speaking of echolink, isn't there a test node you can connect to in 
order to try out your connection settings?

Don


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Echo Link


> On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 06:52:19PM -0700, Frederick wrote:
>> Hi
>>     I did open ports 5598-5599 as UDP but what is the port 
>> forwarding?
>
> Well, first, it'd help to open the correct ports (5198-5199, not 
> 55...)
>
> Second, you need to set up a forwarding rule that says that any
> traffic on those ports needs to be routed to your computer with
> Echolink. If you only have the one machine that you'll use 
> Echolink
> on, easiest way would be to set it up with a static IP address;
> otherwise, you'll need to set up trigger ports. For an exhaustive
> discussion on this, including possibly even setup instructions, 
> check
> http://www.portforward.com
>
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