Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga behind two routers

[Mark Smith <drmesmith yahoo com>]

On 05/17/11 21:09, Stuart Gathman wrote:
> On 05/17/2011 09:04 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
> > I have an ooma telo connected directly to the internet and a d-link
> > dir-601 router connected to the ooma telo. I can't get ekiga to work
> > behind this combination. I have tried port forwarding in the d-link
> > router and in the ooma telo. Is it possible to get ekiga to work
> > behind two nat routers and how do you do it?
> STUN does not work in this situation - because the STUN is too smart for
> its own good (or maybe the S stands for Stupid).  You would think a
> broker for a STUN-like protocol would simply pass on the public IP and
> ports seen by the broker - but maybe I'm missing something.
>
> You cannot use ekiga.net, because it requires STUN, and also barfs on
> private IPs in the SIP trace headers (which I understand is an RFC
> violation - it is supposed to ignore them).  Port forwarding on both
> routers would work with normal STUN, but fails for ekiga.net because of
> the 2nd problem.
>
> I have 2 routers at home to isolate the WAP from the home LAN.  However,
> I turn off "network detection" (STUN), and use Ekiga just fine with
> aptela.com, and diamondcard.us (ekiga callout).  These service do not
> require STUN.
>
> I connect to family and friends by running openvpn - and ekiga works
> fine over a VPN.  This also solves the lack of SRTP support in ekiga.
> (Your contact has to be connected to your VPN also.)
>
> I think that the ultimate solution is getting (you and your contacts) on
> IP6.  Then all the NAT problems go away.
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This is an update on my experience using ekiga behind the ooma telo and 
the d-link dir-601. Also long as I have used this set-up I have had 
problems with firefox. I have frequently gotten connection reset errors 
and pages not loading completely. Recently I loaded the dd-wrt firmware 
to the dir-601 to fix that problem and it appears to have worked. A nice 
benefit is that ekiga now works also. I don't know what dd-wrt is doing 
different than the d-link firmware, but ekiga must like it better.