Re: [Ekiga-list] I get "Could not register. Method not allowed" error. What does it mean?

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

On 13/07/12 10:33, L. Rahyen wrote:
> I'm trying to use Ekiga as SIP client on the same computer I have
> asterisk running. I do not have router or firewall in my local
> network.
>
> Ekiga does not work for me at all. I created SIP account in it, as my
> Name, User and Authentication User I have entered my SIP login, as
> password - my SIP password, as "Registrar" - IP address of my
> asterisk SIP server (192.168.1.2) - the same one I use in my hardware
> SIP phones. And I get "Could not register. Method not allowed"
> (visible in Edit->Accounts).
>
> On start up, after some time, I get message "Could not register
> sip:myname@192.168.1.2", and then "Ekiga did not manage to configure
> your network settings automatically. ... Please see [link] for
> instructions". But the link is about configuring routers which I do
> not have. I do not have firewall either. Just network switch and
> gateway, some other computers and hardware SIP phones in my local
> network. And this is probably irrelevant anyway, because Ekiga and
> Asterisk are on the same computer.
>
> I use default 5060 port in sip.conf. I have created separate account
> in sip.conf for software phone. If I try to use this new account in
> hardware SIP phone, it works. But Ekiga does not. If I ignore the
> errors and try to dial some phone number (local or global - does not
> matter), I get "Remote user is busy" immediately.
>
> If I try to enter in the Registrar field 192.168.1.2:5060, only error
> I get is "Ekiga did not manage to configure your network settings
> automatically ...", and no other errors. But the result is the same:
> I get "Remote user is busy" immediately when trying to dial a
> number.
>
> Asterisk log, even in the most verbose mode, does not show any
> attempt to register (or anything else) when I run Ekiga.
>
> Since it looks like there are plenty of people who use Ekiga as SIP
> client, I assume I'm doing something wrong. I cannot figure out what
> exactly by myself, so I will appreciate any help.

The error "Ekiga did not manage..." is shown because your network is 
connected to Internet through a NAT which is not (well) supported by 
ekiga.  However, you do not want to connect to Internet, so this message 
is irrelevant in your case.  You can avoid it by manually checking 
Disable/Enable network detection in Preferences.

Now, you say you have a registration error (the call error is normal, 
since you are not registered).  The only way to see where the problem is 
is to send us a -d 4 output, see 
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Debugging_Ekiga#How_to_get_a_debug_output. 
 "Method not allowed" simply means, as far as I know, that asterisk 
answers with an error which translated into English gives exactly that 
("Method not allowed").

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