Switching To PTTLink

The following information should help anyone who is attempting to setup a node with or switch to PTTLink.

Switching to PTTLink

Creating an account

Go to https://pttlink.org/ and click on the <Login/Sign Up> link.

Next click the <Sign Up> link.

Node Configuration

Changing the existing configuration to use PTTLink servers is easy.

Switching from allstarlink.org servers

The easiest way to change your exiting configuration files to use pttlink.org servers is to as follows:

1. Login to the node you wish to switch to using PTTLink
2. Run the following commands to update your node configuration files:

   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /usr/local/bin/rc.updatenodelist
   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /usr/local/bin/NodeNameUpdate.sh
   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /usr/local/bin/NodeUpdate.sh
   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf
   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /etc/asterisk/iax.conf
   sudo sed -i 's/allstarlink.org/pttlink.org/g' /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
   

3. Restart your node with:

   sudo service asterisk restart
   

4. Login to your node, start asterisk and verify your node is registered with:

   KG7QIN*CLI> iax2 show registry 
   Host                  dnsmgr  Username    Perceived             Refresh  State
   178.32.160.85:4569    Y       41638       73.11.141.48:4569         120  Registered
   

Configuring a new node

Refer to Beginners Guide for details on how to setup a new for use with PTTLink.

Note: the instructions above are included as the last setup of the configuration process.