[asterisk-users] Polycom behind NAT won't register to * server behind ALG

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Henry L.Coleman wrote:
> I think what Alex was trying to say was that Polycom IP Phones are an
> example of immature product development. While they look very nice and
> have a nice display the product doesn't compete very well compared to
> other manufacturers.
> The two most obvious flaws are that they cannot be NAT'ed so they cannot
> be used as Off Premise eXtensions phones and the other being that they
> take so long to configure and re-boot. I have a golden rule with any phone
> that I plan on installing for a customer....If I can't get it working
> within 20 minutes then don't use it. I'm afraid Polycom breaks my golden
> rule.
> With such a lot of competition in this market they should have sorted this
> out two years ago.
> 

Reboots should not happen very often.  This is a non-issue for most people.

I've never seen a phone that could not work with NAT with Asterisk. 
Polycoms work just fine with NAT and Asterisk.  The nice thing about 
Asterisk's NAT support is that the phone does not need to support NAT.