[arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP

Mon Oct 2 21:12:44 EST 2017

Klaus,

  Well Echolink is already built into Allstar - see the echolink setup
howto on the hamvoip web page. IRLP will be following soon.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 6:15 PM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Ok I understand what you are doing. All forwarding and lan ip is done in
> the router and not at the node level so it gets what the router gives it
> and the router makes it basically static in that it forwards to that mac of
> the pc and whatever the ip might end up to be does not matter then. I am
> really new to Allstar so you have to understand that I have irlp setup
> knowledge and what is required there. Normally ports are forwarded to the
> irlp pc's static lan ip and all works after that. The wan ip of the router
> can change to whatever and I can always find it. I normally use ssh to log
> into the nodes locally and remotely as most of my nodes are remote and so
> will this allstar be once I understand it.
> I am really looking forward to eventually having allstar, echolink and
> irlp all in one box being able to crosslink them internally.
>
>
>  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
>
>       From: Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 2:08 PM
>  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
>
> Klaus,
>
>   If you only want to connect out and you do not need remote ssh to your
> node from a location outside your LAN you do not need any port forwarding
> when using Allstar. If you do want to turn on port forwarding for the iax
> or ssh ports the router has to have a stable and consistent local IP
> address for your Allstar server to forward to. In the past it was typical
> to use a static IP at the server (Allstar) end but it is really easier to
> just leave Allstar dhcp and make the router always assign the same IP
> address based on the hardware attached. In this way you could actual mark a
> Pi3 board with an IP address and no matter what software you loaded on that
> board it would always get the same local IP address. Ports would vary but
> the IP would always be the same.
>
> It is also a lot less dangerous to leave the Pi dhcp as it will always
> connect to a dhcp server no matter what the IP structure it is connecting
> to. An example would be if you statically assigned a 192.168.x.x address on
> the Pi and there was a router change that used 10.x.x.x addresses or even a
> change from 192.168.1.x to 192.168.2.x it would not work. You would have to
> connect a monitor and keyboard to the Pi to change its static IP address,
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 12:30 PM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Ok, thanks for the reply Doug, I am used to EchoIRLP nodes and am used to
> > port forwarding using a ddwrt router. This makes things very straight
> > forward. Are you saying you do need a static ip but make it static using
> > the router and then do the port forwarding to the ip the router gave the
> > node pc? It is sort of backwards to what I am used to doing and I would
> > prefer the old way I am used to.
> > I was able to set a static ip on the eth0 wired connection and was
> > surprised there was no field to allow setting the wifi static ip. in the
> > wifi setup fields.
> >  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
> >
> >      From: Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> >  Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 11:18 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] WiFi Static IP
> >
> > Klaus,
> >
> >  While wifi could be made to work in static mode it is seldom used that
> > way. Why do you need static? If you are using a nat'ed router the best
> > thing to do is allow it to find an IP address using dhcp then go into
> your
> > router and make that address reserved or static dhcp (routers call it
> > different things). The router uses the machine address (MAC) of the Pi
> > board to identify it and assign the same address each time one is
> > requested. Then you can port forward to that address if you desire.
> >
> > Portable nodes should never use a static address because you have no
> > knowledge of the IP topography of the network you might be connecting to
> > and port forwarding is usually not available or necessary.
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:45 AM, "Klaus Rung via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > I am setting up a arm-allstar node and am having a problem setting up a
> > > static ip for wifi. I don't see a choice where I can set the wifi to a
> > > static ip. Anyone have any ideas?
> > >  Best regards, Klaus Rung, VE3KR
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