I wanted to provide an update on our repeater linking project on our AREDN Southmesh system. We have been successful in getting a Yaesu System Fusion Repeater and other nodes hooked up with the Yaesu System Fusion WIRES-X HRI-200 interface. We used SMART VPN with the Smart Switch option $60 / yr to provide the forwarding of the ports needed to make this work. Has anyone else done this? Are there any other /better /cheaper options available to satisfy the port forwarding requirements of the HRI-200? Remember that the ports must be made available regardless of where the internet is coming from.
If you don't need a REAL ip address, and all connections are outbound, it is much easier. For instance my two non-ICOM D-STAR repeaters don't require any inbound port forwarding to connect to reflectors so I don't have to have a real IP. But if anyone wants to connect inbound to them, you have to have the real IP.
Search the forums for port forwarding, DNAT, SNAT and you'll find the solutions. You shouldn't need to purchase any hardware beyond a VLAN capable switch in order to make this work.
good luck, 73, Mike
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