[App_rpt-users] Additional Info for ALL on Echolink troubleshooting

[ARS W5OMR]

I always use a relay server.
There are times I want to use echolink on my phone, if I'm in the living
room and want to monitor.
#1) disconnect phone from local Wi-Fi
#2) everything then falls into place like gravy on biscuits.



On Sun, May 27, 2018, 06:43 Bryan Taylor <overnite at me.com> wrote:

> Set your phone to connect using a proxy or relay and you won’t have any
> trouble
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 26, 2018, at 9:09 PM, Mike <mm at midnighteng.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I should not take for granted very many things on this but neither
> should anyone else.
>
> Let me state something that everyone should realize but perhaps does not
> with ASL nodes at 'home' with echolink.
>
> Your cellphone equipped with echolink should NOT be set to ''run echolink
> in the background'' when you are at home and connected to the same wifi
> that your echolink node is. (you could turn your wifi off on your phone and
> wait 15m+)
>
> So when you come home, and echolink is really still running in the
> background,
>
> and your phone sees that you are connectable to your home network.
>
> It does connect to your wifi automatically and with echolink running in
> the background, it creates a port clash. And your not even using it. Even
> with proper port forwarding. And you will think it is your ISP. Works
> sometimes and not others.
>
> Simple as that. The default set-up is to run in the background just like
> wifi to connect automatically when it hears it.
>
> It does not matter that one is a '-L' or '-R' and the other is personal
> call. 'cause they are trying to use the same ports.
>
> Think about that the next time you troubleshoot one !
>
> *It really should be the first thing looked for in home asl/echolink node
> connectivity*.
>
> For all the years I have been subscribed reading this list,  I have
> watched EL be the number one trouble on this list, again and again and this
> is the root of most of it with 'home nodes'. But it is just simple
> networking overlooking all that is happening behind the nat.
>
> So there you go... one good instance to have a node in the cloud/vps. LOL
>
> Have a great Holiday Weekend !
>
> ...mike/kb8jnm
>
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