Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga beginner questions

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

H.S. wrote:
> Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > michel memeteau wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Damien Sandras
> > > <dsandras seconix com>wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Anything special about those 10% cases where it does not work? Just
> > > > > trying to get a clear picture here and perhaps avoid problems, or at
> > > > > least minimize them.
> > > > See wiki.ekiga.org, in those cases, a simple port forwarding is enough.
> > > Symmetric Nat is really Frequent in French DSL ISP modems ( Freebox and
> > > neufBox I think ) , and as long as TURN ICE or Upnp support Won't be in
> > > Ekiga , port forwarding will still be needed in a lot of cases which
> > > leads
> > > usually to not recommends Ekiga to your granMother ( a Pity )
> > I have some problems with my freebox v4 (in France) when I use its
> > router mode.
> >
> > For ex, its NAT is sometimes recognised differently:
> > snoopy:~$ ekiga-snapshot -d 5 2>&1|grep STUN
> > 2009/03/04 23:21:03.471      0:05.735    StunDetector:0x77b28950   
> > OPAL    STUN server "stun.ekiga.net" replies Port Restricted NAT,
> > external IP 82.238.108.175
> > 2009/03/04 23:21:04.158      0:06.422                              
> > MonSock Created bundled UDP socket via STUN, internal=192.168.0.1:5060,
> > external=82.238.108.175:5060
> > snoopy:~$ ekiga-snapshot -d 5 2>&1|grep STUN
> > 2009/03/04 23:21:09.593      0:00.950    StunDetector:0x5d697950   
> > OPAL    STUN server "stun.ekiga.net" replies Cone NAT, external IP
> > 82.238.108.175
> > 2009/03/04 23:21:10.156      0:01.513                              
> > MonSock Created bundled UDP socket via STUN, internal=192.168.0.1:5060,
> > external=82.238.108.175:5060
> >
> > Also, the presence does not work reliably, it seems that the freebox
> > simply drops some packets (!!??)
> >
> > Moreover, if I call 520, I do not receive the callback (but I receive it
> > in non router mode).
> >
> > Do you know more about this?  Do you have any pointer?  I have searched
> > on Internet without any useful information.
> >
> > Thanks,
>
> I am not familiar with freebox. What is non-router mode? Does freebox
> have an adsl modem in it?

router mode = with nat; non router = you have only one computer, with 
the public ip
freebox connect people to Internet through adsl.

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Eugen