FWIW, I have just about completed a transition from slow DSL to moderately fast cable Internet (30Mb down, 2Mb up on a good day), motivated by the desire for smoother audio in my K3 Remote setup. In the process, I've learned more than I ever wanted to know about routers and, perhaps most important, their control facilities. It may be helpful to you, Brian, and others. Note that I am not an expert on modern, computer networking. If you are, you need read no further.
Every router I've used provides a Web browser interface. It's a "Goldilocks story:" Some are monstrous, truly awful. Some are clean and neat but limited in functionality. Some are "just right." The cost differences are immaterial compared to our investments in stations, antennas and remote control gadgetry. If you find yourself fighting your router, consider a different one. I don't believe the Internet service providers nail you to their specific favorite. Mine haven't. At N6XI Truckee, the monstrous one was a 2wire DSL modem/router. It had all the capabilities I needed but was a PITA to manage, a truly brain-dead user interface. The limited one was a Hitron cable modem/router. It was easy to use but wouldn't let me make some fundamental, boring, convenience changes and it wouldn't pass the pings from my remote power switch. So, as of today, I am using a "dumb," DOCSIS-standard cable modem from Arris sold by my cable company and a nice, modestly priced router from Linksys, now a Cisco company. The modem is invisible. The router has all the functions I think I need, nicely arranged in intuitive pages and menus. As a retired software guy, I would certainly have done some things differently, but I have no significant complaints. I have spent only an hour or two inside its pages and I think I'm done. It is a Linksys EA4500 (aka N900), in the middle of a line of routers distinguished mainly by their throughput characteristics, at least if I understand it. One of its nicest features is the ability to "Reserve" a DHCP-allocated LAN IP address. This nails down the addresses of the many remote radio related pieces. It is different from assigning "static" IP addresses and, I think, simpler. It also handles port forwarding setup very cleanly and provides a clean, editable list of on-LAN devices. I highly recommend it even though I've never worked for Linksys or Cisco. GL & 73, /Rick On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:27 AM, bwru...@gmail.com <bwru...@gmail.com>wrote: > OK guys. Don't waste time on this. The problem is definitely the router. > > I cannot successfully ping my remote router in Maryland (where the remote > K3 is) from inside my network here in Key West. I CAN successfully ping it > when I am using Verizon with my iPad. I CAN ping anything else I try from > inside the network. > > Something in the way the router setup is working is preventing some kinds > of data from flowing back to me. This was not the case before AT&T's > technician set up the static ip addresses. > > The router is a Motorola NVG510 used by the ATT U-Verse system. On-line, I > find many forum threads dealing with idiosyncratic behavior of this > particular router. That is what zapped me. Now I have to work out a fix. > > Tnx. Happy Holidays. > > 73, > > Brian > > -- > 70 is the new 40. > > Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. > 1107 Key Plaza, PMB 447 Key West, FL 33040 > Summers: P.O.Box 57, 7400 Augustine Herman Highway, Georgetown, MD 21930 > eFax 305.768.0278 Skype bwruble > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: "Brian F. Wruble" <bwru...@gmail.com> > > Date: December 18, 2013 at 6:13:28 PM EST > > To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > Subject: K3/0 to K3 RemoteRig issue > > Reply-To: bwru...@gmail.com > > > > Hi all: > > > > I have had my remote operation working beautifully, with just problems > figuring out CW and Digital, but slowly getting there. Sideband has been > fine, and I am enjoying ham radio in Key West while operating through my > station on Maryland's Eastern Shore. > > > > Then... I turned on the K3/0 a couple hours ago. I heard the sounds of > 40M SSB, where I had my most recent QSO. But the dial shows 21.000.00 and > mode shown is CW. I can tune, and obviously the distant K3 is tuning, as > I can hear the signals change. I can change bands, change modes, go in and > out of XMIT. The front panel of the K3/0 never shows a change, just sits > there. > > > > One possible clue: I had an AT&T internet tech in today to give me a > static ip (external ip) to support my surveillance system. That has not > affected any internet functions --- I have email, browser, and comms with > the K3. I just don't have feedback from the K3. It seems to me that if I > have good internet, then the K3/0 and RemoteRig shouldn't care about the > changes, but it is suspiciously coincidental. ........ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Rick Tavan N6XI Truckee, CA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
