[arm-allstar] MiFi and node not talking

Sun Jul 18 10:55:59 EDT 2021

Is there by any chance a "special character" in the WiFi name? I've seen EXACTLY the same issue with a node I built for a friend. It worked on my home network no issue, but not with his hotspot. Hours of goofing around eventually turned up the problem with the WiFi name having either a dash or a period in it, don't remember which.
After he changed that in the WiFi name it worked flawlessly.

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  On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 2:02 PM, Peter Paul Fox via ARM-allstar<arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:   Hi,
I have not resolved the problem. Both the phone and laptop connect without any trouble.
When the node switches on I get the callsign data and an announcement 'IP address' but no IP numbers. I did get it twice; first time it announced a correct ip address and I connected to a local node and it worked well.

I shut it down using the menu system.
Next day fired It up again and got no ip address. After a lot of attempts I eventually got an ip address which was the gateway address of 4GLTE but couldn't connect.
Rebooted and never got connected again.
When in the menu display lines of code appear most of which refer to 'wlan not associated'

Somehow it doesn't seem to connect to wlan.
I'v put it away as I am going off on holiday. I'll revisit it when I get back.

From: Nathanael Griesert <ngriesert at hotmail.com>
Sent: 15 July 2021 02:27
To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Cc: Peter Paul Fox <g8hav at msn.com>
Subject: RE: MiFi and node not talking

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
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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
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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

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