I think I finally came up with a work-around for the bug in ratflector that keeps TNC and soundcard modems from working with it:

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1) For the TNC and soundcard modem clients, set them up in D-RATS "like usual", with the following changes.? Set port forwarding on their client software to forward local port 9000 to radio port 9000 to the callsign of the designated person that is running the ratflector software.? Then add a network port (under the radios setting) that goes to 127.0.0.1 port 9000.? That setting makes their network client try to connect to their local port 9000.? Since we've forwarded that port to RF, they will go to the person running ratflector software.

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2) On the ratflector computer, run both the D-RATS client and the ratflector software.? Set up a gateway that takes port 9000 from the radio to local IP address 127.0.0.1.? Set up ports on the D-RATS client to TNC (or sound card modem), and the local ratflector (on 127.0.0.1 port 9000).? Set up ports on the ratflector to D-star radio and (if you like) another ratflector of your choice (optional).

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The proxied port on 9000 from the packet side will make the D-RATS client talk over port 9000 via RF to the ratflector computer.? The client software on the ratflector computer will forward the RF port 9000 to local 127.0.0.1 port 9000, which is the ratflector.? End result is the packet client is now operating using the "network" port feature, using RF as the intermediary between the ratflector computer and them.? The ratflector software sees them as a D-RATS client working on network and doesn't have to try to set up a TNC connection (since the client software on the ratflector computer is handling that and does not have the same bug).

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Scott KD5NJR and I tested this out and it worked.? Not knowing the particulars of the D-RATS proxy, I don't know how it would handle MULTIPLE client requests.? Perhaps someone of this group has tried that.? I would assume it handles them correctly, but our test was only one client to one ratflector.

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Best Regards,

Jeff Scoville AE5ME