Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga behind two routers
- From: Rob Owens <rowens ptd net>
- To: ekiga-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Ekiga-list] ekiga behind two routers
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 18:02:02 -0400
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:09:05PM -0400, 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.
>
iptel.org also does not require STUN. They offer free SIP addresses.
-Rob
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