I’m trying to track down the owner of a couple of nodes, which connected to my node last evening. I use a simple script to log the connect and disconnect info to a file via the connpgm and discpgm statements in rpt.conf. However, the nodes aren’t listed in the Allstarlink node list. How can I figure out the call sign associated with these node numbers?
I also tried using asl3-update-nodelist and grep to search for the nodes in /var/lib/asterisk/rpt_extnodes. They weren’t listed in the file. I don’t need to blacklist the nodes. I’m just trying to understand which station is actually using the node.
If the node numbers aren't in the database, they shouldn't be able to connect unless you've done something special. What are the node numbers you're looking at?
Ah ha - I figured it out. I should have posted more info about the node #, but I didn’t want to call anybody out. The unidentified nodes start with ‘3’, which means they are echolink nodes. The echolink node number is left padded with zeros to ensure the number is always 6 digits and then appended to the ‘3’. I didn’t know this until I started researching how to log echolink connections.
I was kinda wondering if that's what you're running into. Look at the echolink dbget commands to identify those. Allmon3 does it for you automatically. Also be aware that nodes that start with 7 are IRLP-translated nodes that won't appear in any database.