[Asterisk-Dev] 1.0.7 Release Candidate

[Eric Wieling]

Harald Milz wrote:

> So - what Asterisk needs is an easy to set up _client_ to somehow determine
> the external NAT IP address, e.g. by 
> 
> - querying an external STUN server
> - gethostbynaming your DynDNS name (which the current CVS does nicely)
> - querying the DSL router's web interface
> - querying an external web page returning REMOTE_ADDR
> - whatever you can make up

So what you REALLY want is an easy way to set up Asterisk behind NAT 
that's on a dynamic IP address?  Not just setting up Asterisk behind 
NAT.  If the IP address of the NAT connection is static then you just 
use externip= and localnet= and forward the correct ports on the NAT 
router.  Many, many people run Asterisk behind NAT w/static IP address.

--Eric

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