Hi
     I ended up buying a piece of port forwarding software. It did the
trick, and was pretty much stress free. 
     Interestingly, I spend more time on this list than I do on air, or on
echo link.

God bless,
Mark

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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:46 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: an echolink nightmare!

You don't.  You log into your router or internet modem if it has built-in 
firewall, and open up the appropriate ports.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Harry Brown
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:09 AM
Subject: an echolink nightmare!


Hi all,
Well, here's where we are in getting me on echo link.
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. Folks, 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.
Trippy, ac8s