[asterisk-users] Does an IAXy require registration?

[Steve Edwards]

I'm fighting a losing battle with voiptalk.org in the UK.

After a silly address verification process ("send us a copy of your 
landline bill"), waiting a couple of days (it was a weekend...), 
configuration issues, and glacial customer support ("We currently have a 
5-7 day update time on standard voiptalk support.") I finally got a 
DID/DDI configured to use IAX.

Now I learn that they don't support registration!

They say "IAX will not work with our service without a public IP address 
or FQDN."  (I think he meant to say "Our service requires a static public 
IP address or a FQDN that resolves to a static public IP address.")

I really want to use my Asterisk server at home which sits behind a router 
and is on an RFC1918 address.

One of their configuration options is to use an IAXy.

I can't/won't put my IAXy on a static public IP address so this may be a 
deal killer.

In any case, will an IAXy work without registering to an IAX server?

If I configure their server's IP address in the IAXy and they reject the 
registration request, will the IAXy still work?

At least the web site is pretty :)

Thanks in advance,
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