[arm-allstar] The Node is Working!!!!

[Lu Vencl]

I understand. But I am in a rural area of Colorado where the fiber was made available through government funds. 

> On Feb 7, 2022, at 8:57 AM, stanley stanukinos <ka5iid at swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> Lu, that works in the larger areas where there is competition. But where Steve and I are located you are lucky if there is one provider and they are usually a wireless ISP. 
> 
> Stan
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>> On Feb 7, 2022, at 7:48 AM, Lu Vencl via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> 
>> This happened to me two years ago. I noticed one morning  that I could not reach my devices on my 1 gig fiber. That’s when I realized my public IP was not matching the reported WAN ip. I complained to the ISP and they set me up with a free static public IP. So worth a try. Call, complain, and threaten to leave and they will likely give it to you. Hopefully. 
>> They are doing this as most users don’t need a public IP. But those that do end up getting it. The approach (although I don’t agree with it as they never notified me) helps preserve IP’s.
>> Lu
>> KA4EPS
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>>>> On Feb 6, 2022, at 6:18 PM, Richard Harkins WØFH via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Many rural ISPs are doing something called double NAT. There's actually
>>> another router in front of yours. In one installation we worked on, the
>>> router was actually inside the wireless ISP antenna. Unless the ISP will
>>> forward the ports through their router, you're sunk.
>>> 
>>> The easiest way to tell if this is the case is to look at the IP address
>>> assigned to the internet (WAN) side of YOUR router. If there is no double
>>> NAT, the IP address in your router will match the IP address  you get when
>>> you go to the website https://whatismyipaddress.com/.
>>> 
>>> If the IP address on the internet (WAN) side of YOUR router is in one of
>>> these ranges:
>>> Class A: 10.0. 0.0 to 10.255. 255.255.
>>> Class B: 172.16. 0.0 to 172.31. 255.255.
>>> Class C: 192.168. 0.0 to 192.168. 255.255.
>>> 
>>> You are double NATed.
>>> 
>>> Rick W0FH
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 1:33 PM "Steve Bosshard (NU5D) via ARM-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It is working - I was told by one of the folks here that a Hamvoip /
>>>> Allstarlink Node should be able connect to Echolink by forwarding the
>>>> appropriate ports in my router on my home non-static IP connection.  I
>>>> did so.  I spent several hours on a couple of telephone conversations -
>>>> talk you through, checking *.conf files - and after each go around,
>>>> when I attempted to connect to Echolink - "LINK CONNECTION FAILED"
>>>> 
>>>> It was suggested that I probably corrupted the echolink program on the
>>>> SD card - so I re-imaged and re-setup.  Even changed from my wired
>>>> internet provider to my cellular mobile hotspot - same story.
>>>> 
>>>> The crux is that I could not make an Allstarlink Node to Echolink
>>>> connection by CLI, Supermon, or OTA,  (and as I expected) vice versa.
>>>> Allstarlink node connections were trouble free.
>>>> 
>>>> So, for a mere $10/month, on top of a very costly (rural internet has
>>>> little competition - 10 down 1.5 up $60/mo) connection,  The ISP sold me
>>>> a Static IP with port forwarding.  10 Minutes Later -
>>>> http://52.128.62.134/supermon/link.php?nodes=559820 and all is well.
>>>> 
>>>> I wish I knew whether mine was a unique problem with my ISP or if this
>>>> is common.  I would hate for someone else to have to look for something
>>>> amiss when everything was working as advertised, hence this query.
>>>> 
>>>> So, the question I have, is "should an Allstarlink Node, connected to a
>>>> non-static ip garden variety home internet service, be able to connect
>>>> to an Echolink Node ?"
>>>> 
>>>> That said, HamVoip and Allstarlink looks like a great platform and I am
>>>> very grateful for the folks who were so willing to help.  73, steve nu5d
>>>> 
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