The packet forwarder is a program running on the host of a Lora gateway. It forwards RF packets received by the gateway to a server through a IP/UDP link, and emits RF packets that are sent by the server.

Every X seconds the program displays statistics about the received and sent RF packets, and about the received and sent network datagrams. The program also send a few statistics to the server in JSON format.

For a full packet forwarder description and the way it works, read the “Semtech readme file” available in each packet forwarder resource page.

Step 1 - Choose the packet forwarder to install from the resource page. Choosing the last version of the packet forwarder is recommended.
Step 2 - Retrieve the current firmware and FPGA versions.
Step 3 - Check that they are compatible with the packet forwarder (from compatibility section of the packet forwarder page). If there are not update them (software updates page.).
Step 4 - Download the packet forwarder precompiled .ipk file.
Step 5 - Install the .ipk file using the instructions of the software updates page.

• Wirnet™ iBTS Packet Forwarder v5.1.0 - instructions (February 2018)

• Wirnet™ iBTS Packet Forwarder v4.0.0 - instructions (June 2017)

• Wirnet™ iBTS Packet Forwarder v3.3.1 and lower - instructions (January 2017)

• The associated semtech HAL is indicated in the name of IPK:
  • packet-forwarder-v2_<version>-<HAL>_klk_lpbs.ipk

sed -i "/null/ s/-A/-I/" /user/spf2/bin/execute_spf2.sh
/etc/init.d/firewall restart
monit restart spf2