[TVARC] EchoHam/EchoLink on a Mac

Tue Jul 21 17:15:01 EDT 2020

If anyone has gotten Echolink to work w/ the PC and Windows 10, let me
know.  Works fine on iOS and the iPhone.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 3:34 PM Wayne Poole <wfpoole at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rusty,
>
> Question for you.  EchoHAM is the newest version of EchoMAC - just a name
> change from what I understand.  Did you really download EchoMAC?  If so,
> what version is it?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Wayne
> k4wfp
>
> On Jul 21, 2020, at 4:12 PM, w3us at casa-aloha.net wrote:
>
> Thanks much for the help.  I downloaded EchoMac, and though it appears
> almost identical to EchoHam, I was able to make a connection to ECHOTEST
> and K4VRC-R.  Success!  I fired up EchoHam and ignoring the UDP 5198/5199
> errors connected to K4VRC.  Success again.  I tried Echolink under my
> Windows emulator, but no joy.  Baby steps.  Thanks again everyone.  We’ll
> figure this out.
>
> rusty - W3US
>
> On Jul 21, 2020, at 08:35, Wayne Poole <wfpoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> There seems to be more to this issue.
>
> Echoham (MAC) and Echolink (Win) are very different programs.  Different
> program entirely and the MAC version certainly is missing a lot of the
> functionality.  For example, EchoHam does not have the option for
> “firewall/router test” as the Win version does.  I have both versions
> running.
>
> Yes, I have no issues with the Echolink IOS version.  Works.  Just tested
> connection to VRC repeater - successful.  Echoham - fail.  I see that most,
> if not all of the attempted connections with Echoham say either “connection
> rejected” or “disconnected”.  I think the later is a timeout issue.  I did
> up the connect time to 30s with no success.
>
> What is strange is I have no issues connection to the server with
> Echoham.  I also can connect to very, very few repeaters.  For example,
> K4ETN-R - was able to connect.  I attempted connection to greater than 20
> and just worked my way down the list until I was successful. Again, no
> ability to connect to VRC with Echoham.
>
>
> Wayne
> k4wfp
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:31 PM, Tom Crawford <tmcsail at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Understand Rusty,
> Everything you’re saying is exactly what I would expect.
> Your iPhone app has a default mode called “relay”  It does not require any
> setups for the router’s port forwarding. It just works.
>
> EchoMac requires the router to be set either for Port Forwarding or Port
> Triggering of the UDP ports.
>
> This FAQ page shows a typical router page for setting port triggering:
> http://echomac.sourceforge.net/
>
> Click “router setup”.
>
> 73,
> Tom
> W3TMC
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 11:03 PM, "w3us at casa-aloha.net" <w3us at casa-aloha.net>
> wrote:
>
> I am connecting to Verizon with a MiFi device.  Again, no problem with
> the iPhone, even with port forwarding turned off.  It simply goes through.
> When I attempt to connect with the Mac, even with firewalls turned off - no
> go.
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 19:28, Tom Crawford <tmcsail at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> Just a train of thought here Rusty-
>
> If port forwarding works with your iPhone, then UDP packets are being
> directed to the iPhone’s IP address. No other device is going to work
> unless the computer is forced to the address the iPhone had.
>
>
> Port triggering is an option that, if used will forward the packets to the
> address the router has determined is the most likely address to have
> requested the data.
>
> This service (port triggering) allows multiple computers to use the
> application- although, not at the same time, I don’t believe.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom, W3TMC
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 4:53 PM, "w3us at casa-aloha.net" <w3us at casa-aloha.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> I refreshed my copy of EchoHam just now, but result is the same — no go
> on UDP ports 5198/5199.  I can connect to Echolink on my iPhone via my
> router, which would indicate the router is not the problem.  Stumped.
>
>
> Rusty - W3US
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 13:37, Mark Tetlow <mark.tetlow at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>
> I’m using both EchoLink ( iOS ) and EchoHam ( MacOS ). Also, I have
> Xfinity for cable. The only things I did was check that UPnP was enabled on
> my Xfinity Gateway and then I pushed the WPS button on top of the gateway.
> Everything worked!
>
>
> This was a fresh download of EchoHam; today. Previously, before trying
> those items explained above, I had no connection.
>
>
> Mark
>
> KB1UHA
>
>
> "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
> Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Wayne Poole <wfpoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Same issue here.
>
>
> Echomac (v 2.13) - connect to server(s) but unable to connect any
> repeater, link or station.
>
> Echolink IOS - works just fine.
>
>
> Ports all forwarded per website.  No firewall.
>
>
> Wayne
>
> k4wfp
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 9:33 AM, w3us at casa-aloha.net wrote:
>
>
> Is anyone using EchoHam on a Mac, or Echolink on a Windows emulator on a
> Mac?  I’ve not been successful getting it to work.  I connect to servers
> okay, but consistently fail to receive packets on UDP ports 5198 and 5199.
> I don’t believe the problem to be with my router as I successfully
> connected via router using my iPhone last Monday.  I have turned off Mac
> and Windows firewalls as well as disabled Norton's firewall with no joy.
>
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
> Tnx,
>
> Rusty - W3US
>
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