Re: [Ekiga-list] output of "ekiga -d 4 > output.txt 2>&1" for failed call attempt

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le samedi 20 décembre 2008 à 14:07 -0500, Andre Robatino a écrit :
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> > Le samedi 20 décembre 2008 à 10:28 -0500, Andre Robatino a écrit :
> >> Damien Sandras wrote:
> >>> Le jeudi 18 décembre 2008 à 14:50 -0500, Andre Robatino a écrit :
> >>>> Attached is output.txt when my father attempts to call me.  We are both 
> >>>> using Fedora 10 with ekiga-3.0.1-4.fc10 from the Fedora repo.  We have 
> >>>> identical PCs, USB headsets, and webcams.  He has a symmetric NAT 
> >>>> router, and I have a port restricted NAT router.  The call drops after a 
> >>>> few seconds without audio or video ever being established.  Each of us 
> >>>> can make normal echo test calls.
> >>>
> >>> With Symmetric NAT, it can not work. You really need to do something so
> >>> that it is not a Symmetric NAT. Perhaps port forwarding or something
> >>> else.
> >>>
> >>> Are you also 100% sure your router does not support SIP ?
> >> His router is a Motorola 2210-02-1006 which is what AT&T is providing 
> >> now for new DSL customers.  With Ekiga 2.0.12, it was initially detected 
> >> as a symmetric NAT router, and he could call me, but I couldn't reach 
> >> him.  After putting in the port triggering rule, it was detected as a 
> >> port restricted NAT router, and we could connect in both directions. 
> >> Now, with Ekiga 3, we can't communicate in either direction (except for 
> >> a brief connection without audio or video when he calls me).  Nothing 
> >> has changed except for Fedora 9 -> 10 and Ekiga 2 -> 3.
> > 
> > The reason is the symmetric NAT. However, I do not understand why the
> > NAT did not appear as symmetric with Ekiga 2.00. The STUN code did not
> > really change between 2.00 and 3.00 :(
> 
> It DID initially appear as symmetric NAT with Ekiga 2 (according to 
> Ekiga 2's Configuration Druid).  Then, after setting up port triggering 
> in the router according to
> 
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router#Symmetric_NAT:_Dynamic_navigation_of_NAT_routers
> 
> the Configuration Druid saw it as a port restricted NAT router.  This is 
> exactly the behavior described at
> 
> http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Ekiga_behind_a_NAT_router#SIP_only
> 
> so the behavior with Ekiga 2 is as expected, it's the behavior with 
> Ekiga 3 that is confusing.

I understand, however, I do not understand why Ekiga 3 would do that.
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