[asterisk-users] How to change IAX default port 4569 to some other port

[Tim Panton]

On 23 Nov 2006, at 11:18, Zeeshan Zakaria wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> All of a sudden all my IAX DIDs have gone down. I couldn't find any  
> reason other than that the ISP is blocking port 4569. DIDs register  
> fine from my home server, but not from office server, which is not  
> behind any NAT. SIP registers fine. I am trying to change IAX port  
> but it apparantly IAX works only on 4569. Changing it in iax.conf  
> doesn't do anything. Changing it is registration string also  
> doesn't help. How can I make IAX work on some other port?

I think that the bindport setting in iax.conf is ignored on reload,  
you have to stop and start
asterisk for it to take effect.

If that doesn't do the trick, you will have to write some tricksy  
iptables port mapping rules
for 4569


Tim Panton

www.mexuar.net
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