Hi. I’m setting up a small AllStarLink network for a friend of mine, and I have more of a design question.
I have several nodes in different towns, running on Pi3’s.
I have a Hub server running in the cloud.
All of them will be running ASL3.
My question is really about how the connection from the hub to the node is made. Is it better to initiate the connection from the Hub to the nodes? Or, from the Nodes to the Hub? Or does it not even matter?
A few thoughts:
- If I do hub to node, I’ll have to modify port forwarding settings on everyone’s router. Not ideal, since some are far away and I’m hoping for a more plug and play solution.
- node to hub - This seems easier. But, I’m going to have to hard code what network ports the nodes use to connect to the hub right? Or, can it handle all the nodes on the 1 port (4569 I believe)?
I’m hoping I can just configure the pi with the right settings, and then ship the pi to the person hosting the link. I really don’t want to have to talk someone into setting up port forwarding, which is where I’m stuck right now.
Thanks in advance, and thanks for hosting this forum, it’s been a great resource so far.
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