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Adding items to the uPNP (not just turning it on-off)
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 10:02 pm
by w2pw
Folks,
I have a need to add some services to the uPNP client. I see references to turning it on or off, and somehow I think it MIGHT be related to the firewall, but how do I add a port rule? I have used miniupnp and it's OK, but not always effective on a certain UDP port, but I notice Pi-Star's uPNP is very reliable.
Thank you
-Pres W2PW
w2pw at arrl dot net
Re: Adding items to the uPNP (not just turning it on-off)
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 7:14 pm
by MW0MWZ
In the system crontab you will find this:
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# m h dom mon dow user command
*/5 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/pistar-upnp.service start > /dev/null 2>&1 &
if you look at /usr/local/sbin/pistar-upnp.service you will find the magic you are looking for.
Now - if you modify /usr/local/sbin/pistar-upnp.service, this can be over-written by updates, however if you were to copy that file to another name, and modify crontab to point to the new name, that will not get molested when I send out updates
Hope thats what you were looking for...
Re: Adding items to the uPNP (not just turning it on-off)
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:00 pm
by G8SEZ
I've been looking at the upnp stuff since the update that wasn't a couple of weeks ago, until reading this thread I had not understood that the daemon is started every 5 minutes, I assume that having multiple PiStars on the same router with upnp enabled is not problematic?
I see that there is another suggestion here:
http://www.vk3erw.com/index.php/18-amat ... forwarding
which suggests using a duration to force a maximum of 10 minutes assuming that the router supports it.
I'm currently doing a bit of experimentation to try and make this all a bit clearer by improving the descriptions of connections by making them tied to the hostname.