# Guidance on setting up dudestar + allstarlink node **URL:** \ **Category:** AllStarLink\ **Created:** [January 9, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078 "2021-01-09T21:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8BSD)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/1 "2021-01-09T21:11:49Z")
Hi I’m trying to setup dudestar [[GitHub - nostar/dudestar: Software to RX/TX D-STAR, DMR, Fusion YSF, NXDN, P25, M17 and AllStar (via IAX) over UDP.](https://github.com/nostar/dudestar) ] to connect and control my allstarlink node. The github page doesn’t list what exactly needs to be changed on allstar link node to be able to connect. Reading some random posts, it looks like I need to add a section to my aix.conf, and below is what I have added. ``` [iaxclient] type=friend context=iax-client auth=md5 secret=password host=dynamic disallow=all allow=ulaw allow=adpcm allow=gsm transfer=no ``` In my /var/log/asterisk/messages I’m seeing errors such as: [Jan 9 12:59:46] NOTICE[3496] chan\_iax2.c: Host [redacted] failed MD5 authentication for ‘iaxclient’ ([redacted] != [redacted]) [Jan 9 13:00:15] NOTICE[3496] chan\_iax2.c: Host [redacted] failed to authenticate as iaxclient I’ve tried a few different combos and have made sure my password matched. Any suggestions? It seems to “connect” but I’m not able to send any commands from dudestar over to the node. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/2 "2021-01-10T00:21:22Z")
What you have shown is a stanza for a iax remote connect. Failed authentication means your user/pass is incorrect. User you show is : iaxclient Pass you show is : password did you put a hyphen in user like where you show context at the other end ? don’t user is the stanza name. The ‘context=’ must have a matching context in extentions.conf to follow. ? radio-control ? radio ? without valid context it goes nowhere/dead end. I read the readme on the page and may not be written well because it must have a context but if none is specified, iax-client is used ‘by the program’. But to connect and control any node, that node will need to be in the context you are dialing in on. You could try/test this config with the pc program iaxrpt (zipper) if you have it. Works the same. you could also watch asterisk in the foreground : asterisk -rvvv I can’t be more help than that as I have never seen this before. also see dvswitch @ [groups.io](http://groups.io) ---
**Author:** ![N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8BSD)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/3 "2021-01-10T03:04:24Z")
> did you put a hyphen in user like where you show context at the other end ? I used “iaxclient” for the username in the dudestar app When I had said “control” the radio, I meant that I wanted to be able to connect from my laptop to the allstar link in kind of a “loop back” config – not sure what the proper way to describe it is. Basically get the audio in/out from my laptop and be able to send DTMF codes from dudestar to connect to other nodes. My allstar node consists of a RBPI + RA40 + SA818 that I built, so with dudestar it should work without any radio. I seem to have pinned down the auth issue by switching from a md5 auth to “plaintext”, which I know is not ideal, but it kept comparing different hashes (as output in the message log) so I think what gets put into iax.conf is a hashed version of the password plus other info? ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/4 "2021-01-10T03:55:15Z")
What are you using in the attempt to connect to your allstar node ? edit: I’m sorry… the lack of info has me thinking in circles. You are connecting from dudestar Please download iaxrpt and configure it for checking which side is giving you a issue since the connection to asterisk is the same in iax.conf You did not mention if you have a correct context in extentions.conf [https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Setup\_IAXRPT\_use](https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Setup_IAXRPT_use) ---
**Author:** ![N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8BSD)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/5 "2021-01-11T04:58:22Z")
I was able to get iaxRPT to work. There seems to be some bugs with dudestar, but the author is very unhelpful on the subject. Using the same values in dudestar of the working config for iaxRPT, it will throw the error: [Jan 10 20:51:23] NOTICE[6458]: chan\_iax2.c:6981 register\_verify: No registration for peer ‘iax-client’ (from [IPADDR] ) Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@N8BSD](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8BSD)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/6 "2021-01-11T05:02:52Z")
Just for reference here is what I’m using now in iax.conf and extensions.conf: ``` [iax-client] type=user context=iax-client; auth=md5; secret=password; host=dynamic disallow=all allow=ulaw allow=gsm transfer=no [iax-client] exten => node_number,1,rpt,node_number|X exten => 1999,1,rpt,1999 ``` I’ve tried setting the stanza/username as “iaxclient” in iax.conf and as “iax-client” and a few combos, as it seems the author of dudestar has that setup to default without a context set, so just trying options out. ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/7 "2021-01-11T05:24:41Z")
You may need to throw that back to the folks at dudestar According to what I read in the github readme It is just as you have above. There is no user auth outside of user/pass and normal for a ‘user’ dudestar seems to be wanting or is set for a secure peer. very different set-ups peer, friend and user are 3 of the options and need like setups at both ends. They have different security set-ups. you did not mention which side of the connection you are reading that error though. allstar, dudestar If you got that on the allstar side, show us your iax.conf (mask passwords) ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/8 "2021-01-11T05:40:47Z")
I suspect your extensions entry may be doing you harm. Leave your iax alone. The purpose of entry in iax.conf is to make the connection verified however needed and push it to (context) for routing in extensions Try this in ext conf – use your node numbers and try with iaxrpt first. [globals] ;beginning of the file only for globals HOMENPA=330 NODE = 29285 NODE1 = 29284 NODE2 = 29283 NODE3 = 29261 NODE4 = 48335 NODE5 = 1990 NODE6 = 1970 NODE7 = 1951 NODE9 = 1980 [iax-user] ; for IAX VIOP clients. exten =\> ${NODE},1,Ringing exten =\> ${NODE},n,Wait(3) exten =\> ${NODE},n,Answer exten =\> ${NODE},n,Set(NODENUM=${CALLERID(number)}) exten =\> ${NODE},n,Playback(rpt/node|noanswer) exten =\> ${NODE},n,SayDigits(${EXTEN}) exten =\> ${NODE},n,Set(CALLERID(num)=0) exten =\> ${NODE},n,Rpt,${NODE}|P|${CALLERID(name)} exten =\> ${NODE},n,Hangup ;exten =\> ${NODE},n(hangit),Answer ;exten =\> ${NODE},n(hangit),Wait(1) ;exten =\> ${NODE},n(hangit),Hangup I’m just not quite sure what kind of error you might get when the context is not right. If you can’t get this to work, we will try one other thing very different. ---
**Author:** ![Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/mike/32/1569_2.png) [@Mike](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/guidance-on-setting-up-dudestar-allstarlink-node/18078/9 "2021-01-11T05:50:59Z")
This is what I use for the iaxrpt, you might want to use dudestar where I use gui in all… just a user/description ## [gui] ;username type = user context = gui ; context in ext auth = md5 secret = pass host = dynamic disallow = all allow = ulaw allow = adpcm allow = gsm notransfer = yes in ext [gui] exten =\> 1951,1,rpt(1951|X) exten =\> 29261,1,rpt(29261|X) exten =\> 29283,1,rpt(29283|X) exten =\> 29284,1,rpt(29284|X) exten =\> 29285,1,rpt(29285|X) exten =\> 48335,1,rpt(48335|X)