Actually i'm using Polycom 501's behind nat and i have no issues. what i usually do is putting static routeable IP for asterisk and using nat and qualify in sip.conf. no issues for me so far. i'm a big fan of Polycom phones, quality of voice, working great with asterisk and low failure rate.
On 8/30/07, Dovid B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric "ManxPower" Wieling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Polycom behind NAT won't register to * > server > behind ALG > > > > Henry L.Coleman wrote: > >> I think what Alex was trying to say was that Polycom IP Phones are an > >> example of immature product development. While they look very nice and > >> have a nice display the product doesn't compete very well compared to > >> other manufacturers. > >> The two most obvious flaws are that they cannot be NAT'ed so they > cannot > >> be used as Off Premise eXtensions phones and the other being that they > >> take so long to configure and re-boot. I have a golden rule with any > >> phone > >> that I plan on installing for a customer....If I can't get it working > >> within 20 minutes then don't use it. I'm afraid Polycom breaks my > golden > >> rule. > >> With such a lot of competition in this market they should have sorted > >> this > >> out two years ago. > >> > > > > Reboots should not happen very often. This is a non-issue for most > > people. > > > > I've never seen a phone that could not work with NAT with Asterisk. > > Polycoms work just fine with NAT and Asterisk. The nice thing about > > Asterisk's NAT support is that the phone does not need to support NAT. > > Eric, > Try using 5 Polycom's at a remote location behind NAT. Let me know when > you > need a drink ;) . I had a client with such an issue and the "fix" was a > nice > Edgemark or Sonicwall firewall that are set up for SIP and NAT issues. I > prefer the Sonicwall. > > > _______________________________________________ > --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 >
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