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Hi Patrick, Quick note to say thanks for passing along the routing setup info for a Debian-based machine. The reason that I am very interested is that I purchased an Odroid U3 that I am running Ubuntu 13.1 on to ingest/relay all of NOAAPort and the Antarctic IDD feeds. My next experiment with this $65 single board computer (1.7 Ghz quad core Exnos processor with 2 GB of RAM) is the direct ingestion of NOAAPort from a Novra S300. This test will begin some time early next week; should be lots of fun! Cheers, Tom > Hi Tom, thanks for your reply! :) The Dish is running.. I will answer > your question(s) and provide the resolution below :) > > Questions: > > - how did you setup routing for the UDP streams? > > On RedHat type systems (I seem to remember that you are _NOT_ > a RedHat/Fedora/CentOS/etc. user), this is easily accomplished > by creating the file /etc/sysconfig/static-routes with content > of: > > any net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 gw 192.168.1.6 dev eth1 > On a Debian (Wheezy) Box it is only 'slightly different > > /etc/network/interfaces > # new noaaport routing > up route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 gw 192.168.200.20 dev eth1 > > > (I seem to remember that you are _NOT_ a RedHat/Fedora/CentOS/etc. > user), > > You are correct! :) At first I was an aix / mainframe guy, then > slackware, then redhat, then Debian :) > > I did buy 8 new boxes when I learned that you / nawips was going to > require CENTOS and the new setup.. however, I then learned that I can't > use the new nawips yet so they are sitting idle lol :) I do have the > centos edex box up with nothing on it, just waiting lol :) > > On the above routing question, here is the entire sample if it proves > helpful to you.. these boxes are static instead of dhcp: > ---------------------------- > /etc/network/interfaces/ > ---------------------------- > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # main nic > auto eth0 > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.200.10 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.200.1 > network 192.168.200.0 > > # noaaport nic > auto eth1 > allow-hotplug eth1 > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.200.20 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.200.1 > network 192.168.200.0 > > # new noaaport routing > up route add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 gw 192.168.200.20 dev eth1 > > ------------ > resolution > ------------ > > The problem was that this dish is about a thousand miles from me, and I > had someone else set the dish up who said they had a good signal :) Of > course the novra showed data and signal lock, so I was stumped for a > second... Then realized that there's more than one bird in the sky, and > noticed the Symbol Rate was off, so it was probably pointed at AMC-1. > > Anywho the first relay is up... I can't remember if it was you / steve / > Jeff or whoever that likes backup dishes... I still have you guys > through wisc and ucar on the other dish, you are more than welcome to > use the new dish as a backup too.. routing should be a little better to > this box. > > If interested, here is a comparison of novramon, cmcs, and latency > between the two dishes and first relay: > http://modelweather.com/files/patrick/coon/dish.compare.png > > The new dish is the bottom one. > > Let me know if you guys want added... have a great weekend :) > > cheers, > > --patrick > > -- > --------------------------------------------------- > Patrick L. Francis > Vice President of Research & Development > Media Logic Group > > http://www.medialogicgroup.com > http://www.hamweather.com > http://www.alertsbroadcaster.com > http://www.weathernationtv.com > http://www.modelweather.com > > FB: http://www.facebook.com/wxprofessor > Skype: wxprofessor > AOL IM: wxprofessor > GTalk: address@hidden > --------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > > > > > Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SVN-827680 Department: Support NOAAPORT Priority: Normal Status: Open