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Please see the updated instructions '''[[Beginners Guide|here]]'''.

Please see the updated instructions '''[[Beginners Guide|here]]'''.

These are the steps to build your first node. The idea here is to give you the overall installation picture. Be sure to browse the next few pages of this howto for more detail. Also read through all the links on the Allstar (<nowiki>https://allstarlink.org/</nowiki>) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away.

These are the steps to build your first node. The idea here is to give you the overall installation picture. Be sure to browse the next few pages of this howto for more detail. Also read through all the links on the PTTLink (<nowiki>https://pttlink.org/</nowiki>) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away.

# Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB.

# Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB.

# Go on the Allstar web site. Request an ID, get it approved.

# Go on the PTTLink web site. Request an ID, get it approved.

# While you're waiting for your ID to get approved, open port 4569 on your router and point it to the IP that will be your node. Also download the ACID iso and burn a CD.

# While you're waiting for your ID to get approved, open port 4569 on your router and point it to the IP that will be your node. Also download the ACID iso and burn a CD.

# Once approved make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request one or more nodes.

# Once approved make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request one or more nodes.