# Nodes now missing from asl external nodes database file

**URL:** <https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895>\
**Category:** AllStarLink\
**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895 "2025-10-28T20:13:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/tom/32/3049_2.png) [@Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/1 "2025-10-28T20:13:25Z")

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A number of nodes on our linked 900 MHz network are not in the asl external nodes database file. The updatenodes script is running. Examples are 40603, 566783, 566784 . Any ideas?  
Tom / K5TRA

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**Author:** ![N8EI](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/n8ei/32/4254_2.png) [@N8EI](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8EI)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/2 "2025-10-28T20:57:56Z")

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According to the registration database, those three nodes are not registered currently:

```txt
+--------+---------------------------+
| name | FROM_UNIXTIME(regseconds) |
+--------+---------------------------+
| 40603 | 2025-09-15 12:52:27 |
| 566783 | 2025-09-15 12:48:45 |
| 566784 | 2025-10-25 15:19:19 |
+--------+---------------------------+

```

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**Author:** ![Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/tom/32/3049_2.png) [@Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/3 "2025-10-29T00:53:05Z")

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I found a firewall issue with the 566783 and 566784 nodes. They are OK now.

The 40603 is a puzzle. I can ssh to that site. The network’s up and the updatenodelist script is running. Ext\_nodes file is updated; but 40603 is missing.

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**Author:** ![KK6RQ](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/kk6rq/32/3511_2.png) [@KK6RQ](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/KK6RQ)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/4 "2025-10-29T01:07:54Z")

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I show 40603 as registered, 8.07PM CDT. Also I can connect to it.

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**Author:** ![Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/tom/32/3049_2.png) [@Tom](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/5 "2025-10-29T01:09:36Z")

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When I removed the iptables filter (I usually filter to North America only), 40603 can now register. 'Wonder if the AWS servers were blocked? What is the CIDR range there? 'Don't want to leave the connection wide open.

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**Author:** ![N8EI](https://community.allstarlink.org/user_avatar/community.allstarlink.org/n8ei/32/4254_2.png) [@N8EI](https://community.allstarlink.org/u/N8EI)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/nodes-now-missing-from-asl-external-nodes-database-file/23895/6 "2025-10-29T01:33:54Z")

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If you didn't see the announcements:

[https://community.allstarlink.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-registration-server-ip-changes/23648/2](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-registration-server-ip-changes/23648/2)

[https://community.allstarlink.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-website-backup-and-statpost-server-ip-changes/23712/2](https://community.allstarlink.org/t/infrastructure-announcement-website-backup-and-statpost-server-ip-changes/23712/2)