Hi guys,

I have a number of routers configured to HSMM.  This was the easy part.  Now I am trying to get an email application or something like NetMeeting running to communicate between them.  I have two XP computers for testing.  I have been trying to find some help on the net that will take me by the hand and lead me through all the configuration that is needed for one or two programs.  Unfortunately I am a hardware guy and about 8 hours of trying to get 'something' talking over HSMM has gotten me nowhere.

Can anyone suggest a program and instructions that can get me over the learning curve?  My goal is to have an application or applications that can be used between the EOC and fire stations in my city in the event of a disaster.  Once I get this going I will do some surveys to see what nodes are needed to fill all the gaps.

73s

-Aaron

WD0FAA

If I understand you correctly you´ll have two nodes and behind each node you´ll have a computer, may it be a client or server.

In order for lets say the client on node 1 to reach an emailserver on node 2 you´ll have to do portforwarding on node 2 to enable the access to the mailserver.

F.ex. POP3 is TCP 110 and SMTP is TCP 25 You should go to setup and then portforwarding and forward the above ports (if that what you want) from WiFi interface to a local node (you see the IP´s in the dropdown list) and enter the protocol (TCP or UDP) and portnumber to listen for on the WiFi side as well as the portnumber to forward to inside.

Normally this will be the same, but in some cases it can be different on the outside when you have like two webservers on the inside, both answering on port 80.

This is because portforwarding can only forward a specific port to a specific host.

Hope that clears it up for you !