[arm-allstar] Hotspot Blues

[John]

I'm stumped as to how to accomplish a task that I'm sure others have
already solved...

As a full-time RVer, I rely on my Verizon-based hotspot to provide Internet
service because WiFi at campgrounds is notoriously lousy when it work at
all. The hotspot is working well with my Blackberry Pi-based Echolink/IRLP
node. I have a static IP that seems to help. In order to make everything
work and play well together, I had to DMZ my node IP on the Hotspot because
it does not allow custom forwarding of specific ports. That was fine when
it was the only system.

Now that I'm bringing up a BBB node, I don't know how to handle port
forwarding. Yes, I am using a router (WiFiRange G02) for the rest of my
computers, laptops, and iPhones, but that introduces another network
(Hotspot is 192.168.1xx and router serves up 10.159.xx.xx). The
all-or-nothing DMZ throws a monkey wrench in the soup! Yes, I know I will
have EchoLink capabilities on the BBB, but of course, NOT IRLP.

Would setting up the already available VPN help or am I just making things
harder than they should be?  Suggestions appreciated.

John / WB5NFC
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