It is possible that the hotel is only allowing certain incoming/outgoing ports as well (i.e. just allowing DNS and HTTP traffic). A VPN *might* help with that.
On 7/21/07, WipeOut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Here is the situation.. My Dad is working on contract in overseas.. He > has internet access in his hotel.. He wants to be able to talk to my Mum > but the calls are expensive.. > > I have an asterisk box setup for my business and it has a public IP > etc.. My Mum has access to a working phone extension on this box.. > > I got my Dad to install X-Lite but for some reason it won't register and > trying to talk him through working out whats wrong is proving to be > difficult.. Also I haven't used a softphone in years.. It could be the > NAT in the hotel, it could be a firewall or any number of things that > can cause these issues.. It could even be X-Lite or something running on > his PC.. > > So I am looking for a softphone thats really simple to setup and as > foolproof as possible.. > > If SIP is likely to be problematic to setup then I have no problem > getting him to use IAX but will need suggestions of which IAX softphone > to use and also how to configure it in the iax.conf (haven't done this > before).. > > Any suggestions welcome and appreciated.. > > Thanks.. > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- ________________ Mitchel Constantin Snap - A desktop user interface for Asterisk www.snapanumber.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
