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    SmartLink and Apple routers (Airport, Time Capsule, etc)

    Member, Super Elmer Moderator
    edited October 2020 in Remote Operation (SmartLink)
    I just helped a gentleman running an Apple Time Capsule router (same as Airport Extreme with the built in backup drive).

    We found out that the Airport routers do not support uPNP. We needed to use manual port forwarding. Here is a pdf which describes how to add port forwarding to the Apple router.
    https://www.rainmachine.com/support/portforwarding/Port-Forwarding-Apple-AirPortExtreme-Router-for-HTTPS.pdf

    You only need to add one port forwarding rule to the Apple Airport (or Time Capsule) router.

    On page 4 of the PDF it shows how to add the port forwarding.. Here are the setting you need to enter.

    Description: ​SmartLink
    Public UDP Ports: ​ 22000  
    Public TCP Ports: ​ 21000   
    Private IP Address: ​ <enter the IP  address of the radio>  
    Private UDP Port(s): ​ 4993   
    Private TCP Port(s): ​ 4994

    Click ​ Save​  button> The router will reboot.

    Next go into SmartLink Setup and expand Network Settings. Click Manual and enter the following settings 

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    Click Save then click the test button. You should get a green indicator and if you hover over it (SmartSDR) or click it (Maestro) the bottom section UDP and TCP should show pass.

    Dave wo2x

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    • Member ✭✭
      edited June 2020
      Dave

      Why the choice of ports 22000, and 21000 on the WAN side?

      On my Time Capsule,  I port forwarded WAN side TCP 4994 and WAN side UDP 4993, to the LAN side TCP 4994, and UDP 4993 ports. The SmartLink Test Came back with a green indicator after I rebooted the Time Capsule.

      Should I change my WAN side port assignments?

           SDRgadgets

      #FlexRadio IRC chat

         73, Jay - NO5J

    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator
      edited July 2017
      no, you can leave them as-is. Just what we used.

      Dave


    • Member ✭✭
      edited July 2017
      Dave
      Thanks for the quick reply! I had no particular reason to setup the 1 to 1 pairings I used, and thought I might have overlooked something important.

           SDRgadgets

      #FlexRadio IRC chat

         73, Jay - NO5J

    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited July 2017
      I think you also need to enable NAT-PMP also.....
    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator
      edited July 2017
      It was already enabled. Check the pdf article I lonked to in the above posting. Page 4 I believe. Dave
    • Member ✭✭
      edited July 2017
      You might want to do a DHCP reservation too.
    • Member ✭✭✭
      edited July 2017
      That I dd early on, setting static address for a number different devices.
    • Member ✭✭
      edited June 2020
      Dave - Thanks for posting this, it instantly enabled smartlink for me on my apple airport extreme. I was starting to think it was going to be very complicated but this worked perfectly and was super easy to follow. Thanks again!!!!!
    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator
      edited August 2017
      Glad it helped! Dave wo2x


    • Member
      edited June 2020
      I'm a new Flex6600 owner and have an Airport Express....this worked great.  Thanks Much - Tony W4TYB
    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator
      edited May 2018
      You are welcome. Glad it was useful. 73 Dave wo2x
    • Member ✭
      Just tried this configuration tonight and it worked perfectly! Thank you
    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator

      You are welcome!

      Dave wo2x

    • Member ✭
      Dave. I have an Apple Airport Time Capsule router. It's so old it really should be replaced but that's another discussion. Thanks for posting this very helpful discussion.
      Got it working!!
      Dean
    • Member, Super Elmer Moderator

      Glad it helped Dean. I have upgraded to an Eero mesh system.

      Dave wo2x

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