GUI means Graphical User Interface, means you have Icons or a tab to start a program
Non GUI means you start a program via a terminal command line
regards
Ken G7VJA
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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In it hey day it was frowned on the use the core servers, hence the T2 server network was setup, I ran T2ENGLAND which got it's feed from one of the core server, if mine lost the link it was switched to another Core server and so on. will connect you to any of the other T2 network so you should not loose connection. But times have changed since I was last involved.
73 Ken G7VJA?
On Tue, 16 May 2023, 21:28 Kk6qms, < kk6qms@...> wrote: Yes that is easy to see- but why use tier 2 vs core servers? I'm not clear on what is a GUI vs non-GUI client as referenced (core servers seem to work fine in my cfg currently). Thx.
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Core Servers
(GUI Clients should use Tier2 Servers, Port 14580) |
Standard Ports:
23, 10152 - Full APRS Feed (Recommended APRS-IS Servers Only)
1314 - Message-only Feed
14580 - User-defined Filtered Feed (Recommended for Clients and IGates) |
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Yes that is easy to see- but why use tier 2 vs core servers? I'm not clear on what is a GUI vs non-GUI client as referenced (core servers seem to work fine in my cfg currently). Thx. "
Core Servers
(GUI Clients should use Tier2 Servers, Port 14580) |
Standard Ports:
23, 10152 - Full APRS Feed (Recommended APRS-IS Servers Only)
1314 - Message-only Feed
14580 - User-defined Filtered Feed (Recommended for Clients and IGates) |
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Click on the link and scroll down to APRS2 Group, Addresses for APRS2 severs is on the left.
74 Ken G7VJA ex MB7UFO Igate. (22years)
On Tue, 16 May 2023, 20:44 Kk6qms, < kk6qms@...> wrote: Re Ken's comments- not sure what to use but this defines the servers that exist-?
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Re Ken's comments- not sure what to use but this defines the servers that exist-?
http://www.aprs-is.net/APRSServers.aspx
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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I found the problem- my ISP is apparently blocking things. (like, a LOT of things apparently). After I did the connect tests it dawned on my I was running a VPN on the PC so I turned it off and could no longer connect to APRS servers. I then installed the VPN on the Pi and restarted BPQ and so far have no connect errors. I have had issues with this small town WISP ISP before but was always related to port forwarding and in this case that was not a factor. I am still unclear what the problem is on their end. I appreciate all the support here and it helped jog my thinking as I went through all the steps and suggestions everyone here offered. I learned a few things as well.?
I noticed the VPN has not been able to connect normally for awhile on UDP port 8080 and has been using alt UDP port 853. (not that I even know what UDP really is etc)
John, I was always able to connect to you using BPQTermTCP as I do that from time to time to check latest BPQ version (c 1 g8bpq-9)?
Thanks again. Time to email my ISP again but unfortunately their service is poor and I may just have to run the VPN from now on. Problem with that is I cannot access BPQ (or my Allstar node) remotely via DDNS when VPN is in use.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Hi John
Looking at the result on the message the ip address is wrong
it should be rotate.aprs2.net:14580
not aprs.net
root@kenny-XC-215:/home/kenny# telnet rotate.aprs2.net 14580
Trying 78.47.200.124...
Connected to rotate.aprs2.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37 16 May 2023 18:26:41 GMT T2NUERNBG
78.47.200.124:14580
Connection closed by foreign host.
Ken G7VJA
On 16/05/2023 20:08, John G8BPQ wrote:
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Something on the pi must be blocking the connection, as you can
connect from the same lan on a pc.
Can you connect to other things on the Internet from the pi? eg
telnet nottm.g8bpq.net 8011
73, John
On 16/05/2023 19:23, Kk6qms wrote:
NODEFAULTROUTE configured in IPGATEWAY section- no cfg errors on
start- still no connect to APRS server.
TELNET RESULTS FOR JOHN:
APRS server connect via telnet result on Pi:
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi# telnet rotate.aprs.net 14580
Trying 148.251.228.231...
Trying 205.233.35.52...
Trying 45.76.98.200...
Trying 85.188.1.114...
Trying 44.52.120.40...
Trying 192.104.234.220...
Trying 204.87.183.30...
Trying 205.233.35.46...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi#
APRS server connect via telnet result on PC (same LAN) using
PuTTY:
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37 16 May 2023 17:23:49 GMT FIRST
148.251.228.231:14580
CAPS/lower case suggestion not implemented I do not think that
is an issue.
Thank you.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Something on the pi must be blocking the connection, as you can
connect from the same lan on a pc.
Can you connect to other things on the Internet from the pi? eg
telnet nottm.g8bpq.net 8011
73, John
On 16/05/2023 19:23, Kk6qms wrote:
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NODEFAULTROUTE configured in IPGATEWAY section- no cfg errors on
start- still no connect to APRS server.
TELNET RESULTS FOR JOHN:
APRS server connect via telnet result on Pi:
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi# telnet rotate.aprs.net 14580
Trying 148.251.228.231...
Trying 205.233.35.52...
Trying 45.76.98.200...
Trying 85.188.1.114...
Trying 44.52.120.40...
Trying 192.104.234.220...
Trying 204.87.183.30...
Trying 205.233.35.46...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi#
APRS server connect via telnet result on PC (same LAN) using
PuTTY:
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37 16 May 2023 17:23:49 GMT FIRST
148.251.228.231:14580
CAPS/lower case suggestion not implemented I do not think that is
an issue.
