[arm-allstar] Is port forwarding required?

[Patrick Perdue]

There is an official way to "proxy" IAX connections that is a little 
more involved than simply just connecting nodes in the normal way, and 
is also transparent, I.E. someone connects to your restricted node 
number rather than the proxy node directly, and they don't know the 
difference, in theory. See https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Proxy

I have such a setup here for someone who is on a fixed 4g internet 
connection, and it works great.

On 6/7/2020 1:35 PM, "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> I have said this for a long time but it is not a proxy per say as some
> would know proxy. You just have a home node or any node where others can
> connect to you that is accessible. Then you connect to that node from your
> hotspot. Anyone then connecting to your fixed node with port forwarding can
> communicate with you. It is simple and does not require anything special.
> At the same time you, at your hotspot, can connect to anywhere else you
> want but still monitoring your home node.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 12:44 PM "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> You could use a VPN, or if you have access to another node that allows
>> incoming connections, you can set that node up as a proxy for your
>> restricted node. Then all inbound and outbound traffic to or from that
>> node will be forwarded through the proxy. Thus, you only need an
>> outbound connection to receive incoming connections via the proxy node.
>>
>> On 6/7/2020 10:27 AM, "Jonathan Weirmeir via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>>> Ah, I see.
>>>
>>> Would using a VPN get around this limitation?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> 73 DE KC8RYW
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:16 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Port forwarding is not required to connect out only if you want to make
>>>> your server/node available for connect in calls.  Typically hotspots
>> cannot
>>>> port forward and you usually only call out so it should not be a
>> problem.
>>>> Not port forwarding the iax port can be used to restrict incoming calls
>> if
>>>> desired.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>
>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 10:13 AM "Jonathan Weirmeir via ARM-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello, all!
>>>>>
>>>>> Quick question.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will AllStar work under NAT without port forwarding? For example,
>> behind
>>>> a
>>>>> cell phone acting as a mobile hotspot or public WiFi? In those cases,
>>>>> adjusting port forwarding isn't an option.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your help,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 DE KC8RYW
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