Nate: What about having a remote access from my home using another mobile on the repeater pair connecting a sound card interface between the computer and the radio back up to the repeater like echolink, do you think that would work?
Thanks, Artie --- In [email protected], Nate Duehr <n...@...> wrote: > > > On Mar 7, 2009, at 9:37 PM, k2aau wrote: > > My question, with a notebook computer using Linux would I be able to > > configure a wireless device to seek out a WIFI network and provide > > and Internet gateway to the system? > > > > > No, you wouldn't be able to control whether you got a public IP > address, or more likely 99% of the time you would find yourself INSIDE > someone's NAT router/firewall on an internal RFC 1918 address, and > wouldn't have the right control of that firewall to add the port- > forwarding necessary. > > You really need IP at the site to make it work that's completely under > your control. > > Does that mean it has to get there via an ISP? No. You could become > your own wireless ISP and build a commercial microwave link, buy telco > services that would get the IP there, etc... > > But you definitely need 100% control of the network up until the point > you pop out at a NAT somewhere as a real/routable Internet IP address. > > Nate WY0X >
