Re: [Ekiga-list] Yesterday detected NAT was Symmetric, today it is Blocked

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le lundi 14 mai 2007 �0:43 +0200, Dieter Rogiest a �it :
> Hello,
> 
> using ekiga-windows-2.0.9 on a WinXP computer with a adsl modem router.
> 
> Yesterday "Detect NAT type" in the configuration druid gave "symmetric NAT".
> I chose "NAT traversal method" STUN and was able to do video-conferencing.
> 
> Today  I couldn't connect anymore to 500 ekiga net or do video-conferencing . 
> I noticed that  now "Detect NAT type" resulted in "Blocked".
> I changed "NAT traversal method" to IP translation but that didn't seem to 
> help. I disabled my software firewall but it was still Blocked. I re-enabled 
> my firewall.
> 15 minutes later again I set it to IP translation and then I was able to 
> connect to 500 ekiga net and do video-conferencing again.
> 
> I have not a clue why it has changed from symmetric NAT to Blocked. Neither 
> why it didn't work the first time I set it to IP translation.
> Maybe the internet provider changed something?
> 

As you can see, the STUN server *was* down (see previous post from
Damien Sandras).
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