Re: [Ekiga-list] Fix for Ekiga not re-registering

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mardi 05 janvier 2010 à 15:55 +1000, bnc a écrit :
> I always change the port too.
> I normally go into gconf-editor and set the port to 5066.
> When starting ekiga it still uses port 5060.
> It then seems to allocate the next port up everytime it reregisters.
> Now if you have a limited number of ports available then it runs out.
> It appears then that ekiga just keeps retrying until one of the used
> ports times out and it is able to register again.
> I checked this by looking at the display of internet sessions on my
> router and having the edit accounts window open.
> You can watch the ports getting allocated and the account going in and
> out of registration. To be clear the ports are not being allocated
> because I am making calls, they just get allocated on a regular basis.
>
> So why does ekiga now ignore the gconf-editor setting, and why does it
> keep allocating a new port. At least it should get rid of the old one. 
> Note I have my account timeout set to 3600.

Probably you are using ekiga 2.0.x and not 3.x.x.

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