[arm-allstar] MiFi and node not talking

[Nathanael Griesert]

Hi,
                Were you able to get this issue sorted out? I was having issues trying to use my iPhone as a hotspot not long ago. David mentioned that I might be having an issue with my carrier using CGNAT (Carrier Grade)NAT, and experiencing rapidly changing public IP addresses. I installed nordvpn on my rpi4b, which I already had a subscription for since I work out of the US a fair bit. When I connected to the nordvpn server that got me a fixed public facing IP address, and I was then able to connect my node to others and use it for comms. The drawback with this approach is that I can´t connect into the node remotely from the www. I had to whitelist the ssh port in the nordvpn setup, and I can only access the node via ssh from behind the iPhone hotspot router. All in all I was happy with the solution because I have a fixed IP node that I can access from anywhere via ssh, and once I connect my hotspot connected node into my primary accessible from anywhere node I can connect up with other nodes remotely. I´d still like a solution that gets me all the advantages of a fixed IP with port forwarding setup when using a wireless hotspot but I haven´t figured it out and I haven´t been able to find someone who has published their solution.
Best Regards,
Nathanael Griesert AD8GP

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From: "Peter Paul Fox via ARM-allstar"<mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2021 1:42 PM
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org<mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Cc: Peter Paul Fox<mailto:g8hav at msn.com>
Subject: [arm-allstar] MiFi and node not talking

Hi,
Can anyone help; I am trying to use a 4G-LTE MiFi and put a fresh install of Hamvoip and set it up using a monitor.
I set the node number 42879 and it password and then set up the Wi-Fi connection to the 4G MiFi.

After a reboot it loaded up and I got back to the menu screen, but the IP address wasn't spoken.
I rebooted from the menu again and got an IP address. The CLI registry showed connected, when I try
http://192.168.100.102/link.php?nodes=42879
I get the message on the Allstar screenshot. I noted it showed 1998 instead of 42879.
I used WinSCP and connected and did find in the registration .conf file that the node password was yyyyyy; changed it to the correct password
And going into the CLI command line typed 'rpt fun 42879 *342360' where 41360 is a local node for our club repeater.
It connected.

I powered down both the MiFi and the node and the next day when I connected the IP address announce was different 192.168.100.101 and
I couldn't get connected. Tried the http:// route changing the IP address but got the same response.
Tried via CLI command line but no connection.

Tried again the next day and I got the IP address of the admin access to the MiFi.
Tried today and didn't get an IP address. Switched off for now, may try a fresh install and try again.
Thanks for reading all this hope I can solve the problem. It will be some command line working
But where do I start.

Peter Paul Fox G8HAV

Tel: 07919315547

www.midcars.org<http://www.midcars.org>

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