[Ekiga-list] Problem receiving calls... and a solution.

[Damien Sandras]

Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 16:06 +0100, yannick a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Added to the wiki:
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router
> 
> Mostly it's a cut'n paste from Gustavo first mail.
> I also added this line to the script:
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router#What_iptables_rules_could_I_use_for_GNU.2FLinux.3F
> echo 3600 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_udp_timeout_stream
> 
> As those king of issues are beyond my scope, can you damien just review
> it ?
> 


Add this too :
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_udp_timeout

To the "The Solution" part.

Thanks for your excellent work !

> Gustavo, as it is your work and I placed it under the GNU Free
> Documentation License (the wiki license):
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
> Are you fine with it ? 
> 
> Regards,
> Yannick
> 
> Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 15:41 +0100, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 15:17 +0100, yannick a écrit :
> > > Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 14:42 +0100, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> > > > Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 10:29 -0300, Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira a
> > > > écrit :
> > > > > Em Qua, 2007-03-14 às 14:24 +0100, Damien Sandras escreveu:
> > > > > > > > This key :
> > > > > > > > /apps/ekiga/general/nat/binding_timeout 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > It shows the value 60 in my setup. Does it mean a packet would be
> > > > > > sent
> > > > > > > every 60 seconds? Unfortunately, that is not happening.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Anything else you want me to check?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Unfortunately not.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > the packet is sent here, I wonder why it is not sent in your case :-/ 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ah, well, at least I know a work around. I'm using 2.0.5 as packaged for
> > > > > Fedora 6. I will monitor future versions...
> > > > > 
> > > > > One last thing, the key you mentioned above is in the NAT section of the
> > > > > configuration. However, my host *isn't* behind NAT, it is behind a
> > > > > firewall that behaves like NAT except for the address translation magic.
> > > > > Is it possible that Ekiga detects it is not behind NAT and decides not
> > > > > to send the packet?
> > > > 
> > > > Exactly !!
> > > > 
> > > > That is the reason why it doesn't send it. I had forgotten that detail.
> > > 
> > > Damien,
> > > should I still add "in the wiki section of the FAQ related to routers
> > > that on Linux udp_timeout and udp_timeout_stream need to be set to 60
> > > seconds or more ? "
> > > 
> > 
> > Yes, in the NAT section.
> > 
> > Thanks !
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