W7PUA KiwiSDR - Programming the Vonets VAC811g Ethernet to Wifi Adaptor

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Programming the Vonets VAC811g Ethernet to Wifi Adaptor

ZZZZZZZZZAs stated on my KiwiSDR web page, my particular Internet situation is that we own the domain name "janbob.com" but it is hosted, along with many others, at HostGator.com. This means that our IP address can change at any time. It is found by a DNS lookup (for instance at this writing it is 108.179.234.130), as was set by HostGator. Additionally, the local IP address is set by our router and can be either static (fixed)) or dynamic (can be changed by the router). The various methods for dealing with these issues are covered by the KiwiSDR Guide and repeating that information here is unnecessary. I will only show the details that worked for me with my situation. This page shows the signup's that I found to work. If you situation is like mine, this may help you get things going.

The dynamic (changing) external IP problem is solved by using the free service from no-ip.com. This allows an URL like w7pua.ddns.net to be redirected to an IP that the KiwiSDR can keep up-to-date by checking the IP and sending it to no-ip.com. Great! But, we need to sign up for the service, by going to no-ip.com, clicking on the "Signup" button and doing the usual email/password deal. Click the "Free Sign Up," unless you don't want to need monthly free renewals, for which you will pay to "Get Enhanced." Next Log In to the link above and select Dynamic DNS on the left to create your URL. I chose "w7pua" as a Host name giving me a URL of http://w7pua.ddns.net. My sign up is shown here.

Next we need to set up the KiwiSDR administration to work with the no-ip arrangement. Go to the usual http://kiwisdr.local:8073/admin and select the "Connect" tab. This gives us a place to select "DUC Domain" and enter the host name, w7pua.ddns.net, as shown. Click to "Start DUC" and wait a while for "Success".

Lastly we go to the "Network" tab and set the NAT rule and DHCP. Testing if the external router port is open should produce "Yes", "Yes" as shown.

A partial test of everything is to run the KiwiSDR from a Web browser using the internal IP address and port, which for my case is 192.168.0.21:8073

A more complete test is to connect and run the KiwiSDR from outside the router. This, in general, cannot be done from a computer on the local network. I used my phone for this by forcing the use of Verizon service. This was done by disabling the phone's Wifi. Then from the phone's Web browser, addressing "http://w7pua.ddns.net:8073". If all is well this will bring up the standard KiwiSDR radio operation.

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