If the * box is registering with another registrar, the REGISTER that is sent by * to the external registrar may open the pinhole on the firewall and let the REGISTER from the phone to reach the * box. After a while, the pinhole will be closed and the re-REGISTER from the phone will not be able to reach back to the * box.
But I'm just guessing here, since I don't know the whole setup ... Ovidiu On 8/1/07, John Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:42 -0400, Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: > > Thanks John for your suggestion. > > > > Just thought of a question about your reply. If it is to do with the keep > > alive setting, why would the phone not able to re-register to the *server > > unless the asterisk is recycled? > > I wasn't clear that it was Asterisk that had to be restarted. > > At first from your description I assumed it was a firewall issue but now > I'm not so sure. > > If asterisk has to be restarted and then it registers without you having > to do anything else then ... well that doesn't make any sense. > > I think there is some other problem or you must be doing something else > to get it working. Just reloading Asterisk without doing anything else > should not fix anything that I can think of. > > John > > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Lange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 1:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] SIP phone not registering outside a firewallafter > > a little while > > > > > > > Many SIP devices now have a keep-alive setting. I suggest you check and > > > see if yours does. > > > > > > Asterisk also has a qualify=yes & nat=yes option for SIP accounts which > > > acts as a keep-alive if your device doesn't have that option but this is > > > not the recommended way. > > > > > > John > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 13:18 -0400, Richard (Rogers @ work) wrote: > > > > My SIP phone can register and work with the *server thru the firewall > > > > initially after I rebooted my *server. > > > > But after a little while, say 10mins +, my SIP will not work and will > > not > > > > register with the *server anymore unless I reboot it again. > > > > > > > > It seems like a time setting somewhere that is causing this problem. > > > > Wonder if anyone has any suggestions or similar experience? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
