[arm-allstar] Private node config question

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

Private nodes have a broad definition. Actually a registered node (a node
number 2000 or above) could be made private by not advertising it and not
port forwarding or by using a whitelist so only certain nodes can connect.
The advantage of doing it this way is for those you want to be able to
connect they have registration information.

The other method is to use private node numbers. Numbers between 1000 and
1999. This is a number you would pick and it would not be registered so you
would have to deal with address routing as you mentioned. This will soon
change with our registration system which will allow private nodes to
register in a secure fashion, only the registered user and others in the
group would have access to the registration information. I expect this to
be fully implemented very soon, hopefully by the end of the year.

Another gotcha has nothing to do with Allstar and that is that Allstar
connections TO cell based hotspot enabled Allstar nodes in most cases do
not work. Double nat'ing and other issues exist with most providers. So
even if you have the information it will not help you to connect. They can
however connect in to Allstar nodes and this could be done privately with
manual routing or the coming hamvoip private registration


*73 Doug*

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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 4:37 PM "chris novara via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I’ve never done private nodes before, but, have a application where it’s
> needed.
>
> I have a private HUB setup on fiber, with static and pets
> forwarded.......ok
>
> Question is, can I have nodes calling in that don’t have static’s
> (cellular modems) and just put the hub ip/port number in the rpt.conf
> file?   Since the hub will only listen for incoming calls, I’m hoping I
> don’t have to list all the remote nodes IP since they can change.
>
> I looked for a how to for private systems and didn’t see one.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Chris Novara, AB7BS
> Eugene Oregon
>
>
>
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