March 2014 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Oops!
by Dean Gibson AE7Q 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

The Wiki says, "NEVER type passwords using the command line interface (SSH/Terminal/Telnet). There is a known security breach here." What is the issue?

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Questions
by Dean Gibson AE7Q 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I've completed my "site test" from my home in Mill Creek to the SnoCo (Everett) DEM on 1.2GHz at one watt, with my antenna inside my house and the Everett 1.2GHz antenna half-way up their tower, so I'm ready to take the next step. Going back and reading the archives for the past few months, I do have a question: In one thread, I note the arguments against changing the SSH port. Does that apply to just network management nodes, or does it apply to all clients? A related question is, do the HamWAN network admins require login access to client radios? -- Dean

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] "How To Integrate HamWAN Into Your EOC ".
by Bart Kus 12 Mar '14

12 Mar '14

Re-directing email with questions to the mailing list. --Bart On 03/12/2014 03:43 AM, Keith wrote: > BART, > > I see the need for a policy that would provide node information that > will be needed by first responders and others. > > I want guarantee that any information will be used appropriately and > for the best interest of the Emergency and Amateur Radio community. > > First I am not putting any node information up on the web for general > public access. > > However, I would like to put up a site with the nodes that is > accessible by the people that should have this information for planning. > > Different groups need different information for example, the short > list below is to help define the need. > > All nodes available to the ARES/RACES community. > Trustee nodes and connected nodes available to trustees > Open Mesh nodes would be visible to Hams. > > So my goal with this particular question is to find out what groups > will have a use for such information and how to provide it. > Providing auxiliary information such as the contact person, trustee, etc. > To provide a location to support emergency connections. > > The general goal is to form a 'good practices' policy for this type > of information. > I could draw a loose parallel to Domain Server management with the > addition that geographic information is needed. > > So I would like for BRATS and myself to work out a policy that would > provide the information that will be needed in an emergency for others > to use the facilities. > > Keith KB3TCB > > I have attached my provisional map of the BCWARN system. > > > On 3/4/2014 9:57 PM, Bart Kus wrote: >> For any of your left-over questions, please address them to the >> mailing list. I need to focus on other things and cannot keep going >> with this thread. >> >> --Bart >> >

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KU7M testing results - Newcastle Golf Course
by Kenny Richards 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Since the weather decided to not suck this morning, I did a quick 'site survey' from the Newcastle Golf Course parking lot. (N 47.53602, W 122.14272 @ 919 feet) I have attempted to get connected from my house several times, but haven't had any success. Before going back up on the tower, I wanted to try connecting from what I expected to be a REALLY good location. I'm only about a mile as the crow flies the Newcastle Golf course, so it is my go to place for this kind of thing.(I'm about 500 feet lower though) From the edge of the golf course parking lot you can see all of downtown, right over the top of Mercer Island. (See attached picture) So I had expected to connect to the PtP link at Capital Park without any problems, since I can SEE the damn building from up there. But nope, still no luck. I was able to see two other sites and associate with them. I knew there was a node going up on Haystack, but I was surprised how easy it was to connect to it. What I really don't get is how I was seeing AE7SJ's home link. Isn't it pointed at DEM? (Or is AE7SJ something else?) I also discovered something else that confuses me. I saw thayward@ use the LED signal indicators on the radio a couple weeks ago. But this afternoon, I never got even one bar. Do you have to enable them before they work? (I'll have to dig into the docs on this one) I would assume at least one bar would light up with these signal strengths, right? So my next step is taking a trip downtown with the portable setup and see if I can find a spot semi-close to Capital Park and try to connect. My gut is telling me that something is fundamentally wrong with the PtP link or how I have things setup on my end. The golf course isn't 'exactly' in between downtown and the Cougar Mnt site, but it is really close. So if this link is going to work as it was intended, I should have been able to connect from up there. I also attached the config dump from the radio. Thoughts? Kenny Output from Scan... Flags: A - active, P - privacy, R - routeros-network, N - nstreme, T - tdma, W - wds, B - bridge ADDRESS SSID BAND CHANNEL-WIDTH FREQ SIG NF SNR RADIO-NAME A RT D4:CA:6D:62:D7:ED HamWAN 5ghz-n 5mhz 5890 -88 -117 29 Haystack-S3/AE7SJ APRT 00:0C:42:E0:4F:AC HamWAN 5ghz-n 10mhz 5475 -87 -117 30 AE7SJ [image: Inline image 1] [image: Inline image 3]

