or also couldn't windows xp it's self have a firewall inabled that he could attempt to disable?
On Jun 24, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Ron Canazzi wrote:

> Hi Harry,
> 
> If you want to use Echo Link, you must port forward UDP ports 5198 and 5199. 
> This should be done in any and all firewall and virus software.  As 
> mentioned before, your modem might have a built in router that needs to be 
> configured.  Since I do not know the provider you are using, I can't say any 
> more.  If you do not have sighted help available for the modem/router, then 
> contact your service provider and ask them to port forward UDP ports 5198 
> and 5199.This should get you on Echo Link eventually.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:40 AM
> Subject: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link and hf remote =
> bases.
> Were not!
> First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =
> license to the folks at echo link.
> It said my license is unreadable, so, no validation!
> Then, a firewall test failure!
> Here's what the test said.
> "Windows XP Service Pack 3
> Local IP address: 192.168.1.78
> Firewall Test Results: FAIL
> The test successfully connected to the EchoLink server on TCP port 5200. =
> This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use with =
> EchoLink.
> The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests.  If you =
> have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding feature =
> is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
> Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
> I'll try to find the help, but who knows!
> Now, back to the results.
> "If you have Internet security software installed, be sure it is =
> configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
> There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet.  A =
> router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
> Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =
> modem, what are they drinking?
> For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall =
> Solutions page on the EchoLink Web site.
> What a disaster this is.
> Ya know folks, all is nightmare could be prevented if they just let =
> contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All =
> these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of =
> us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, what =
> a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will =
> not join, because people like me, who are in the minority.  The ARRL, =
> and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =
> situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer live =
> where they have a yard to put up antennas?
> This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the attitudes. =
> If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =
> wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, just =
> think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
> Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =
> with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great, =
> if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =
> that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham rules =
> aren't being enforced.
> It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I can't =
> have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
> There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from ya. =
> I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =
> many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =
> antennas where I live.
> " Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =
> stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
> care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
> have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, issues =
> with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the frequencies. =
> Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =
> everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, either =
> because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =
> antenna stuff, and your body and/or mind, won't let you any more.
> I feel for sister Alverna, wa0sgj, in Rochester, Mn, who can't get on =
> the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her on =
> the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I can't, =
> but I feel for her, she's just another casualty.
> I'd love you to send my email to ARRL, you have, for sure, my =
> permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what they =
> either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
> they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will all =
> get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space =
> limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
> Trippy, ac8s