[App_rpt-users] proxy server

[Mike - W5JR]

Bryan, can you describe in general terms the amount of repeater airtime this 4G usage numbers corresponds to? Such as 1 hour a day, 5 hours a day, 18 hours a day, etc. 

This may be an option for our group other than doing a VPN. 

tnx
Mike / W5JR
Alpharetta GA

> On Jan 18, 2017, at 9:26 AM, Bryan D. Boyle <bdboyle at bdboyle.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/18/2017 8:50 AM, Robert Newberry wrote:
>> I built up a portable node. I came across this webpage
>> https://allstarlink.org/proxy.html. I thought about making the server my
>> node at a site with a direct fiber connection. Its good solid, stable
>> internet.
>> 
>> This seems like a good way to use resources I already have available to
>> be able to use my portable node on the road.
>> 
>> Has anyone done this before?
>> 
>> Are the instructions good, or anything you would do differently?
> 
> Scott KB2EAR has successfully done this, and, assuming you have a decent hotspot and 4G connection and decent cell service, works pretty well. Occasional dropouts (just like cell service...4G is only as reliable as the underlying RF infrastructure), but otherwise, seems to work just fine.
> 
> Don't expect it to be either as reliable or resilient as fixed connections.
> 
> Just as a datapoint...when connected, full time, through an AT&T 4G hotspot down here on our network (http://stats.allstarlink.org/getstatus.cgi?27673), I was seeing about 1.6-2.0 GB traffic total per month, which, on a 5GB monthly allocation, still left me room to use it to do email and web traffic in addition to the IAX connection.  Just use a lower bit rate codec (GSM or g726 work just fine...it's only FM @3.5kc over a 5kc channel...not stereo FM broadcast), and you'll be fine.
> 
> -- 
> Bryan D. Boyle
> Morrisville PA
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