[asterisk-users] NAT solutions

[Leo Ann Boon]

Voip Asterisk wrote:
> I know that NAT is something no one really likes to talk about, but 
> does anyone know how work with it elegantly?  There are many providers 
> which deal with it on a daily basis in fact they cater to it, is this 
> possible to do with asterisk or does it require other exotic setups?  
> I even know of a provider which uses asterisk with many different 
> types of devices, and they handle all NAT config on their end even to 
> the point of deciding to stay in the media stream or not  (ie when two 
> endpoints are behind NAT you almost have to stay in the media stream 
> unless you got it figured out like skype does).  What is the best way 
> to work with NAT, and build a production system?
Use a far end nat traversal appliance. Acmepacket , kagoor and Jasomi 
are some examples.

Leo