kj4g wrote: > Good afternoon all, Unfortunately, the K4WAK Stack is without > internet gateway at this time. We have a 1253.000 DD module. Here is > the situation. > > Its my understanding that the ID-1 radios can be used in place of a > typical wi-fi system. We have done high speed file transfers between > two ID-1 radios and computers with good success in the shared folder > manner.
Yup, ID-1s talking to each other behave as a point-to-point Ethernet bridge, very similar to WiFi. > We would like to place one ID-1 at a base station (simplex freq)with > an ISP. Our goal is to use the ID-1 as a ham radio wi-fi. We want to > send a mobile out into the field with a ID-1 (same simplex freq) > interfaced to a computer. Our thinking is that the mobile will have > access to the base station ISP with full internet access. IS THIS A > CORRECT ASSUMPTION? As long as you set up your IP routing correctly, yes, this will work. You'll need an IP address for the mobile, and an IP for the base end (this can be statically assigned, or you can have a computer/router at the base station running DHCP). Set the default gateway on the mobile to be the IP of the base station. The base station end then needs a second network interface connected to the public internet, and to be set up to do routing (and NAT, if needed). > Question; If that is feasible, how do we do the same thing thru the > 1253.000 DD module so we can have much greater range? Are there > settings for the stack computer (1253.0 DD module) that need to be > made? Is the stack able to digipeat so to speak? If you're looking for ID1-to-ID1 access for the mobile unit to talk just with the ID1 at the base station with internet access, that will work pretty much the same, just set the ID1s with each other's MY as the YOUR call, and the DD module as RPT1. (If, however, you have internet access at the repeater site: The ethernet bridging on the RP1D and RP2D sends anything from the RF side to the Ethernet side and vice versa, but does *not* digipeat RF traffic back out to the RF port. If you have multiple mobile stations wanting to talk to each other, you need to set up your IP networking such that they are all routing via the base station) -- Peter Corbett :: KD8GBL [email protected]
