<div>Andrew,</div> <div> </div> <div>it depends on the routers/firewalls involved. There are plenty of people who have problems if they don't set this up and it is something that Polycom has acknowledged (not providing any type of keepalive or similar) and may fix in future firmware. However - there is also very good documentation available and furthermore, many others fall in your situation where it does just work.</div> <div> </div> <div>p</div> <div><BR> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>From: Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com><BR>To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<BR>Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:34:00 -0400<BR>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Handset recommendations<BR><BR>On Wednesday 31 May 2006 10:12, Philippe Lindheimer wrote:<BR>> I am also a VERY happy with the Polycom 501. I will disagree with the<BR>> comment "They Just Work." when it comes
to NAT. Once they are setup<BR>> properly (e.g. set registration timeout to 60 sec so it registers every 30<BR>> seconds and keeps NAT holes open) then they work fine. There is good info<BR>> on the wiki on how to set them up.<BR><BR>I made *no* registration changes to the default values. Perhaps your router <BR>had its NAT timeout window set really short? I am using a <BR>totally-factory-standard WRT54G.<BR><BR>-A.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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