Hi,
I agree. The neorouter VPN allows peer-to-peer routing. This eliminates
the longer path issue.
I've had good success with it.
73, Gerry W1VE
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:29 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML <ar@dseven.org>wrote:
> A VPN is unlikely to help with packet-loss/delay-spikes *unless* those
> are caused by traffic prioritisation somewhere in the network path,
> and VPN traffic happens to be prioritised higher than whatever you're
> using for audio-streaming. Otherwise, a VPN through an intermediate
> server is likely to make it worse, as the network path will be less
> direct.
>
> 73,
>
> ~iain / N6ML
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Gerry Hull <gerry@yccc.org> wrote:
> > If throughput is not the issue, but rather restrictive ISPs, then I would
> > recommend a peer-to-peer VPN, and there are two free solutions. Hamachi
> > (from www.logmein.com), free for more than enough users. Simple to set
> up,
> > central config and client download, works on all Windows OS and Linux.
> > When running Hamachi, each end can see every port on a participating
> > client (as long as firewall does not restrict), so no worries about ISP
> > port restrictions.
> >
> > The second one I recommend is Neorouter (www.neorouter.com). They have
> > free server and client software. What I did was rent a small Linux VPS
> on
> > the net (~$10 - $12/year -- see www.lowendbox.com) to host my neorouter
> > server. This gives it a public IP and guaranteed to be up. Then, al;
> the
> > clients I want connect and can see each other. This is great for
> contests
> > were geographically diverse multis are allowed (such as HQ stations in
> > IARU).
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Gerry W1VE
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:16 AM, C. "Fred" Johnson <fredwt2p@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> One approach you could try if you're on a restrictive ISP such as
> comcast
> >> is getting a VPS (I use linode and openvpn to route all traffic from
> home
> >> to the tunnel and then out to the net).. Comcast only sees encrypted
> >> traffic (thus they think you're on a work VPN) to your VPS... Works
> well..
> >> Upgraded speeds will help if your ISP is employing any kind of packet
> >> inspection or throttling. I just finally got the kinks worked out
> here...
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> WT2P
> >>
> >> On 4/9/13 8:26 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> >>
> >>> Comcast just doubled their speeds at least in the Denver area. We are
> >>> now getting 56mb download speeds and around 11mb up.
> >>>
> >>> K6VVA was running a similar setup maybe Rick will chime in.
> >>>
> >>> Mike W0MU
> >>>
> >>> On 4/9/2013 5:42 PM, Barry wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I tried some remote operation in the 10m contest using a TS480 and
> >>>> Remoterig. The radio control worked fine, but we had lots of
> problems with
> >>>> dropped dits, timing problems, etc. on CW, presumably due to dropped
> >>>> packets and/or latency issues. I don't know if it's my particular
> network
> >>>> or a common problem, but I've heard others using Comcast as an ISP
> having
> >>>> similar issues.
> >>>>
> >>>> I wonder if anyone has had success using some other remote system for
> CW
> >>>> contesting.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tnx,
> >>>> Barry W2UP
> >>>>
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