Martin Joseph wrote: > Hi, > > I am hating my ISP (comcast) and thinking about switching. One of my > options seems pretty good, but doesn't offer a static IP (maybe they > will for extra $). > > Is anyone out there running an asterisk server via dynamic DNS and is > this a workable setup? > > I know my remote ATA's are fine with doing the name lookups, but I > wonder if the asterisk server itself will happy behind a nat and a > dynamic IP? > > SIP.conf seems to clearly state that externhost isn't a good way to go > and externip is recommended for production environments... This seems > like it's a problem for dynamic DNS? > > Thanks for any experiences and or thoughts on this.
I was running Trixbox on a dynamic IP behind a NAT and it worked fine. Use something like DynDNS to point your domain name to you IP. Note, SIP is a PITA to configure behind NAT/Firewalls, as you have to open so many ports. IAX is much easier. Regards, Austin.
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