Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] alien registrar problem

[Christian Schäfer <schaefec googlemail com>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> > > Wouldn't it be STUN? Have you tried disabling it?
> > The problem is independent from whether using STUN or not, and it only 
> > appears when I am behind a NAT. As a result, the local IP address 
> > (192.168.1.36 in my case) somehow gets through to the provider. To my 
> > understanding the IP needs to be replaced with the WAN address by ekiga. 
> > Most providers seem to ignore this non-sip-standard behavior, however 
> > bluesip (and some others) seem to be more strict.
> > (google for "Please don't use private IP addresses")
>
> Ekiga.net also rejects private IP addresses and all Ekiga clients behave
> fine.
>
> The problem is that your router replaces the public IP address Ekiga
> puts in by a private one due to a bug in the router itself, you can see
> the Ekiga PDUs in the log, they are correct.
> If you disable STUN, perhaps your router will put the public IP address
> in the packets.
>
> What happens is that some dummy routers replace public ip's by private
> ones. That's your case.

Don't think that's true. As I said, using twinkle behind the NAT with 
the same router works perfectly with that provider. So the router 
couldn't be the problem here  and it seems that it's indeed a software 
issue.

Chris