Re: [Ekiga-list] How to get ATA phone to ring?

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

The question is: how does it happen that with other software it works 
without needing another number?

On 27/05/11 02:28, bnc wrote:
> Jan,
> I currently run an ATA at home similar to yours, I just set the ATA up
> and it just worked, no need to forward anything.
> Then I tried to do what you want to do, except that I just wanted to
> use ekiga. I believe I got the same issue, but do not think it is a
> problem. If you look at it from the ISP's perspective they end up
> with a voice packet that has to be delivered, they see a registered
> device(your home phone) and send it to port 5060.
> The fact that you then come along and register another IP address
> does not matter because the ISP will only recognise the first one.
> i.e. all incoming calls for that phone number will go to the first IP
> address.
> The way you could prove this is to turn the home phone off and see if
> you get incoming calls.
> The way I resolved the problem was to get a new number for the
> machine I take on the road.
> My isp allows free calls on the same network so I can phone home for
> free:)
> YMMV
> Brian
> PS. my current setup on the road is EEEPC-EKIGA-3GWireless-PhoneNo.
>
>
> On Wed, 25 May 2011 23:53:17 -0700
> Jan Van_Kort<jvankort gmx com>  wrote:
>
> > Router has ports 5060-5061 udp, 53-53 and 69-69 udp and 10000-20000
> > udp and all forwarded to ATA IP.  ATA is set to a static IP .  I've
> > downloaded every paper I can find on the subject.  I hired a
> > so-called specialist in 'SIP' phones to come and help.  We even tried
> > making the IP as the DMZ on router.  Phone still does not receive
> > calls.
> >
> > Do Diamondcard personal #'s require a computer running Ekiga on
> > network in order for ATA phone to function properly?
> > People on our CableTV system are using Skype and Vonage with no
> > special equipment or effort on the cable systems part to make their
> > phones work.
> >
> > Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > On 23/05/11 23:05, jvankort wrote:
> > > > I bought a diamondcard personal number.
> > > > I bought a Linksys PAP2 ATA.
> > > > I bought a phone to connect to the ATA.
> > > > Incoming calls loop around the planet and ring the phone at my
> > > > house instead
> > > > of where the ATA phone is located.
> > > >
> > > > Result is, I can call out but no-one can call me.  How can I make
> > > > this work?
> > >
> > > I would say that this is a parameter of Internet provider, have you
> > > looked at your router configuration?