[arm-allstar] Direct to Controller

[R. Wayne]

Since we aren’t doing anything fancy I’ve decided to setup a computer at the repeater site and to the controller, a RC-210. I’ve been reading this group for some time and assume that something as simple as  RasPi is all that I need. But I wonder: has anyone installed KVM, Virtuozzo, OpenVZ or any other partitioning software so that they may run Allstar in one container and that (ah-hum, sorry...) IRLP in another container? I run Virtuozzo and OpenVZ at work and the simplest PC I have is a dual processor AMD. I know that it won’t boot from USB unless *maybe* if I update the BIOS. I haven’t tried. I may have another dual Intel. I have stacks of these things. I’d love to use just a RasPI but I’m new to this part of it. My ultimate goal is to put the computer at the repeater site where we have 5.8GHz between each site that I want to put remote receivers on. So, I’ll have an Intranet even if the Internet goes down.


OK. Here’s the biggy. My site owner only provides me one IP. I have to provide my own router/firewall. Not a problem. But then I’ll have to go DHCP. ==>> Can I do port forwarding to get to Allstar and (ah-hum) that other RasPI? <<== I can host a domain somewhere and assign it to the base IP but is there a file I can modify to specify the port? Please excuse my NooPness. Not sure how to ask these questions. As it is the RC-210 is only a three port controller. It has a hidden and very simple 4th port that I can put a RTCM on unless there’s an easier way like a FOB. I know that NooP questions are frowned upon. 

Thanks.

Wayne
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