Re: [Ekiga-list] Client compatibility with ekiga.net

[Chris Vine <chris cvine freeserve co uk>]

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:50:38 -0400
"Mark T. B. Carroll" <mtbc ixod org> wrote:
> yannick <sevmek free fr> writes:
> 
> > I had chats lasting hours using the GNU/Linux version with the
> > windows version at the other end. It is not that broken. If I
> > remember correctly there was such issue sometimes, but if the other
> > end give a try it works. It was with 3.2.5 on the windows side...
> 
> When I call a Windows client (3.2.5 or 3.2.6, I forget) sometimes they
> see nothing, sometimes they see themselves, but by the third try they
> can see me and the call's stable thereafter.

That is a different bug, namely this one, which doesn't look as if it
is going to be fixed:

http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ekiga/+bug/203885
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=601882

This is a different matter from other (non-ekiga) clients not being
able to connect because they display private addresses in the contact
header, which is probably standards compliant behaviour on the part of
the ekiga network. The ekiga network providers are kind enough to
provide free sip access for the ekiga client so that isn't a complaint
I would want to make. But it would be nice if the ekiga client itself
were fixed so that it worked reliably.

Chris