[Asterisk-Users] Vonage with Nat - Working

[Jay Milk]

I've had this working for months -- there's no real problem with it,
unless you misconfigured your firewall.  On the asterisk-side, nat=yes
is all you need to know.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Watkins [mailto:jared at watkins.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:19 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage with Nat - Working
> 
> 
> After much research and trial and error I've gotten a vonage 
> softphone 
> account working through a NAT firewall...  I'll be updating the wiki 
> with this info after I see what sort of feedback I get from 
> the list.  I 
> don't know that this is the only way to make it work.. but 
> this way does 
> work for me.
> 
> I'll start with the NAT setup...    it shouldn't matter.. but fyi I'm 
> using a linux firewall with iptables and the fwbuilder 
> package to create 
> the rules.
> 
> The following UDP ports are allowed in.. and forwarded to 
> your internal 
> asterisk box.
> 
> 8000 - 8020
> 5060 - 5061
> 10000 - 20000
> 
> 
> in sip.conf
> 
> [general]
> externip = <your external address>  (possible dns name too?)
> 
> 
> ; While not required... I found the following useragent 
> string from the 
> softphone they provide... 
> ; it does not seem to make a difference if you use it.
> 
> ;useragent = "X-PRO Vonage release 1102t"
> 
> ; example
> ; register => 
> 17045555555:PassW0Rd at sphone.vopr.vonage.net:5061/vonage-in
> 
> register => <your full softphone number including 1>:<case sensitive 
> password>@sphone.vopr.vonage.net:5061/<incoming call context>
> 
> 
> ; Next.. the specific vonage entry in sip.conf
> 
> [sphone.vopr.vonage.net]
> secret = <your password>
> username = <full softphone number>
> insecure = very
> disallow = all
> allow = ulaw
> port = 5061
> host = sphone.vopr.vonage.net
> nat = yes
> type = peer
> canreinvite = no
> dtmfmode = rfc2833
> fromuser = <your softphone number>
> context = vonage-in
> 
> 
> Then... in extensions.conf I have the following example for incoming 
> calls....
> 
> [vonage-in]
> exten => 1NXXNXXXXXXX,1,------ some acton
> 
> 
> 
> For outgoing calls I use something like this...
> 
> Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@sphone.vopr.vonage.net)
> 
> 
> I use macros in my extensions file... but that's the basic idea...   
> With these settings I'm able to make and receive calls using a vonage 
> softphone account from behind a NAT firewall.  I hope that is of some 
> use to others out there...
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
> 
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