Bob,

Specifically what did the past ATM do to create such a shambles? Who gives you the right to say that myself and my fellow controllers at ZAU are average at best.  I am deeply offended..

Damn, I forgot how specific you have to be in these forums.

The TRAFFIC there used to rock to the levels that you see at ZLA and ZNY. The TRAFFIC levels there are now average at best. It is improving though.

As I remember, and keep in mind that I was right next door at Cleveland watching it all unfold from start to finish, that facility went from ultra realistic to ultra game nearly overnight. From the day it became a game zone the traffic levels started decreasing to the levels they are today, average at best.

What he did was strip that facility of every single shred of realism it ever had. As a result, and there just is no denying it, the place burned to ground.

Since I have moved to ZMA I am not there to see exactly what is happening now. Though word around the campfire is that the current administration is making strides towards reviving what was once a "premier" ARTCC.

That is all that was meant so don't be offended.

[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]Furthermore, the 113-page M98 SOP[/quote]

WHAT!! 113 pages?  50 or so pages are pictures? And they don't even make them learn it, all they have to do is become familiar with it and learn how to use it? Oh my gosh! You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. You are actually expecting people to spend a few hours to learn how to use something that probably took over 100 hours in developing? The nerve of you guys!

I can't believe how lazy some people are today.  

I just looked at this document and must say, I am very impressed. It is as good as any I have seen on the network. You guys did a great job and should be proud of your work. It looks like you took the real world SOP and made it VATSIM usable. If I wasn't so busy making SOP's for lazy people to whine about, I would not mind learning that airspace and controlling it. Looks like some fun airspace.

[!--quoteo--][div class=\\\'quotetop\\\']QUOTE [/div][div class=\\\'quotemain\\\'][!--quotec--]At the same time, I must re-iterate what I said in the VATSIM Forums that much of what we've heard thus far is hearsay. I see no point in mass-resignations unless there is hard evidence, like a notice of a policy change or something, that VATSIM staff will make major changes to the way ARTCCs and divisions are operated.[/quote]

This is not hearsay. I got my official notification from VATUSA that we are to stop using our student, off-peak certification program immediately. No grandfather clause for the 12 members we have that have this rating. We were not even asked how it works, what our opinions were, nothing... Division staff were not even consulted on this.

LA is not the only facility that uses/used this method. There are many facilities that use this method effectively. And guess what, we were doing it years before "GRP". Why? My estimate is that off-peak certs get a student on the network controlling said "major field" a minimum of 5 hours of training staff time earlier than if we did not do this. We and many other facilities that employ this program, have used this as a means of lowering the load on our training staff(Which is as thin as I have ever seen it by the way. Not just ZMA, but across the network.) and getting our students controlling solo faster. We keep hearing about the "spirit of GRP". Does anyone honestly expect people to believe that the "spirit" is being upheld here? What exactly is the motive here for this?

Honestly, I have no idea why I am even writing this post. It is painfully obvious that the opinions of the members do not have even the slightest bearing on decisions made by the BoG.

 

Your router setup is the same as mine.

1. Log onto your router
2. On the left side of the page, under Maintenance, you will see "Attached Devices". Click that. Then write down the IP address and MAC address your computer is using, and the Device Name of your computer.
3. Under "Advanced", click on "LAN Setup".
4. On the page that comes up, under "Address Reservation", click "Add"
5. Now fill in the IP Address, MAC Address, and Device Name. Then click "Add".
6. Under "Advanced", click on "Port Forwarding/Port Triggering"
7. Select "Port Forwarding"
8. Click "Add Custom Service"
9. "Service Name" is A-G Voice
10. "Service Type" is TCP/UDP
11. "Starting Port and Ending Port" are both 3782
12. "Server IP Address" is the IP Address you assigned is step 6
13. Click "Apply"
14. Click "Add Custom Service"
15. Service Name is G-G Voice
16. Service Type is TCP/UDP
17. Starting Port and Ending Port is 3290
18. Server IP Address is the IP address you assigned in step 6
19. Click "Apply"
20. Restart your computer

Good Luck!!!

I had this problem as well. If you are using a router, you need to forward ports 3290 and 3782 to the computer you are using. You will also need to set your router up so that your computer uses the same router IP address each time you start it up. On Netgear routers it is called IP Address Reservation and Port Forwarding/Triggering. On other routers, it may be called Static IP. Sorry not sure, but I know each router calls it something different.

For those that want to host a Teamspeak Server, you would need to forward port 8767 to the hosting computer.

Hope this helps...