Re: [Ekiga-list] Can't connect out

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

On 09/02/13 05:04, John Haiducek wrote:
> On 02/07/2013 11:18 PM, John Haiducek wrote:
> > On 02/06/2013 04:32 AM, Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > On 06/02/13 07:04, John Haiducek wrote:
> > > > On 02/05/2013 09:59 AM, John Haiducek wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Eugen Dedu
> > > > > <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 05/02/13 16:30, John Haiducek wrote:
> > > > > > > I tried "ekiga -d 4", but the listserv doesn't let me attach the
> > > > > > > output
> > > > > > > because of the size (146 kB).
> > > > > > Compress it with gzip and resend it, and put me in CC.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, here's the output from ekiga -d 4, compressed now.
> > >
> > > You must enable "Enable network detection" in Preferences.
> > >
> > > Please do not remove lines from previous e-mail when replying, so
> > > that I know faster what the e-mail is about.
> >
> > I tried turning on "Enable network detection," but that didn't seem to
> > help. I've attached the output from "ekiga -d 4" with "Enable network
> > detection" turned on. The message in the GUI says "Could not register
> > (remote party host is offline)." I am forwarding ports 1720,
> > 5060-5100, and 10000-20000, does it really make sense to turn on
> > network detection?
>
> Ok, it turns out my firewall was blocking some packets, but that's no
> longer the case. With that fixed, I have now tried running ekiga with
> and without network detection turned on. No luck either way, it still
> says "Could not register (remote party host is offline)"...most of the
> time. Sometimes I get "Security check failed" or "No common codec"
> instead. I've attached log files for the "with network detection" and
> "without network detection" cases.

You are behind a symmetric nat, as you noticed from the dialog box 
whichappears to you upon starting.  See 
http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Understanding_NAT/firewall_issues_with_SIP_clients_%28eg_ekiga%29 
for more information.

Apart STUN, no answer is received from your registrar, in both cases. 
This is likely to be because the symmetric nat.

The only thing I can tell, sorry, is to check whether your 
firewall/router drops packets.

--
Eugen