Hello,
- Did anyone successfully install HamPi_v3.1_32bit.img.xz with an PI? No boot with me.
- Is there an hamradio that actually and really uses an PI on the Hamnet network or is it a "Fake" ?
What is your best solution to use HAMNET ? An repackaged old PC with a Debian ? Any ideas ? I’d like to use something other than a Mikrotik :-)
F1SXO Frédéric ZULIAN
I don't know if there has now been added functionality, but I have tried this in the past and as far as I remember it is a Pi image with some hamradio oriented software already pre-installed. It has a webserver with some standard items, etc. So it is not intended to function as a router, more as an application server. But maybe all of that has changed... I don't see a description of what it actually is on the download site.
What you require to connect and route will depend on how you want to make your connection. What you want installed on the system depends on what you expect it to do. So such generic images do not always fit.
A PC or Pi with Debian can do everything you may want, at least when you have the skills to install and configure it.
Rob
On 11/25/22 22:01, Frederic Zulian via 44net wrote:
Hello,
- Did anyone successfully install HamPi_v3.1_32bit.img.xz with an PI?
No boot with me.
- Is there an hamradio that actually and really uses an PI on the Hamnet network or is it a "Fake" ?
What is your best solution to use HAMNET ? An repackaged old PC with a Debian ? Any ideas ? I’d like to use something other than a Mikrotik :-)
F1SXO Frédéric ZULIAN
Hi Frederic,
Le 25/11/2022 à 22:01, Frederic Zulian via 44net a écrit :
- Is there an hamradio that actually and really uses an PI on the
Hamnet network or is it a "Fake" ?
What is your best solution to use HAMNET ?
Here, in Corsica, we separate network access and applications, using the following scheme : - Dedicated routers ("TKBoxes"), which are low-cost commercial routers flashed with OpenWRT. Prices are starting at $30. See OpenWRT hardware compatibility list : https://openwrt.org/supported_devices - Raspberry Pi (and various other models) for applications only
Separating network and applications is IMHO a good practice :-) Here, the TKBoxes do the tricky job of connecting to the central POPs in PnP / NAT traversal mode, and routing two separate subnets / VLANs (HamNet and public Internet). Then, the PCs and PIs hosting applications are simply configured behind the boxes, in fixed IP.
I never tried to implement the "classic" HamNet with IP-IP tunnels and modified ripd on OpenWRT, but I read some things about that in the past, and that should be doable. You can also contact French 44.168 network team, and build a GRE/L2TP/iBGP tunnel with them.
-- OpenWRT is some kind of "mini-Linux" for routers. It's modular, open-source, and well-supported on various hardware brands and models (including Mikrotik, HI). It's IMHO the platform of choice for ham radio networking in general.
73 de TK1BI
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Frederic Zulian -
Rob PE1CHL -
Toussaint OTTAVI