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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have the problem calling from a NAT firewalled SIP
Phone to sipgate.de. Somehow it is working. The connection works. Everything
seems to be fine. I could talk to the external phone. But: the external voice gets
not transmitted to my internal (calling) phone.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Calling inbound from SipGate to the same phone works
perfectly. Both channels are perfectly &#8220;proxied&#8221;.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The * is used as a proxy and registered the sipgate
account.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This way works:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SIPGATE ---</span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>&agrave;</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>NAT(IP0)----</span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings'>&agrave;</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Asterisk(IP1)-----</span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings'>&agrave;</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IP-Phone(IP2)</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This not (partially):</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SIPGATE</span></font><font size=2 face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>&szlig;</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--NAT(IP0)</span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings'>&szlig;</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>---Asterisk(IP1)</span></font><font
size=2 face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Wingdings'>&szlig;</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>---IP-Phone(IP2)</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All ports are mapped to the address of IP1. If I look
into the tcpdump log it seems that all ports used there are matching my NAT
settings. Asterisk is happy. No problems.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I only run into immediate abortion of the call if
Asterisk is configured using outbound_address with the ip of IP0.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I have no clue what to do anymore&#8230;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Markus</span></font></p>

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