this is the second thread here in regards to republic wireless. not sure if the first guy ever had any success. an aside, port forwarding shouldn't be necessary. i'd try using rules with both sport and dport on the forward chain;
I'm the first guy. Thanks for your help in the past. Unfortunately, I haven't found a solution yet. I'm going to try the one in this thread and see if it helps.
Here's a link to the thread I started back in May: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=17318
Up until now, I've just left my cellular radio on. That way at least I don't miss the calls. They just get routed through cellular instead of wifi, which unfortunately defeats part of the purpose of Republic Wireless.