Re: [Ekiga-list] Registration failed :(

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le dimanche 23 novembre 2008 à 12:40 +0000, Bob Williams a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to this list, and I'm having trouble getting Ekiga to work.
> 
> My Setup:
> 
> I have a Vigor 2800v ADSL 2/2+ VoIP Router. It has two ports for hardware 
> phones. When I got the router, I registered with Draytel.org and have 
> been using this account successfully for several years. I have credit 
> with them for making PC-to-phone calls (or, more accurately, 
> router-to-phone, in this case, as my PC is not involved).
> 
> Moving to a softphone setup:
> 
> As I have a webcam, I thought it would be cool to try out Ekiga, so that I 
> could include a video link. I downloaded and installed Ekiga 2.0.12 (the 
> version currently available on the openSUSE repositories). At the 
> configuration druid, I skipped the step where I am invited to sign up for 
> a SIP account with Ekiga.net as I already had an account. Indeed, at the 
> next step, Ekiga interrogated my NAT router and pulled all the necessary 
> details of my account with Draytel. I can't remember, but I may have had 
> to re-enter the password, but in no time my Ekiga softphone was 
> registered with Draytel. However, it wouldn't connect with any of the 
> test numbers, and didn't allow me to use the credit I had with Draytel to 
> call landline phones.
> 
> My next step was to subscribe to Diamondcard to get $10 credit for use 
> with Ekiga. This all went well, they accepted my money, and gave me an 
> account number and password to use. I even had a phone call from a nice 
> guy in the USA (I live in UK), to verify that's what I wanted to do :)
> 
> Still no go! Ekiga reports "Registration failed"
> 
> So, maybe it will work if I have an Ekiga.net account. I jumped through 
> all the hoops, got myself an ekiga.net identity, only to get the same 
> result - "Registration failed".
> 
> I now have a nice little program which connects to my soundcard and webcam 
> (I was pleasantly impressed with how easy the installation was, compared 
> with Skype for linux, which refused to play with my soundcard), has three 
> accounts loaded, one of which is registered, but unusable, and two of 
> which won't register.
> 
> BTW, I chose not to use a STUN router, as the original, functioning 
> Draytel account, which uses a phone handset, works without it.
> 
> Any suggestions, please?

And if you use a STUN router, does it work beter or is it teh same
problem ?
-- 
 _     Damien Sandras
(o-      
//\    Ekiga Softphone : http://www.ekiga.org/
v_/_   Be IP           : http://www.beip.be/
       FOSDEM          : http://www.fosdem.org/
       SIP Phone       : sip:dsandras ekiga net