[Asterisk-Users] how to add stun functionality in asterisk

[Matt]

My understanding is nat=yes tells asterisk the device is behind a nat
(and works even if it isn't) but stun actually keeps stuff open in the
person's local firewall.

On 2/21/06, Bill Gibbs <bgibbs at edurotech.com> wrote:
> What's the benefit of using stund vs nat=yes in your sip.conf for that
> device?  I haven't had any issues behind firewalls when I enable that
> option, and no ports are needed to be opened.
>
> Bill
>
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:58 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] how to add stun functionality in asterisk
>
> JP,
> There isn't much to show :)
> Yes.. I am running the STUN server on the asterisk box so that VoIP
> ATA's and phones behind firewall's can connect to the asterisk server
> with no ports needing to be opened.
>
> Setup is...
> download stund.
> unzip.. compile... run
> WALA!  Stun server :)
>
> Then just put the address for the stun server in your ATA and it also
> just "works".  You may need to tinker with the "VIA" settings in your
> ATA.
>
> On 2/18/06, Koopmann, Jan-Peter <Jan-Peter.Koopmann at seceidos.de> wrote:
> > On Friday, February 17, 2006 7:34 PM Matt wrote:
> >
> > > Yes Sir!   This is what I use:
> > > http://www.vovida.org/applications/downloads/stun/
> > >
> > > Works like a charm!  Been running it in production for about a year.
> >
> > Good hint. Can you possibly provide a bit more insight on this? Are
> you running STUN so that your phones behind NAT can easily connect to
> your server or the other way around? I would really like to see the
> relevant parts of your setup.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >   JP
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