Hi Harry,
I was not aware that people were saying that you did not have to enable the
UDP ports in service pack 3. In any case, that would apply only to the
Windows XP Firewall. If you have some sort of router combined with your DSL
modem, then that also has to be configured. Did you try calling the AT&T
people to see if they could port forward those 5198 and 5199 UDP ports?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
Hi Ron,
I just thank you for your help, for sure!
I've got AT&T for my dsl service.
Appreciate your encouragement.
If I could just get echo link to work and be validated as well, I could =
be back on hf, and everything would be ok then.
The weird thing is, I have service pack 3, and they said that port =
forwarding doesn't need to be done, is that true?
Now I did go into my windows firewall in xp, and checked the exceptions, =
and echo link is an exception, and it's checked, so, there should be no =
problem, but it keeps failing the firewall test.
OH well, I look forward to talking with Bob, tomorrow, maybe he can shed =
some light on the echo link situation.
Trippy, ac8s
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ron Canazzi=20
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: if I can't have my hobby back, I don't want to live!
Hi Harry,
If you want to use Echo Link, you must port forward UDP ports 5198 and =
5199.=20
This should be done in any and all firewall and virus software. As=20
mentioned before, your modem might have a built in router that needs =
to be=20
configured. Since I do not know the provider you are using, I can't =
say any=20
more. If you do not have sighted help available for the modem/router, =
then=20
contact your service provider and ask them to port forward UDP ports =
5198=20
and 5199.This should get you on Echo Link eventually.
Good luck.
----- Original Message -----=20
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 =3D
bases.
Were not!
First, for the 3rd time, my friend, Rick, wo8m, scanned and faxed my =
=3D
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. =3D
This means that your system's TCP configuration is correct for use =
with =3D
EchoLink.
The tester did not receive a response for some of the UDP tests. If =
you =3D
have a router or firewall installed, be sure its Port Forwarding =
feature =3D
is correctly set. (See Help for details.)"
Trippy's comment, where in the heck do I go on the echolink web site? =
=3D
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 =3D
configured to allow EchoLink to access the Internet.
There appears to be a router between this computer and the Internet. =
A =3D
router normally requires special configuration for use with EchoLink."
Folks, that's a crock of crap, because I have no router, just a dsl =
=3D
modem, what are they drinking?
For more information, click the Help button above, or see the Firewall =
=3D
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 =
=3D
contests go on cq100, God, all this could be prevented, all of it. All =
=3D
these people who have nice yards, and they can get on hf, and those of =
=3D
us who live in places where we can't, like apartments, and condos, =
what =3D
a heck of a mess! And what bugs me the most is, the ARRL, witch I will =
=3D
not join, because people like me, who are in the minority. The ARRL, =
=3D
and most hams, don't give a crap. None of them think about this =3D
situation, none of them. What will they do, when they can no longer =
live =3D
where they have a yard to put up antennas?
This hobby is diing, because of these kind of things, and the =
attitudes. =3D
If they would only put contests on cq100, (all contests), then I =3D
wouldn't be going through all this. The powers that are intrenched, =
just =3D
think contests should be on hf, well, really, radio only!
Well, Monday night, on that balcony, will decide what's gonna happen =
=3D
with my ham future. If that tuner does what it's suppose to do, great, =
=3D
if not, what can I say, but cq100, for the rest of my life, and even =
=3D
that's declining, down hill. People are leaving in droves, the ham =
rules =3D
aren't being enforced.
It's killing me folks. You might think I'm over dramatic, but if I =
can't =3D
have my hobby back, I don't need to live.
There's nothing worse than a life, with your hobbies taken away from =
ya. =3D
I know hams in this town, right now, who cannot get on the air, many =
=3D
many of them. I ask "why", and they say, "Trippy, I can't put up =3D
antennas where I live.
" Or, "I'm too old to climb towers, and string wires, and all that =3D
stuff, and nobody has time. And 99% of the hams in this country could =
=3D
care less, and they won't let ham radio come to cq100, where we don't =
=3D
have firewall issues, port forwarding issues, issues with skype, =
issues =3D
with hf remote base software. But we do have the bands, the =
frequencies. =3D
Now, all we need is, all the hams to come over there, and we'll have =
=3D
everything we have on hf, and no antennas that you can't put up, =
either =3D
because of where you live, or, because you're too old to do all this =
=3D
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 =
=3D
the air, because no hams in that city will go over there and get her =
on =3D
the air., I wish I could get her on the fricken air myself, but I =
can't, =3D
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 =3D
permission. They have no idea about those of us out here, and what =
they =3D
either don't care to see, or, what they fail to see is, in the future =
=3D
they will be in the same situation as people like me are in. We will =
all =3D
get older, we will all be where we can't put up antennas, due to space =
=3D
limits, or, our bodies and/or minds will fail.
Trippy, ac8s
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