[Ham-Mac] EchoMac Success Story! (DSL via a D-Link Router to G4 with OSX 10.4.7)

[Dick Kriss]

First, I want to say thanks to all that responded to my requests for help.
the winning tip goes to Tim McLeod, VE3TZS.  He broke the code on my deaf
and dumb setup.

> On 9/10/06 4:41 PM, "Tim McLeod" <ve3tzs at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I had trouble getting EchoLink to work on a Dlink router using the
> configuration you listed.  Use the Virtual Server settings to forward the
> three ports required to the IP address of the machine.

Heads Up: The information on the EchoLink web page at
http://www.echolink.org/firewall_solutions.htm for D-Link routers including
the link to a screenshot may work for a PC's but it is WRONG (really wrong)
for a Macintosh D-Link users.

The correct (or what works) procedure is to:

- Using a Web browser (Safari), bring up the  D-Link configuration page.  By
default, the URL is 192.168.0.1, the user name is "admin", and the password
is blank.

- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click the Virtual Server button.
- Click the Enable button.
- After Name, enter "EchoLink".
- After Private IP enter the IP Address shown on your System
Preference/Network panel under the TCP/IP tab.  Don't guess check it.
- Protocol, enter or check "Both"
After Private Port, enter 5200
After Public Port, enter 5200
Schedule: check Always
Click "Apply".

Repeat the above for ports 5198 and 5199

When you are done, you will see three EchoLink settings checked at the
bottom. That's all folks!

I then opened EchoMac, selected the node and connected. Life is good when
you HEAR people talking on the repeater.

I don't know about other setups but this worked on my G4-1GHz AGP with OSX
10.4.7 using a D-Link 524 Router to AT&T/Yahoo DSL.

Thanks for reading.  I hope this blurb helps someone avoid the aggravation I
had with the PC information on the EchoLink web page.

73, Dick AA5VU