[HamGatePA] Mitigating Possible Changes to 44Net

[Leon Zetekoff]

here's what I'm seeing in the MTK

73 leon

On 8/9/2023 11:18 AM, Leon Zetekoff wrote:
> Hi Charles...I changed my Mikrotik over to the new allocation 
> yesterday but something is not working. I asked chris about my 
> original allocation and he said I can't have it back since they are 
> doing this new stuff. He allocated the new block to me yesterday.
>
> If you want to get on an email thread with him or whatever you want to 
> do please let me know.
>
> Just don't need this hassle of things not working.
>
> 73 leon
>
> On 8/9/2023 9:16 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
>> The VPN data for your Mikrotik will not work with your state Hamgate
>> unless your allocation matches the state (44.56.xxx.xxx). Since your new
>> allocation of 44.63.18.112/28 was issued by someone else, you would need
>> to put in a new request to switch back to your old allocation.
>>
>> On 8/9/2023 9:08 AM, Leon Zetekoff wrote:
>>> hi charles....well I am on the new allocation but the mikrotik 
>>> script is not working right so I reached out to marius.
>>>
>>> All this happened yesterday. IMHO big deal if you don't hit the 
>>> portal in a year. do ISPs shut you down only if you dont pay your 
>>> bill :-)
>>>
>>> 73 leon
>>>
>>> On 8/9/2023 8:41 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
>>>> That cancellation was done at the ARDC level in one of their purges.
>>>> I can reissue your old subnet and get you going from there. Just 
>>>> let me
>>>> know as you are putting in your request so that I can approve it 
>>>> immediately.
>>>>
>>>> On 8/9/2023 8:31 AM, Leon Zetekoff wrote:
>>>>> Hi Charles! I just went through this because I missed the messages 
>>>>> that I needed to get into the portal once a year and then finally 
>>>>> I was turned off.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I lost my original 44.56.53.1/28 and now have 44.63.18.112/28
>>>>>
>>>>> Trying to get things back up and running is a PITA.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 leon wa4zlw
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/8/2023 11:03 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
>>>>>> There seems to be a push by the technical committee of ARDC to 
>>>>>> form the
>>>>>> 44Net address space along perceived use rather by 
>>>>>> area/region/state use.
>>>>>> The plans are to be "finalized" by the end of the year, although 
>>>>>> some new
>>>>>> procedures are already being carried out which has caused 
>>>>>> problems for new
>>>>>> users in our network and area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the foreseeable future, pass the word with any forwarding 
>>>>>> partners,
>>>>>> new users and local clubs to NOT file for an allocation on the 
>>>>>> 44Net portal,
>>>>>> but instead contact me directly at n2nov at n2nov.net for a 
>>>>>> conversation
>>>>>> and I can walk them through it in real time so that it can not be 
>>>>>> short
>>>>>> circuited in the process. The state hamgates for Maryland and 
>>>>>> Delaware
>>>>>> just went live this weekend, complete with a central bbs for message
>>>>>> forwarding and Wireguard VPN servers for anyone to make use of. 
>>>>>> The past
>>>>>> 18 months have been rolling along for increasing connectivity and 
>>>>>> usefulness.
>>>>>> Let's see what we can do to keep it that way and to improve 
>>>>>> functionality.
>>
>
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