[Asterisk-Users] IAX Registration being lost

[Wiley Siler]

What doesn't make sense about that is that if you are setup like this...

DSL Router ---> Your Firewall/Router ---> Asterisk Box

Then the issue of being dynamic will not matter to the * box.  IP
storing is mute since the end point and start point are not changing.
All that is changing is the IP on the outside of your Firewall/Router
and thus a momentary loss of connectivity.  AAH would not care about
that in relation to what it has stored.  It will just attempt the
registration and pass data to the gateway (inside interface of your
FW/Router) just like before.  As far as it is concerned, nothing has
changed except now the attempt to communicate outward dies on the first
hop until the new IP is assigned to the external interface of your FW.  

Try this.  Start some IAX debug in the CLI the next time it happens.
Tracert your IAX target and see if you can get to it.
Ifconfig the interface to see what is setup.

Report back.

Thanks,
Wiley






-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tony
Davidson
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 3:04 PM
To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] IAX Registration being lost

 


>> I'm imagining it has something to do with the fact that my home has a

>> dynamic IP address and it's changing when the connection drops out.
>> Of course it may also be nothing to do with it.
>> 
>> I'd appreciate any help anyone can give.

>You're probably right in that your IP is changing. That's not that hard

>to
figure out, so go do that the next time it goes down.

>If that's the case, why don't you spring for a static/registered IP?


My account is a residential ADSL account and the provider won't provide
a static IP with it.  I'd need to upgrade to a business account at
roughly another $50 per month (which I can't justify for home use).

I suppose the question that begs asking is: 

"Is anyone successfully running Asterisk with IAX and a dynamic IP
address?"

It sounds like there must be a file somewhere that stores the current IP
for registration purposes that is removed when the system is rebooted
(and the connection doesn't exist anymore).

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