[Asterisk-Users] IAX not binding to the right port

[Steve Maroney]

Ahh, I just read about this somewhere. There are two versions of IAX, IAX1
and IAX2. IAX1 uses udp port 5036 and IAX2 uses udp port 4569. For what
ever reason, I guess to avoid conflict & confusion until IAX2 becomes
standard, the port is hardcoded into the source.

About the IAX working flawlessly, well thats what Mark Spencer kept in
mind. SIP doesn't play with NAT very well, so IAX is the alternative.


Thank you,
Steve Maroney

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Marconi Rivello wrote:

> First, I am surprised at IAX... My asterisk server is behind a
> firewall, I am behind a firewall, and my iax client connected...
> Voodoo??? :)
>
> But, the firewall has one unblocked port, which I think I should set
> to the IAX, so the magic won't be necessary, and it makes sense to
> think that there will be less latency without the "magic layer". But,
> when I set port=myport in the iax.conf, nothing happens! It still
> binds to the default port...
>
> At startup, in the IAX section, asterisk says it will be ignoring the
> port setting for now... I tried different ports, with the same result.
> Ignoring port for now... And the default port is bind.
>
> Will an unblocked port make any difference? Since everything is
> working the way it is? And why is there a port option if it doesn't
> work?
>
> Thanks,
> Marconi.
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