[MLB-WIRELESS] FYI - VoIP using X-lite (www.fwd.com)

[Fenn Bailey]

That IP address is the Free World Dial Nat traversal proxy
(fwdnat.pulver.com).

It is the one used in the setup docs for X-Lite on the FWD site to get
around using NAT.

I am currently playing with other solutions that get around this problem (as
I don't like my convo's getting all laggy going transcontinental).

I advise people (who have a local linux server) to have a look at SER (Sip
Express Router) at http://www.iptel.org/ser/

If you run this on your gateway, you can get around nat by using the proxy
(remember to turn off the "oubound proxy" setting in your X-Lite software).

The quick'n'easy alternative to get around this is if you have only 1 local
VOIP client is to port forwards all traffic destined to ports 5060 (SIP) and
udp/8000 (RTP). This could stuff up people trying to stream video on your
lan though ;)

Supposedly, SER can do full RTP proxying, so it can act as a true far-end
NAT traversal proxy, but I haven't got that bit working as yet.

	Fenn.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Rob Clark
> Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2003 3:48 PM
> To: 'Melb Wireless'
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] FYI - VoIP using X-lite (www.fwd.com)
>
>
> Folks,
>
> Just FYI. I captured a few ethernet packets during VoIP conversation. We
> were both using X-lite software, and using a SIP server in the USA.
>
> I confirmed that the voice packets were going
>
> [Perth]<---->[Overseas Server]<----->[Perth]
>
> Not surprising.....but I still wanted to confirm.
>
> Rob Clark
>
> PS..the packets were going to/from 65.39.205.114
>
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