[Ekiga-list] I hear no echo calling 500 at ekiga.net but am able to videoconference with my sister with horrible sound

[Fabrice ALPHONSO]

On sam, 2007-03-10 at 04:46 +0100, Dieter Rogiest wrote:
> I compiled ekiga-snapshot-060307 on Mandriva Linux 2007.
> I have a Logitech Quickcam Fusion with integrated microphone.
> 
> When calling 500 at ekiga.net or any other echo service I hear the voice of the 
> lady but never an echo of what i'm throwing at the microphone.
> I produced "ekiga -d 4 > output.txt 2>&1" but I do not know what to look for 
> in that output.txt.
> When I try to get an echo I see on my gkrellm window that there is +-10 KB/s 
> upload and +-10KB/s download on eth0, when I stop blabbing both streams drop 
> down. 
> I do not know whether that incoming traffic has already passed my software 
> firewall or that the firewall prevents that traffic from reaching ekiga. 
> My firewall has these ports open: 1720/tcp,  30000:30010/tcp,  5060/udp.
> The configuration druid said that I do no need a STUN server. Are there other 
> ports that I should open?

As advertised on the relevant wiki page at :
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Internet_ports_used_by_Ekiga
the open ports you need are :
for SIP: 5000-5100/UDP with listen port 5060
and
for H323: 1720/tcp and 5000-5100/UDP (30000-30010 are only needed if you
want to talk with users using the OLD and DEPRECATED Netmeeting on MS
Windows)

> The configuration druid audio test with my microphone works successfully.
> 
> With ekiga I am able to videoconference with my sister who uses ekiga for 
> windows but the sound is horrible on both sides. But I will talk about that 
> next week.
> 
> Skype for linux works with excellent audio.
> 
> Dieter
Hope that helps

Fabrice