Callsign change/strange ircddbgateway problem

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K2IE
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Callsign change/strange ircddbgateway problem

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My callsign was changed yesterday from K2DLS (1x3) to K2IE (1x2). The D-Star gateway registration was updated about 24 hours ago. A registration check via https://www.pistar.uk/d-star_regcheck.php returns the expected results.

Yet, I'm having a rather strange problem. I run a single ircddbgateway on the same Pi-Star instance as K2IE-C. I also have a K2IE-B module, which uses the ircddbgateway instance running on the same RPi as K2IE-C. K2IE-B is a Zumspot/Pi Zero W combo, K2IE-C runs on an RPi B+ (swapped out yesterday from an RPI B because it was way too slow under Buster) with a 2m DVAP. This architecture worked fine for months as K2DLS. Custom firewall rules had to be added (and were disucssed some months ago on another thread) to facilitate communication between the B and C modules.

Since the callsign change, K2IE-B is working but K2IE-C (the one on the same host as ircddbgateway) is not. Here is what I am seeing in the ircddbgateway log:

M: 2019-09-05 14:35:18: Header received from unknown repeater, K2IE C
M: 2019-09-05 14:35:18: Header received from unknown repeater, K2IE C

From dstarrepeater log:

M: 2019-09-05 14:35:18: Radio header decoded - My: K2IE H/2820 Your: CQCQCQ Rpt1: K2IE C Rpt2: K2DLS G Flags: 40 00 00
M: 2019-09-05 14:35:19: AMBE for K2IE H Frames: 0.7s, Silence: 3.0%, BER: 0.0%
M: 2019-09-05 14:35:19: Transmitting to - My: K2IE C/ Your: K2IE H Rpt1: K2IE G Rpt2: K2IE C Flags: 01 00 00

So I'm focused right now on an ircddbgateway issue. And remember, the SAME ircddbgateway passes the traffic from K2IE-B, which is on a different host. Any suggestions?
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Re: Callsign change/strange ircddbgateway problem

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Fixed.

Somehow, Pi-Star ended up changing some gateway and repeater addresses in the dstarrepater and ircddbgateway configs. I took at look at a backup from last week and then figured out what happened.

I don't know why Pi-Star did this, perhaps something for Andy to look at.

For my config to work, I bind ircddbgateway to all interfaces. That wasn't changed, but it two cases, loopback addreses in both were replaced by external interface addresses, but not consistently and not by me!

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Re: Callsign change/strange ircddbgateway problem

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Update to RC6 broke my config again!

Somehow the repeaterAddress1 is being changed back to 127.0.0.1 from the external interface where I had set it.
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