[arm-allstar] Connecting to my own nodes

[Doug Crompton]

OK here is the answer... Allstar looks up IP addresses based on the node
number for connections. So if you have a server A  and a server B on the
same router they both would have the same public IP but different IAX
ports. When you try to connect server A to server B or vice versa they are
trying to connect to one another using the public IP not the local IP. This
is fine on many routers because the router is aware of its own public IP
and loops it back to the other device. But some routers are not able to do
that so you need to specifically put routes in each server to the other. Be
sure you also specify the port when doing this. This is done in the nodes
section of rpt.conf.  Instead of going through the procedure here see the
howto on it at hamvoip.org

https://www.hamvoip.org/multi-server%20howto.pdf

One very important caveat though. If you setup this local connection
capability on your portable node with your wifi it will then NOT connect
back to home when using a Cell or outside of your LAN Internet because it
will then try to use the local IP. So it is one or the other not both.

I hope that answers your question.

Doug


On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:49 PM, "K9EE via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> There is probably a simple answer for this but it escapes me.  I have a
> home server with two nodes and I just finished putting together a portable
> node.  I used your method of setting up multiple access points which works
> great.  I can now connect to other nodes through my portable node connected
> to my  home wifi or using my cell phone hot spot.  What I can’t do is
> connect my portable node to nodes on my homer server.  I understand why I
> can’t have other nodes connect, including my own, to my portable node when
> it is connected to my hot spot.  But I don’t understand why I can’t connect
> my portable node to my own home nodes using either my home wifi or my cell
> phone hotspot.  I can’t connect to my portable node from my home nodes when
> connected to home wifi.  I am using Ast Port 4569 for my home server nodes
> and 4568 for my portable node.  Enlighten me.
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