[arm-allstar] Debugging port forwarding

[James K4JK]

Dave,

As far as I know most port check tools really only work with TCP. Allstar
uses UDP so detecting them is a lot trickier, and I wouldn't necessarily
trust what the online port checkers tell you.

That said, a likely culprit in your situation is the device that between
your Netgear router and the POTS line going back to Telus. It could be
functioning as a router, which would defeat the port forwarding you have
setup on your Netgear device. When you say you tried a different DSL
router, did you replace this device and leave your netgear router hooked
up? Or did you replace both units with this device?

Can you give us the model name/number of the DSL interface device? That way
we may be able to see if it is capable of functioning as a router.

James
K4JK

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Dave Miller <ve7pke at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am going in a real nice circle that is every decreasing to zero radius.
> To get to the solution I could use some details.
> I am using the latest BBB code.
> Tom VE7DID is unable to connect to my node but I am able to connect to
> his. Things work fine once I connect.
> So I figure the issue is either my router or my DSL modem/???
>
> I am trying to get a simple test case working to hit the correct party
> squarely on the head.
>
> I have been try to use the various online port checkers to see if I am
> open. They all show closed. Even tried a different DSL router that
> allegedly was in bridge mode. Still same results.
>
> My thought is to ignore port 4569 for now and try to open up a path to the
> BBB on HTTP to test first. I see if I use my browser locally got to my IP I
> get a test message that says This is a Test!. That is cool. I assume that
> is on port 80?? Where do I change that port to something else like 8080 as
> my glorious ISP Telus block all ports below 1000. ;-(
>
> I don't know what these port checker do but I expect if the is a web
> server responding they will give correct information.
>
> I want to keep it simple for now and just prove that the router is moving
> data to the right IP locally.
>
> Thanks for reading to the end of this rather long winded message.
> I am using a Netgear Prosafe FVS318G
>
> Many thanks
> Dave
> VE7PKE
>
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