Subj : Echolink and Metronet
To   : All
From : Brian Indy
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 10:11 pm

Just found out something today, I recently switched to Metronet fiber, and my 
Echolink program stopped working. So I went in to the router and tried to setup 
port forwarding, it would not work. Tried it many times, same bad result. 
Called Metronet...unless you buy a static IP for $120 a year, you can't port 
forward.  Metronet uses something called CGNAT - Carrier Grade NAT  and this is 
why you can't port forward using their dynamic assigned external IP. 

I wish I had known that before. I don't use echolink much. So I'm not paying 
$120 for a static IP from Metronet. 

Just a heads up. 

73

Regards,
Brian Franklin
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