[Linux-ham] Asterisk as a repeater

[Tanner Lovelace]

Actually, looking more at the web page and following the link to

http://allstarlink.org/

it appears they've already done that. :-)  So, hooray for for competition
(IRLP, Echolink, Allstarlink).

They even seem to have an echolink style client that uses IAX2
to connect.

Cheers,
Tanner

On 3/16/06, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, this is the same guy who setup "Limey Linux" which I've played
> around with a bit to see if I could get asterisk running on it.  It really
> needs 256MB of RAM, though, and my test system only has 128.
>
> I've actually wondered about putting together a system similar to
> IRLP or Echolink using Asterisk connected repeaters.  If you've ever
> looked into the details of IRLP, it's quite horrible.  It works well, but
> it's a maintanence nightmare! (mostly shell scripts and then some
> closed source version of SpeakFreely).  My thought, if I were going
> to redesign it, would be to go with something like SIP or better yet
> IAX2 and make it open.  Also, combining it with Asterisk would making
> doing an Autopatch extremely simple! :-)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
> On 3/15/06, Kevin Otte <nivex at nivex.net> wrote:
> > As look back at the archives, I suddenly realized that N4JMT posted this
> > exact same URL back in Sept 2005.  Great minds think alike, I guess :)
> >
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> Tanner Lovelace
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Tanner Lovelace
clubjuggler at gmail dot com
http://wtl.wayfarer.org/
(fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an
increscent, all sable.