Thank you.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 11:23 AM, Kk6qms wrote:
NODEFAULTROUTE configured in IPGATEWAY section- no cfg errors on start- still no connect to APRS server.
TELNET RESULTS FOR JOHN:
APRS server connect via telnet result on Pi:
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi# telnet rotate.aprs.net 14580
Trying 148.251.228.231...
Trying 205.233.35.52...
Trying 45.76.98.200...
Trying 85.188.1.114...
Trying 44.52.120.40...
Trying 192.104.234.220...
Trying 204.87.183.30...
Trying 205.233.35.46...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi#
APRS server connect via telnet result on PC (same LAN) using PuTTY:
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37 16 May 2023 17:23:49 GMT FIRST 148.251.228.231:14580
CAPS/lower case suggestion not implemented I do not think that is an issue.
Thank you.
Aha, there is certainly a network issue here. Lets see output of: traceroute rotate.aprs.net You may also try the ¡®mtr¡¯ tool (sudo apt install mtr) Also can you post the output of: ip route? Ttfn, 73 Red
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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NODEFAULTROUTE configured in IPGATEWAY section- no cfg errors on start- still no connect to APRS server.
TELNET RESULTS FOR JOHN:
APRS server connect via telnet result on Pi:
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi# telnet rotate.aprs.net 14580
Trying 148.251.228.231...
Trying 205.233.35.52...
Trying 45.76.98.200...
Trying 85.188.1.114...
Trying 44.52.120.40...
Trying 192.104.234.220...
Trying 204.87.183.30...
Trying 205.233.35.46...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
root@Pi-BPQ:/home/pi#
APRS server connect via telnet result on PC (same LAN) using PuTTY:
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37 16 May 2023 17:23:49 GMT FIRST 148.251.228.231:14580
CAPS/lower case suggestion not implemented I do not think that is an issue.
Thank you.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 12:26 AM, Kk6qms wrote:
Thank you.
"NODEFAULTROUTE" is not configured.
The ENDPORT error was just a missed line that needed to be commented out from an unused port. Error cleared there.
igate not connecting continues.
Then configure it, is what I meant :-)
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Can you try this from the Linux command line?
telnet rotate.aprs.net 14580
I get this:
Trying 192.104.234.220...
Connected to rotate.aprs.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
# aprsc 2.1.14-g5e22b37
You may get a reason for the failure if it doesn't connect.
You may need to install telnet? first -? sudo apt install telnet
73,
John
On 16/05/2023 08:38, Kk6qms wrote:
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Also I noticed in my IPGATEWAY cfg there were references to old
local ip addresses. I corrected those (44ENCAP and TAP lines
specifically) and only change I see is that an? "APRS Igate
connect failed" message appears right after starting bpq rather
than quite a bit after as before. Not sure if IPGATEWAY is
involved in mail but that has always worked as well as chat even w
incorrect ip entries.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Hi All
mine is written in Upper & lowercase
IGATE Params.
ISHost=
ISPort=
ISPasscode=
ISFilter=
73 Ken G7VJA
GB7COW
On 16/05/2023 00:31, Kk6qms wrote:
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Just tried the server you suggested. "ISHOST=noam.aprs2.net"
Same error. Thank for the suggestion.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Noticed ports defined in IPGATEWAY were 1 and 2 so I added 3 (APRS port) but still getting error. I then removed it since error persists.
| Port |
Driver |
ID |
Beacons |
Driver Window |
| 1 |
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AX/IP/UDP |
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? |
| 2 |
TELNET |
TELNET Server |
? |
Driver Window |
| 3 |
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AX25 PORT ON 144.390 MHZ |
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Also I noticed in my IPGATEWAY cfg there were references to old local ip addresses. I corrected those (44ENCAP and TAP lines specifically) and only change I see is that an? "APRS Igate connect failed" message appears right after starting bpq rather than quite a bit after as before. Not sure if IPGATEWAY is involved in mail but that has always worked as well as chat even w incorrect ip entries.
?
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Thank you.
"NODEFAULTROUTE" is not configured.
The ENDPORT error was just a missed line that needed to be commented out from an unused port. Error cleared there.
igate not connecting continues.
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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bpq32.cfg line no 225 not recognised - Ignored: ENDPORT?
Heads up ^
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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This is just a hunch. The APRS connection may be trying to go out of the TAP device instead of your regular network. Make sure there is not a default route for non-AMPR traffic pointing to the TAP device: NODEFAULTROUTE
FYI BPQ should not need a port forward on the router for APRS-IS to work, as APRS-IS is an outgoing TCP connection, rather than an incoming one.
73
Red
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Re: BPQ APRS igate setup questions
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Just tried the server you suggested. "ISHOST=noam.aprs2.net"
Same error. Thank for the suggestion.
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Re: QTSoundmodem version source code
git clone git://vps1.g8bpq.net/QtSM should give you 0.0.0.63 (the
latest)
73,
John
On 15/05/2023 18:53, Christopher Molnar
KO4YAW wrote:
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This message is probably for John but if anyone can answer it
would be great.
I am experiencing a number of different versions of QTSoundmodem.
The one in the source zip file seems to compile to version
0.0.0.57
The one that is compiled as 64 bit (QtSoundModem64) is at version
0.0.0.60
The one that is described in another set of documents that has
IL2P (experimental) is version 0.0.0.61b
Does anyone know if there is a source archive? so I can compile a
64bit version of 0.0.0.61b?
Thanks!
-Chris
KO4YAW
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Kk6qms
Red R. R. Tuby (PE1RRR)