This is why Elecraft needs to get serious about having IPv6 support in the K4.
Because of stateless auto config, a minimal support would just be to enable
stateless auto config on the network interface and provide the ipv6 address on
the menu as readonly.
On 12/15/2023 11:57 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:57:57 +0100
From: Magnus Danielson
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
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This issue
As (other) Rick says, port forwarding varies between routers; but the
two key points to research for your router are:
1) Assign (reserve) the K4 MAC(s) to specific IP addresses, so the
K4(s) is/are ALWAYS at the same LAN IP address (reboot the K4).
2) Port forward 9204 to the K4 (only one
Simplicity is the keynote to K4 Remote. If you have an external IP address, you only have
to fill in a few fields to get going. You do have to set up a "port forward"
rule in your router in order to make YOUR K4 accessible to remote control ops. All the
routers have different web pages to do
I’m not particularly networking savvy, in fact I’m at the opposite end of
networking familiarity. I’ve contacted Wayne a few times to ask that the K4
remote solution (whether K4/K4-0 or VK4 software) follow the KISS principle and
make connectivity simple enough for someone like me. I’m hoping I
* On 2023 15 Dec 11:47 -0600, KJ7SOY wrote:
> Rick:
>
> The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix.
> It’s CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t
> give you an external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a
> DDNS name because you
Thanks, Adrian. I didn't realize how ubiquitous that technique is becoming.
I guess I live a sheltered life here in the mountains and, of course, in
Silicon Valley. I hope your solutions don't add unacceptable latency.
/Rick N6XI
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 9:46 AM KJ7SOY wrote:
> Rick:
>
> The
Rick:
The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix. It’s
CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t give you an
external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a DDNS name because you
don’t HAVE an IP address to map to. Many carriers
Hi, Dave. I don't think it will be much of an issue. With many ISPs,
external IP addresses change rarely. If your ISP is changing addresses
frequently, consider using a DDNS server like no-ip.com. I have tested K4
Remote using a DDNS string in lieu of a hard-coded WAN address and it works
fine.
This issue is real. A problem is also there is quite many port forward
configurations to setup as one setup a station.
There is methods to punch through NATs, and I hope one have chosen to
use an approach that does this. One is to operate over a VPN that have
these abilities. Another is to
Very interesting Rick, thanks for sharing the info.
One issue that seems to be increasingly common is that some (many?) ISPs no
longer offer a fixed IP address, which K4 Remote currently needs. The
system many ISPs are changing to is carrier grade network address
translation, it first surfaced in
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
I thought that what people really wanted was the promised app that would let
users remotely control the K4 from their desktop or other device.
Buying two K4s seems like a very financially inefficient way to go.
Bidirectionality doesn't sound like
as if they
were at the remote site.
73,
Mark, WB9CIF
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 17:44
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
I thought that what people
I thought that what people really wanted was the promised app that would
let users remotely control the K4 from their desktop or other device.
Buying two K4s seems like a very financially inefficient way to go.
Bidirectionality doesn't sound like a practical plus.
Dave AB7E
On
As a retired software QC engineer (UNIX OS and layered products), I'm
curiousas to what kind of testing would be needed at a mountain QTH versus a
valley QTH. :-)
In all seriousness, congratulations - I can easily imagine that it's been a LOT
of work,and I'm sure all of us are sincerely
Many ops have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of K4 Remote. Although
it's not yet available for general release, several field testers have been
exercising it. (K4-to-K4, not K4/0 or PC-based VK4 although those are in
progress inside Elecraft.) I've made over a thousand remote contacts with
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