[asterisk-dev] avoid public IP address in conf

[Nabeel]

Can you get a static public IP from your ISP? I think that may solve part
of your problem.

On 23 Oct 2016 9:55 p.m., "Francesco Pasqualini" <frapas at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I have asterisk in DMZ with private IP.
> The firewall is pfsense with two WAN gateway in failover mode
>
> https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Multi-WAN#Failover
>
>
> I want to avoid the need to use a script to reconfigure asterisk in the
> event of external IP change (for example if the main gateway go down)
>
> http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2012-February/270057.html
>
>
>
> thanks
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net> wrote:
>
>> On 10/23/16 11:58, Francesco Pasqualini wrote:
>> > OK interresting.
>> >
>> > Is there a recipe to configure asterisk behind NAT with two WAN
>> failover ?
>> >
>>
>> I know no recipe, since WAN failover means your IP is moved on to the
>> standby connection when links are switched. If this is not the case what
>> you have isn't really a WAN failover, but just two unrelated internet
>> connections and a router balancing them with a failover logic.
>>
>> If the IP changes when the WAN link is switched there is no way the
>> router, or asterisk or anything in your LAN can do to bring over
>> existing connections.
>>
>> Asterisk using ICE will analyze the active connection at call time and
>> insert SDP information pertinent to that one for the call. So it will
>> work correctly for whatever link is being used as long as it is used.
>> Active calls when the link is switched due to a failure on the main one
>> will go mute and time out.
>>
>> As Joshua Colp stated, ICE needs the other party to also have ICE
>> enabled to work correctly, so you also need collaboration from the other
>> side of the communication.
>>
>> Maybe if you explain better what you have and what you are trying to
>> achieve some better suggestion can be given.
>>
>> --
>> Guido Falsi <mad at madpilot.net>
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