So where do I find out more about All Star?
A.S., wa7fxb
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: IRLP question


> Just to expand on this a bit, while IRLP does allow you also to connect =
> to Echolink, you can=92t have connections to both at once, or, for that =
> matter, to more than one IRLP node at a time. Asterisk (and the All Star =
> Link), on the other hand, will allow you to connect to as many nodes of =
> either kind as your bandwidth will allow, at the same time. Case in =
> point, I=92m often connected to two Echolink nodes in Texas, along with =
> Jim=92s All Star node, and we all talk together.=20
> On Feb 2, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Jim Kutsch, KY2D <[log in to unmask]> =
> wrote:
>
>> Albert and all,
>> I second Buddy's comments. I had an IRLP node running here for several =
> years
>> then I took it down and put up AllStar Link. No, that's not DStar. =
> AllStar
>> is another RoIP (radio over IP) technology. The big advantage, as =
> Buddy
>> said, is that's it's both open source, you get all the source, and you =
> can
>> connect to other networks if you wish. For example, my AllStar node, =
> number
>> 2396, is all accessible via EchoLink as KY2D-R.
>>=20
>> To your other question, yes a totally blind person can run/administer =
> either
>> IRLP or AllStar. However, if you aren't familiar with Linux at all, =
> it's
>> just a bit easier if a sighted person is available during the initial
>> install. Otherwise, you have to do a remote install of IRLP or AllStar =
> on
>> your Linux box. Once the Linux system is up, you can do everything via =
> login
>> from some other PC that has a screen reader. There are hardware cable =
> sets
>> available for most radios you may to build into a simplex node but if =
> you
>> have a repeater, some custom wiring may (or may not) be needed.
>>=20
>> 73, Jim
>>=20
>>=20
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan
>> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 11:46 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: IRLP question
>>=20
>> You can, but if I were you, I=3D92d go for All Star Link instead. Much =
> =3D more
>> open, and less concerned about interconnecting with other things, =3D =
> i.e.
>> IRLP doesn=3D92t allow you to connect to anything else at the same =3D =
> time as
>> you=3D92re connected to IRLP nodes, unless you=3D92ve got an =3D
>> =3D93experimental=3D94 node, which may or may not allow yu to connect =
> to =3D other
>> IRLP nodes. Cost to get started is similar, if not slightly 
>> less.=3D20=3D=
>
>>=20
>>=20
>> http://www.allstarlink.org is where you=3D92ll want to find out =
> more.=3D20 On
>> Feb 2, 2014, at 11:14 AM, Albert Sanchez =3D =
> <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hi List!
>>> I'm certain that this topic has been discussed in the past here but 
>>> I=20=
>
>>> =3D
>> =3D3D
>>> can't remember the thread. I'm interested in finding any totally =
> blind=20
>>> =3D
>> =3D3D
>>> list members who run and maintain an IRlP system.  We don't have 
>>> IRLP=20=
>
>>> =3D
>> =3D3D
>>> here in this part of Carolina and I would like to remedy this.
>>> Best 73's
>>> Albert, WA7FXB
>>> PS. I understand that I would need a Linux computer, something I am =3D=
>
>> not =3D3D
>>> familiar with. Is there screenreading software for Linux? A.S.