I have to second the VPN solution. I have a similar setup with an incoming VPN. You can be anywhere in the world with a computer or mobile device and connect to your home network and have access to everything as if you are there.
I also use OpenVPN, but on a larger Linux computer. It also can be run on a router with DD-WRT or even on a commercial router designed for this purpose. There are other VPNs also. If you do port forwarding, anyone on the internet can access your KPA1500. As far as I can tell, it is not meant to be connected to the internet. There is no security or password protection. And, someone will figure out how to do bad things. There are just people like that out there. I generally think port forwarding is a BAD IDEA! Many security and baby cameras that use port forwarding have been hacked. There are even automatic search engines to find them. A VPN on the other hand provides pretty good security. The VPN server runs on a computer on your network. A client runs on the remote device. It generally requires something you know (a password) and something you have (a digital certificate on the client ). So, for anyone to get in, they need both your client device and the password. You can revoke a stolen digital certificate and create another if needed. There have been vulnerabilities on VPNs, but they get patched and if you keep updated, you are certainly better off than using port forwarding. There are a couple drawbacks though. Your ISP may block some incoming connections. I also would say that I did successfully set it up, and it has worked for years with no problems, but it was not simple. There are cookbooks to do so, but they are long cookbooks. A commercial router with this capability may be better if you don't feel so inclined.. Good luck in whatever you do. 73, Mark W7MLG On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:34 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT < kx...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running OpenVPN to solve exactly this kind of > problem. > > OpenVPN lets you connect remotely from the outside world and actually get > an IP off of your own LAN. > > The best thing about this is you aren't opening ports that *might* be > vulnerable to some exploit -- other than the Pi, but at least it's a single > point of attack. > > You don't have to be a Linux expert to do this, you can pretty much do > this in cookbook fashion successfully. > > Once installed, you also get access to any NAS boxes, your home printer, > etc. from anywhere -- the VPN is just like a really long ethernet cable. > > Eventually, I'll get FLDIGI running on the Pi, when time permits, and have > everything I need to run digital from anywhere inside or outside my home. > > 73 -- Lynn > > > On 9/19/2018 8:30 AM, John Langdon wrote: > >> I set the IP by using the facility in my router to assign a fixed IP to a >> MAC address. Using the "KPA1500 remote" software I can access the amp on >> the local LAN via Ethernet or via the USB connection. >> >> I have not been able to access it remotely via the Ethernet interface by >> forwarding an external port to the KPA1500 IP address and port, so I use >> the USB interface and then Windows desktop connection to accomplish remote >> control. This is okay for one person access, which is all I need. The >> software should provide multi-user access, but I have not been able to >> achieve that so far. >> >> 73 John N5CQ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> >> On Behalf Of Burl Borcherding >> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 7:46 AM >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 - Static IPv4 address >> >> Is it possible to set a static IP address on this amp? I am thinking >> using one of my static IPv4 address and port 1500. This would eliminate >> the local /server computer. >> Or is there a better method of using remote K3, KPA1500 and RemoteRig? 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