[Asterisk-Users] Re: Remote SIP Connections

[Blake Krone]

Well I had it setup with DMZ and port forwarding, removed the port
forwards and still no luck :(

Might end up going back to @home seen as other things like music on
hold won't work properly, maybe something is just messed up in my
gentoo install of asterisk.

-Blake

On 7/5/05, dbruce <dbruce at bananatel.ca> wrote:
> You have forgotten that the WRT54G is a NAT router.
> 
> The phones that are trying to connect to your server are also very likely to
> be behind a NAT router. This make it almost impossible to tell what ports
> are actually going to be used for inbound or outbound traffic... many NAT
> routers do not attach any significance to SIP protocol messages. Add to that
> the fact that many IP phones do not use the same port range for RTP that
> asterisk uses by default, and you have a VERY difficult time determining
> which port ranges need to be forwarded.
> 
> Your easiest solution is to remove the forwarding rules, give your asterisk
> server a static IP address on your local network, and configure that IP
> address as the DMZ. All unsolicited requests to the router are sent to the
> IP address configured as the DMZ.
> 
> The DMZ settings are found under the "Applications & Gaming" tab on the
> WRT54G.
> 
> You could also play with port triggering settings, but that is also a very
> dificult process.
> 
> Regards,
> Derek Bruce
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake Krone" <blakekrone at gmail.com>
> To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:10 PM
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Remote SIP Connections
> 
> 
> I have gotten them to be able to connect but I am unable to hear the
> other person and they can't hear me either.
> 
> What else am I missing?
> 
> On 7/5/05, Blake Krone <blakekrone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all, I have my * server setup behind a Linksys WRT54G on
> > Adelphia cable. I have forwarded 5060,10000-10020, and another port
> > set can't remember off the top of my head but I can't seem to connect
> > to the * server from any locations that are direct connects to the
> > Internet. Am I missing a portset for forwarding?
> >
> > If I use the name service (voip.*****.com) from my home connection on
> > the same LAN as the * server it will connect fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > TIA!
> > -blake
> >
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