[asterisk-users] Why is this happening?

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Matt wrote:
> On 10/16/06, Time Bandit <timebandit001 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Why is it running on port 1207?
>> because Asterisk is listening on port 4569 and when a connection comes
>> in, it as handed to another port so it can continue listening on port
>> 4569. Otherwise you would only be handling 1 connection at a time.
>>
>> Pretty basic networking stuff I think :c)
> 
> Thanks for the answer, but I don't buy it.  There are currently 0
> calls up on that bridge, while another connection which has calls up
> on it is on Port 4569.. please try again.  IAX2 is suppose to run on
> ONLY one port.. this is why it is so nice for use in firewall
> situations.

The source port on the REMOTE side is 1207.

It seems like Asterisk is many people's first introduction to networking.

Asterisk 4569 <-> 1027 SIP Device