[Serusers] NAT considerations...

[Juan]

Hi Lucas.
May I ask you which STUN server are you using?
TNX

Juan 

-----Original Message-----
From: serusers-bounces at iptel.org [mailto:serusers-bounces at lists.iptel.org] On
Behalf Of Lucas Aimaretto
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:44 PM
To: andres at telesip.net; 'Giovanni Balasso'
Cc: serusers at lists.iptel.org
Subject: RE: [Serusers] NAT considerations...

> > Why don't people use stun? 
> > Has it some major drawbacks I still haven't found? What are main 
> > advantages of rtpproxy-mediaproxy solutions?
> > I'm really curious to know serusers opinions about this issue.
> >
> > thank you all for your two cents ;)
>
> STUN does not work if your NAT is Symmetric.  For example all Linux 
> NATs or routers with Linux OS like the Linksys ones.  Unless you have 
> full control on what type of NAT your customer will deploy, it will be 
> very hard to stick to an all STUN solution.
> 

I have many linuxes around there, and many linksys routers too, and had no
problems with STUN at all. In fact, when I run my stun-client application
behind a linux-like OS, this is what I'm told:

Port restricted NAT detected - VoIP will work with STUN Preserves port
number Does not supports hairpin of media

Regards,

Lucas

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