[Asterisk-Users] Re: Open Ports

2004-12-18 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Norman Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: May I ask what ports are necessary for SIP communication through a firewall? I read somewhere that UDP/5060 alone is enough. Some recommends more ports to be opened for RTP. For outgoing call establishment, you must pass traffic out from your device to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Open Ports

2004-12-18 Thread Antony Stone
On Saturday 18 December 2004 13:21, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: My home firewall allows my Asterisk PBX to send any UDP traffic to anyone, and keeps state, so they can answer. It also specifically allows anyone to connect to UDP port 5060 on the PBX. Interesting. Does that allow other people

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Open Ports

2004-12-18 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Antony Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My home firewall allows my Asterisk PBX to send any UDP traffic to anyone, and keeps state, so they can answer. It also specifically allows anyone to connect to UDP port 5060 on the PBX. Interesting. Does that allow other people to call you (first

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Open Ports

2004-12-18 Thread Norman Zhang
Tom Ivar Helbekkmo wrote: I guess the first few packets from them to you might get dropped because they don't match an established outbound connection, but as soon as you start sending packets to them, your firewall will allow two-way flow... That's the trick, yes. It works because RTP streams

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Open Ports

2004-12-18 Thread Tom Ivar Helbekkmo
Norman Zhang [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does performance suffers from this? There shouldn't be any difference. Do I need canreinvite=yes? The question is, rather, will reinvites work?. As long as each local SIP phone is able to initiate UDP communication with an outside partner, and the