[Mac-telephony-list] Neebee question

[Lance Schlegel via List]

Using a SIP-based phone/softphone when connecting to a remote, NATed
Asterisk system requires the use of a STUN server if the softphone doesn't
has one setup to use by default (X-Lite). A good info page is here:
    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+SIP+NAT+solutions

I agree that using an IAX-based setup is easier, which requires only UDP
port 4569 to be forwarded to Asterisk to work. And, JackenIAX,
http://www.jackenhack.com/jackeniax/ is by far the simplest and nicest
softphone on the Mac.

I good IAX info page is here:
    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-IAX

BTW, my Asterisk system is NATed and remote access works fine for both SIP
and IAX clients. So, IMHO, I see no need to place the Asterisk system at the
network edge. Just my 2 cents.


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Lance S


on 11/27/06 4:23 PM, Edward Eigerman via List wrote:

> There are a couple of issues once you get outside your local network
> and onto the public IP space.
> 
> The biggest issue for me, initially, was dealing with the external
> phone (in my case a hard phone) being NAT'd. This can be tricky. You
> may need to use a STUN server and let Asterisk know that the client
> might be NAT'd. It's much easier to use JakenIAX, since IAX as a
> protocol was designed with NATs in mind.
> 
>   Also you say that the Asterisk is behind a Linksys, so is the FQDN
> pointing at the address of the asterisk server or the Linksys? If
> you're forwarding ports, are you sure you're forwarding all the right
> ones? It's not just 5060. IAX uses only a single port, so again its
> much easier to use in this situation.
> 
> What I ended up doing to solve some of these issues was to use my Mac
> based Asterisk server as my router, so it's the the thing with the
> public IP address and all it's ports are public facing. I still
> needed to make sure that phones that were behind NATs were set-up for
> that environment, though. Anything I can connect to with IAX instead
> of SIP, I do.
> 
> Ed
> 
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> On Nov 27, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Dennis Dunbar via List wrote:
> 
>> when im on my lan the soft phone registers ( I chose extention 120 )
>> and no password.
>> 
>> when I go on the internet i enter the IP for the location of the
>> asterisk ( it is back of a linksys) but the asterisk doesnt seem to
>> see the soft phone.  I tried forcing the IP with a port number etc.
>> 
>> Are you saying I must use a password?
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 26, 2006, at 11:03 AM, Ivan C Myrvold via List wrote:
>> 
>>> You have to configure your soft phone in sip.conf with an extension
>>> number and secret (password). And then you have to make the soft
>>> phone to register itself with this extension number and secret.
>>> 
>>> Ivan
>>> 
>>> Den 25. nov. 2006 kl. 17.39 skrev Dennis Dunbar via List:
>>> 
>>>> Thanks to a couple people on the old Astmaster list I got my iMac
>>>> Asterisk up and running fine.  Now I just tried to use a soft phone
>>>> at a remote location and the Asterisk didn't see it.  I though I
>>>> would just have to put in my IP, configure port 5060 etc.  No go.  I
>>>> have a FQDN going to the IP where the Asterisk is so I tried that no
>>>> go.  I have good service in and out using VBuzzer and t38 out fax
>>>> using Gafachi.  I really wanted to access my VBuzzer from a remote
>>>> soft phone via Asterisk.
>>>> 
>>>> What am I missing.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you in advance.
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