I have just setup a node at home but have a problem that is likely to be a configuration issue.
My use case: I want to connect to multiple external nodes on a receive only basis and a single external node in transceive mode. My expectation is that if I key up it will only transmit to the transceive node.
My problem: Traffic from the receive only nodes is being routed through to the transceive node. I don’t want to act as a router, I only want transmissions from my node to propagate out to the transceive node.
Could someone guide me into how to configure my home node correctly?
I think the behavior you see is normal. With AllStar every node is a conference bridge. So anything your node receives (link or local) will be sent to any node you are connected to in transceive.
I recently solved a similar issue by using a hub node. The hub node has monitor only connections to the external nodes and a transceive connection to the home node. The home node is then free to connect to other nodes in transeive mode while the hub still maintains a listen-only mode with the external nodes. The home node then swaps between the hub for listening and any other node to talk with. (edited to clarify).
I just found an option in Supermon to connect as “Local Monitor”, it appears to do what I was intending to do - i.e. it does not propagate the traffic from the monitored node to other nodes.
Well that’s a great find. I didn’t know that existed. I looked it up in the source code. The app_rpt function is ilink,8 for those that might find local monitor useful.
Edit: further investigation revealed that local monitor is touch tone *808 is default ASL 1.01 installs. 808 = ilink,8 ; Connect specified link -- local monitor only
Who knew!
Edit2: Allmon2 has a local monitor button, too. You’d think I would have known about local monitor. Geez.