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Board of Director's votes - Cory
by Cory (NQ1E) 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Thank you for your nomination Kenny, As many of you know, I've been a big supporter of the project for over a year now and tried to share as much of my knowledge and experience (and money) with it as I could. I wasn't initially a fan of focusing so much on the governance part of a project that didn't have anything to support yet. However, I now believe it's maturing to the point where it's becoming more and more important and I need to decide if I want to be a part of that or not. After careful deliberation over the past several days, I've decided that I will volunteer to serve HamWAN in one of its open director roles, pending approval by other supporting members in the next seven days. One of the things I would like to pursue is a public monthly meeting (either in-person or audio bridge) where we can focus on the governance and have votes without bogging down our mailing list with such things and scaring away any more new people from the project. Since I'm breaking my silence on the subject, I'll list my votes here as well: Bart - Yea Nigel - Yea Ben - Yea Cory - Yea Regards, -Cory NQ1E On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Kenny Richards <richark(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That seems like a crazy way to run things to me, but so be it. > > I vote: > > Bart - Yea > Cory - Yea > Nigel - Yea > Ben - abstain > > Thanks > Kenny > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel(a)k7nvh.com> > wrote: >> >> Kenny, >> >> I believe the confusion here is that there are three (and now four) >> elections happening presently. It is not presently an election for Bart OR >> Ben OR Cory OR myself. Each is a separate election, in which you get a >> single vote either for or against. >> >> Nigel >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Kenny Richards <richark(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Per my reading of the constitution, each supporting member receives only >>> a single vote. I take this to mean that they can only support a single >>> director during each election. (If that isn't what was intended, I'd like to >>> recommend it be spelled out a little better) >>> >>> Based on the fact that I get only a single vote, I'm nominating and >>> voting for Cory as a director. >>> >>> 73, >>> Kenny >>> >> >

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I need some help
by Bob 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

I've learned a lot about networking in the last few days but I could not find the magic configuration to get on the network from my computer. So it time for me to ask for help. Here is where I think I am having problems: In Winbox, /tool traceroute 8.8.8.8 and /ping google.com work, Thus I think the problem is at Step 22. -22. OPTIONAL: Integrate HamWAN routing into your LAN Configure a Windows workstation to use your new modem route ADD 44.0.0.0 MASK 255.0.0.0 <ether1 IP of your modem> I assume that it is referring to Internet Protocol Version 4(TCO/IPv4) Properties window. When set to Obtain an IP address automatically, ipconfig replies: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a46d:acad:f85d:c8b%8 Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.12.139 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : When I have tried various fixed addresses and subnet masks, cannot seem to get anything to work. Is there something I missed in the router or on the computer? March 5 9:50: I am on ICR. Bob KE7JL

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Internet Outage Notification
by Tim Osburn 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

FYI: I am doing a rolling reboot of the two routers that HamWAN peers with so HamWAN users accessing the Internet may experience some intermittent access to the Internet during this time. I'll send a follow up Email when completed, should be starting around 11PM (in 10 mins). End time expected to be no later then midnight. Tim Osburn www.osburn.com 206.812.6214 W7RSZ

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Howdy
by Michael Culver 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Hi Folks - New member of the list here. Saw the presentation yesterday at the Mesh-A-Palooza event, and ordered a dish and Mikrotik receiver a few minutes ago. Unfortunately I live in a hole just down the hill from Microsoft, so no telling if I will actually be able to connect. The next new site may or may not work, thanks to trees and terrain. Or maybe someone will get a good deal on almost-new gear :) Mike WA9QHP

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