[drats_users] D-Rats and Hotspot

[Mike Heitmann]

That makes sense - you stated earlier the radios are "beeping", so the port has to be open.

Is it possible the hotspot is somehow inverting the d-rats data?

Mike, N0SO
Sent from my iPad

On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:03 AM, "Dave Thomas" <dave.2w0ruh at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> All firewall and router ports checked and fine.
>  
> DAVE
>  
> From: Mike Heitmann
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 4:36 AM
> To: Discussion of D-RATS
> Subject: Re: [drats_users] D-Rats and Hotspot
>  
> Hi Dave,
>  
> It sounds like something (like a firewall) is blocking data from the d-rats port. Try configuring d-rats to send a DPRS position report and see if it goes through.
> 
> Mike, N0SO
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Aug 29, 2011, at 7:20 PM, "Dave Thomas" <dave.2w0ruh at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All, I want to pass d-rats through my hotspot, I have configured the network, the Hotspot software is on a different PC to D-Rats.
>>  
>> Here’s my dilemma, when I send the message the HT radio (monitoring the hotspot) receives a TX Blip similar to if I were hard wired to the radio as a port, so I know it’s going somewhere. I have another radio (mobile) connected to the same Gateway via a different node, this also gets the TX Blip but no text appears, same in the reverse.
>>  
>> Neither station can ping the other.
>>  
>> My hotspot uses DPRS and this works fine, I see my node and mobile stations on aprs.fi , in D-rats the network address is correct (an internal network IP), the port 20003 is correct.
>>  
>> If I place the Mobile radio on the simplex frequency of the node (the same as the HT) the message pops up when sent. But I guess this is then direct not through the gateway or hotspot software.
>>  
>> When my hotspot sends my periodic station position to Aprs.fi the map feature shows it up in D-Rats    mapping and my hotspot shows up in the stations list to the right of the chat window.
>>  
>> What am I doing wrong, it’s baffling me?
>>  
>>  
>> DAVE
>> 
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