[asterisk-users] switching from simple_bridge technology to native_rtp issue

Sameer Rathod sameer at hostnsoft.com
Thu Jul 10 04:28:24 CDT 2014


Hi Matt,

I also tested the directmedia=yes over 3g connection ie with a public ip
but I am getting only one way audio
am I doing anything wrong?


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Sameer Rathod <sameer at hostnsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> Thank you so much for explaining me this concept
>
> One more thing when I did testing for the above in different cases ie with
> directmedia=yes and no I got the flow of packets attached with this mail
> Please have a look
>
> The flow stats that the rtp packet flows directly between end point
> So as per above details probably it is due to both of my endpoints are on
> the same network ie one side of the nat
>
> am i right?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Sameer Rathod <sameer at hostnsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > with canreinvite=no and directmedia=no I and getting the message in the
>> logs
>> > for all calls
>> >
>> > "switching from simple_bridge technology to native_rtp"
>> >
>> >
>> > -- Executing [102 at mkg:1] Dial("SIP/101-00000017", "SIP/102") in new
>> stack
>> >   == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
>> >     -- Called SIP/102
>> >     -- SIP/102-00000018 is ringing
>> >     -- SIP/102-00000018 answered SIP/101-00000017
>> >     -- Channel SIP/101-00000017 joined 'simple_bridge' basic-bridge
>> > <0ad2e3a9-e4be-4b2b-bf55-0357dafcdbab>
>> >     -- Channel SIP/102-00000018 joined 'simple_bridge' basic-bridge
>> > <0ad2e3a9-e4be-4b2b-bf55-0357dafcdbab>
>> >        > Bridge 0ad2e3a9-e4be-4b2b-bf55-0357dafcdbab: switching from
>> > simple_bridge technology to native_rtp
>> >        > 0x7f427c068a10 -- Probation passed - setting RTP source
>> address to
>> > 111.118.250.236:49344
>> >        > 0x7f427c068a10 -- Probation passed - setting RTP source
>> address to
>> > 111.118.250.236:49344
>> >        > 0x7f42500168d0 -- Probation passed - setting RTP source
>> address to
>> > 111.118.250.236:26326
>> >        > 0x7f42500168d0 -- Probation passed - setting RTP source
>> address to
>> > 111.118.250.236:26326
>> >     -- Channel SIP/101-00000017 left 'native_rtp' basic-bridge
>> > <0ad2e3a9-e4be-4b2b-bf55-0357dafcdbab>
>> >     -- Channel SIP/102-00000018 left 'native_rtp' basic-bridge
>> > <0ad2e3a9-e4be-4b2b-bf55-0357dafcdbab>
>> >   == Spawn extension (mkg, 102, 1) exited non-zero on 'SIP/101-00000017'
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I cannot understand why asterisk state diff bridges if all works same
>> >
>> > please can anyone explain me the working bridging concept and how to
>> > configure and use bridges to route the rtp externally form asterisk.
>> >
>>
>> I think I just answered this in your other thread, but I'll repeat it
>> here.
>>
>> First, canreinvite has been deprecated as a naming convention for ...
>> a long time. It's not even documented any more. The code will accept
>> it, but all you're doing is setting the directmedia option twice:
>>
>>     } else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "directmedia") ||
>> !strcasecmp(v->name, "canreinvite")) {
>>         ast_set_flag(&mask[0], SIP_REINVITE);
>>         ast_clear_flag(&flags[0], SIP_REINVITE);
>>
>> The native RTP bridge in Asterisk 12 manages bridges between two RTP
>> capable channels. The bridge can either be formed remotely (in which
>> case the media flows between the endpoints) or locally, in which case
>> the media is swapped across the ports. It will attempt to perform a
>> remote bridge if possible, while falling back to a local bridge if a
>> remote bridge is not possible.
>>
>> In your particular case, you've explicitly told it to *not* do
>> directmedia. So it won't perform a remote bridge.
>>
>> Even if you set directmedia=yes (or one of its variants), you may not
>> have a successful remote bridge if one of the endpoints is behind a
>> NAT. The sip.conf sample configuration documentation is actually quite
>> good on this subject:
>>
>> ;----------------------------------- MEDIA HANDLING
>> --------------------------------
>> ; By default, Asterisk tries to re-invite media streams to an optimal
>> path. If there's
>> ; no reason for Asterisk to stay in the media path, the media will be
>> redirected.
>> ; This does not really work well in the case where Asterisk is outside
>> and the
>> ; clients are on the inside of a NAT. In that case, you want to set
>> directmedia=nonat.
>> ;
>> ;directmedia=yes                ; Asterisk by default tries to redirect
>> the
>>                                 ; RTP media stream to go directly from
>>                                 ; the caller to the callee.  Some devices
>> do not
>>                                 ; support this (especially if one of
>> them is behind a NAT).
>>                                 ; The default setting is YES. If you
>> have all clients
>>                                 ; behind a NAT, or for some other
>> reason want Asterisk to
>>                                 ; stay in the audio path, you may want
>> to turn this off.
>>
>>                                 ; This setting also affect direct RTP
>>                                 ; at call setup (a new feature in 1.4
>> - setting up the
>>                                 ; call directly between the endpoints
>> instead of sending
>>                                 ; a re-INVITE).
>>
>>                                 ; Additionally this option does not
>> disable all reINVITE operations.
>>                                 ; It only controls Asterisk generating
>> reINVITEs for the specific
>>                                 ; purpose of setting up a direct media
>> path. If a reINVITE is
>>                                 ; needed to switch a media stream to
>> inactive (when placed on
>>                                 ; hold) or to T.38, it will still be
>> done, regardless of this
>>                                 ; setting. Note that direct T.38 is
>> not supported.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt
>>
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>> Matthew Jordan
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>
> --
> Regards
> Sameer Rathod
> 8109413462
>
>


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Sameer Rathod
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