[Serusers] no audio problem if clients behind NATs
Klaus Darilion
klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at
Thu May 6 11:44:48 CEST 2004
use a packet sniffer (ethereal or ngrep) and watch the SIP messages at
the SIP proxy. Take a look at the sdp in the forwarded INVITE and 200 OK
message and verify that the IP address and port in the SDP are rewritten
correctly and points to the rtpproxy.
regards,
klaus
Sun Yen-Rong (Dan) wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using ser 0.8.12 with nathelper and rtpproxy. When I tried to make
> a call between two clients which are behind the same NAT, everything
> work fine. However, when I try to make a call between clients which are
> behind different NATs, niether client can hear each other's audio. my
> configuration file is shown in the end of this message. Can someone help
> me, please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan.
>
> #
> # $Id: nathelper.cfg,v 1.1.2.1 2003/11/24 14:47:18 janakj Exp $
> #
> # simple quick-start config script including nathelper support
>
> # This default script includes nathelper support. To make it work
> # you will also have to install Maxim's RTP proxy. The proxy is enforced
> # if one of the parties is behind a NAT.
> #
> # If you have an endpoing in the public internet which is known to
> # support symmetric RTP (Cisco PSTN gateway or voicemail, for example),
> # then you don't have to force RTP proxy. If you don't want to enforce
> # RTP proxy for some destinations than simply use t_relay() instead of
> # route(1)
> #
> # Sections marked with !! Nathelper contain modifications for nathelper
> #
> # NOTE !! This config is EXPERIMENTAL !
> #
> # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------
>
> debug=3 # debug level (cmd line: -dddddddddd)
> fork=yes
> log_stderror=no # (cmd line: -E)
>
> check_via=no # (cmd. line: -v)
> dns=no # (cmd. line: -r)
> rev_dns=no # (cmd. line: -R)
> port=5060
> children=4
> fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo"
>
> # ------------------ module loading ----------------------------------
> ",#
> # $Id: nathelper.cfg,v 1.2 2003/04/15 20:35:29 jiri Exp $
> #
> # example script showing use of nathelper module
> # (incomplete for sake of brevity)
> #
>
> # ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------
>
> # ------------------ module loading ----------------------------------
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/sl.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/tm.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/rr.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so"
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/textops.so"
>
> # !! Nathelper
> loadmodule "/usr/local/lib/ser/modules/nathelper.so"
>
> # ----------------- setting module-specific parameters ---------------
>
> # -- usrloc params --
>
> modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 0)
>
> # -- rr params --
> # add value to ;lr param to make some broken UAs happy
> modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1)
>
> # !! Nathelper
> modparam("registrar", "nat_flag", 6)
> modparam("nathelper", "natping_interval", 30) # Ping interval 30 s
> modparam("nathelper", "ping_nated_only", 1) # Ping only clients behind
> NAT
>
> # ------------------------- request routing logic -------------------
>
> # main routing logic
>
> route{
>
> # initial sanity checks -- messages with
> # max_forwards==0, or excessively long requests
> if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) {
> sl_send_reply("483","Too Many Hops");
> break;
> };
> if (msg:len >= max_len ) {
> sl_send_reply("513", "Message too big");
> break;
> };
>
> # !! Nathelper
> # Special handling for NATed clients; first, NAT test is
> # executed: it looks for via!=received and RFC1918 addresses
> # in Contact (may fail if line-folding is used); also,
> # the received test should, if completed, should check all
> # vias for rpesence of received
> if (nat_uac_test("3")) {
> # Allow RR-ed requests, as these may indicate that
> # a NAT-enabled proxy takes care of it; unless it is
> # a REGISTER
>
> if (method == "REGISTER" || ! search("^Record-Route:")) {
> log("LOG: Someone trying to register from private IP,
> rewriting\n");
>
> # This will work only for user agents that support symmetric
> # communication. We tested quite many of them and majority is
> # smart enough to be symmetric. In some phones it takes a
> configuration
> # option. With Cisco 7960, it is called NAT_Enable=Yes, with
> kphone it is
> # called "symmetric media" and "symmetric signalling".
>
> fix_nated_contact(); # Rewrite contact with source IP of
> signalling
> if (method == "INVITE") {
> fix_nated_sdp("1"); # Add direction=active to SDP
> };
> force_rport(); # Add rport parameter to topmost Via
> setflag(6); # Mark as NATed
> };
> };
>
> # we record-route all messages -- to make sure that
> # subsequent messages will go through our proxy; that's
> # particularly good if upstream and downstream entities
> # use different transport protocol
> if (!method=="REGISTER") record_route();
>
> # subsequent messages withing a dialog should take the
> # path determined by record-routing
> if (loose_route()) {
> # mark routing logic in request
> append_hf("P-hint: rr-enforced\r\n");
> route(1);
> break;
> };
>
> if (!uri==myself) {
> # mark routing logic in request
> append_hf("P-hint: outbound\r\n");
> route(1);
> break;
> };
>
> # if the request is for other domain use UsrLoc
> # (in case, it does not work, use the following command
> # with proper names and addresses in it)
> if (uri==myself) {
>
> if (method=="REGISTER") {
>
> # Uncomment this if you want to use digest authentication
> # if (!www_authorize("iptel.org", "subscriber")) {
> # www_challenge("iptel.org", "0");
> # break;
> # };
>
> save("location");
> break;
> };
>
> lookup("aliases");
> if (!uri==myself) {
> append_hf("P-hint: outbound alias\r\n");
> route(1);
> break;
> };
>
> # native SIP destinations are handled using our USRLOC DB
> if (!lookup("location")) {
> sl_send_reply("404", "Not Found");
> break;
> };
> };
> append_hf("P-hint: usrloc applied\r\n");
> route(1);
> }
>
> route[1]
> {
> # !! Nathelper
> if (uri=~"[@:](192\.168\.|10\.|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.)" &&
> !search("^Route:")){
> sl_send_reply("479", "We don't forward to private IP addresses");
> break;
> };
>
> # if client or server know to be behind a NAT, enable relay
> if (isflagset(6)) {
> force_rtp_proxy();
> };
>
> # NAT processing of replies; apply to all transactions (for example,
> # re-INVITEs from public to private UA are hard to identify as
> # NATed at the moment of request processing); look at replies
> t_on_reply("1");
>
> # send it out now; use stateful forwarding as it works reliably
> # even for UDP2TCP
> if (!t_relay()) {
> sl_reply_error();
> };
> }
>
> # !! Nathelper
> onreply_route[1] {
> # NATed transaction ?
> if (isflagset(6) && status =~ "(183)|2[0-9][0-9]") {
> fix_nated_contact();
> force_rtp_proxy();
> # otherwise, is it a transaction behind a NAT and we did not
> # know at time of request processing ? (RFC1918 contacts)
> } else if (nat_uac_test("1")) {
> fix_nated_contact();
> };
> }
>
>
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