[arm-allstar] Is port forwarding required?

[Michael Fleetwood]

Hi Sandy,
Can you please point me to instructions for auto 
connect to a node at start up - previously 
searched for this but found the info available rather confusing.
73
Mike.
VK2AMF

At 04:47 AM 8/06/2020, you wrote:
>I have my mobile node set to auto connect to my 
>home node/hub during boot-up.Works 
>great!73,Sandy w9sbeSent via the Samsung Galaxy 
>S9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone 
>-------- Original message --------From: Doug 
>Crompton via ARM-allstar 
><arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Date: 6/7/20  12:35 
>PM  (GMT-06:00) To: ARM Allstar 
><arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Cc: Doug Crompton 
><wa3dsp at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Is 
>port forwarding required? I have said this for a 
>long time but it is not a proxy per say as 
>somewould know proxy. You just have a home node 
>or any node where others canconnect to you that 
>is accessible. Then you connect to that node 
>from yourhotspot. Anyone then connecting to your 
>fixed node with port forwarding cancommunicate 
>with you. It is simple and does not require 
>anything special.At the same time you, at your 
>hotspot, can connect to anywhere else youwant 
>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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