[asterisk-users] Linux-HA and Asterisk

[Mike Clark]

Eric "ManxPower" Wieling wrote:
> Polycoms work just fine behind NAT.
>   
Yep, we have lots of Polycoms behind NAT working fine with Asterisk 
servers on *public* IPs. However, with the HA cluster, we had the 
Asterisk servers NATed in a Linux-HA cluster and in that configuration, 
the Asterisk servers seem to only send RTP packets to the phones private 
address.
> Mike Clark wrote:
>   
>> Chris Mason (Lists) wrote:
>>     
>>> Mike Clark wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Yes, the Asterisk boxes were on private addresses. The Polycoms are also 
>>>> behind a NAT. Yes, I tried using externip in sip.conf and this allowed 
>>>> registration, and calls to be placed, but no audio. Unfortunately, 
>>>> Polycom does not support STUN.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Your problem is not Linux-HA, it looks like that is fully functional.
>>> Your problem is the same one many people come across. You can't put
>>> Polycom phones behind NAT, it won't work.
>>> If you have to have the phones behind NAT, which I advise against, use
>>> Linksys which probably work better, and use a SIP aware NAT device.
>>> Better still, put the phones on the same network as the Asterisk PBX and
>>> say goodbye to your problems.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Thanks Chris. Unfortunately, these solutions aren't an option. I guess I 
>> was hoping someone had found the silver bullet or some undocumented 
>> Asterisk feature that solved the issue. Back to the drawing board.
>>     
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