[App_rpt-users] Firewalls and outbound connections

[David KE6UPI]

I know you can connect to an AllStar node without opening the firewall.
Echolink and IRLP I have on idea.

I travel a lot and found that most of the time hotel WiFi is bad. I have
used a SprintPCS USB Internet card. Works great. I'm think of using a Virgin
Mobile (Pay as you go) USB Internet card. VM is Sprint. So the idea is that
you can turn it on when you want. $40 a month for unlimited Internet.

David


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 5:28 AM, Peter Elke <pete.elke at esquared.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This may be an obvious and I am just not "getting it" but here it goes.
>
> We are setting up an 440 & 902Mhz Emergency communications system with a
> repeater node in a suite case sized Pelican box.  In the box is
> 902/927Mhz Repeater, 12volt Linux PC, WiFi Card + FOB.
>
> The idea is that we could set this up (as an example) at a hotel near a
> wildfire command post.  The local operator would make an always on
> outbound connection to a node used as an "inbound hub" via the hotel
> "guest wifi" or Ethernet.
>
> My question is can a node create an outbound connection without any
> major firewall modifications?  If not my other option will be to have
> linux create a SSL VPN connection to somewhere "outside" and VoIP UDP
> openly from there.
>
> Any thoughts on this?  Other ideas?
>
> Pete/WI6H
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