[Asterisk-Users] Phones that work well through NAT

[Chris Mason (Lists)]

jennyw wrote:
> We've been reasonably happy with Polycom SoundPoint phones, but we 
> only have them installed on the LAN. I've read that they have problems 
> working across NAT. So ... I guess I have a few questions. First, is 
> there a way to get Polycoms to work well over NAT? If not, then are 
> there phones of comparable voice quality that do work well over NAT? 
> Without costing a lot more?
>
It's not NAT that's the problem, it's the implementation of NAT that is 
the variable and causes the problems. I send Polycoms to our remote 
users and usually have no problems behind NAT, but one user had so much 
trouble we had to move the Polycom outside the firewall and use the 
passt hrough to connect the firewall. If you can proscribe a M0n0wall 
firewall box you can handle any NAT problems but if you are stuck using 
some funky $50 firewall/router, chances are you will have problems.

-- 
Chris Mason
NetConcepts



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