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| Hi All,
I just got my shiney new Grandstream GXP2000 hooked up and working with voip.co.uk
and I have to say that it's such an huge improvement over Skype.
I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network (Draytek
Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal ip address
of the handset? I appear to be able to make and receive incoming calls without
doing so.
Also what is the order of preference/quality with regard to codecs. The Grandstream
GXP2000 defaults to G.711u2 according to it's onscreen setup, the Account
1 html page "Preferred Vocoder" setting has an order of:
PCMU
PCMA
G.723.1
G.729A/B
GSM
PCMU
PCMU
PCMU
and the manual suggests that it negotiates the codec dynamically. Should
I experiment or leave well alone?
Cheers
Kev
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| Kev wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just got my shiney new Grandstream GXP2000 hooked up and working with
> voip.co.uk and I have to say that it's such an huge improvement over Skype.
>
> I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network
> (Draytek Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal
> ip address of the handset? I appear to be able to make and receive
> incoming calls without doing so.
I dont have any ports forwarded and dont experience any issues
The reason it all works fine is due to the NAT/STUN server configued in
the setup
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| Brian A 2006-05-13, 7:11 pm |
| On Sat, 13 May 2006 18:40:39 +0000 (UTC), Kev
<kevin.kenny@zygonia.nospamplease.net> wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I just got my shiney new Grandstream GXP2000 hooked up and working with voip.co.uk
>and I have to say that it's such an huge improvement over Skype.
>
>I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network (Draytek
>Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal ip address
>of the handset?
That would be the usual thing to do. Normally you would need to
forward other ports too. I have found that these vary according to the
provider.
>I appear to be able to make and receive incoming calls without
>doing so.
Then if it ain't broke no need to fix it :-)
Perhaps you are using a stun server, or DMZ on your router?
>
>Also what is the order of preference/quality with regard to codecs. The Grandstream
>GXP2000 defaults to G.711u2 according to it's onscreen setup, the Account
>1 html page "Preferred Vocoder" setting has an order of:
G711 is, in comparison, a fairly wide band one. I guess that if you
are not bothered too much about download then that wil be OK. I was
advised once to stick to one particular codec for cable but I find
that G711, as the prime choice, with others left open for dynamic
selection works perfectly well.
>
>PCMU
>PCMA
>G.723.1
>G.729A/B
>GSM
>PCMU
>PCMU
>PCMU
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| Hello Brian,
> That would be the usual thing to do. Normally you would need to
> forward other ports too. I have found that these vary according to the
> provider.
> Then if it ain't broke no need to fix it :-)
> Perhaps you are using a stun server, or DMZ on your router?
I just noticed that the voip phone takes incoming calls for a short period
after using it to make an outgoing call. After a while it stops doing so
and the call goes to voip voicemail.
I'm guessing that just after the outgoing call the SIP session(?) must hang
around for just long enough to accept the inbound call and once it's torn
down the remote SIP server(?) can no longer see the handset and forwards
the call to voicemail?
I don't have a STUN server or a DMZ, it's just a vanilla NAT network.
Why would more than just 5060 need to be forwarded?
Cheers
Kevin
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| Hello Kev,
> Hello Brian,
>
> I just noticed that the voip phone takes incoming calls for a short
> period after using it to make an outgoing call. After a while it stops
> doing so and the call goes to voip voicemail.
>
> I'm guessing that just after the outgoing call the SIP session(?) must
> hang around for just long enough to accept the inbound call and once
> it's torn down the remote SIP server(?) can no longer see the handset
> and forwards the call to voicemail?
>
> I don't have a STUN server or a DMZ, it's just a vanilla NAT network.
>
> Why would more than just 5060 need to be forwarded?
>
> Cheers
> Kevin
I just forwarded 5060 UDP & TCP to the handset but still no incoming calls,
just the same behaviour as previously where if an outgoing call has been
recently made, I can receive incoming calls for ~2mins afterwards then they
hit voicemail.
This is a bit of a new technology for me so some of the pieces haven't all
fallen into place in my head yet.
Cheers
Kev
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| Paul Cupis 2006-05-13, 7:11 pm |
| Kev wrote:
> Hello Kev,
>
>
> I just forwarded 5060 UDP & TCP to the handset but still no incoming
> calls, just the same behaviour as previously where if an outgoing call
> has been recently made, I can receive incoming calls for ~2mins
> afterwards then they hit voicemail.
>
> This is a bit of a new technology for me so some of the pieces haven't
> all fallen into place in my head yet.
I don't know for sure if it is related, but I've found that the newer GS
firmwares are far more reliable than the shipped ones, for some of their
products - might be worth checking to see if you have the latest
stable/production firmware.
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| hairydog@despammed.com 2006-05-14, 7:11 am |
| On Sat, 13 May 2006 18:40:39 +0000 (UTC), Kev
<kevin.kenny@zygonia.nospamplease.net> wrote:
>I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network (Draytek
>Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal ip address
>of the handset? I appear to be able to make and receive incoming calls without
>doing so.
Port 5060 is the one that SIP uses to set up the call. The RTP port
that carries the actual speech is different.
Yours works without port forwarding either because the Vigor is doing
it automatically (it is a uPNP aware router) or because you have a
STUN server specified. Personally, I'd forward the port manually as
well.
IME, Vigor uPNP may be working fine today, but by tomorrow afternoon
it may have stopped working. Originally, I thought Sipgate was
unreliable because of this. Once I'd forwarded the ports, it became
rock-solid.
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| hairydog@despammed.com 2006-05-14, 7:11 am |
| On Sat, 13 May 2006 19:36:33 +0000 (UTC), Kev
<kevin.kenny@zygonia.nospamplease.net> wrote:
>I just noticed that the voip phone takes incoming calls for a short period
>after using it to make an outgoing call. After a while it stops doing so
>and the call goes to voip voicemail.
That's the Vigor's uPNP failing. Forward port 5060 manually.
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| Hello hairydog@despammed.com,
> On Sat, 13 May 2006 19:36:33 +0000 (UTC), Kev
> <kevin.kenny@zygonia.nospamplease.net> wrote:
> That's the Vigor's uPNP failing. Forward port 5060 manually.
>
Port 5060 is forwarded manually. I have uPNP turned off on the router, it's
something I've never turned on, ever.
Kev
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| Hello Kev,
> Hello hairydog@despammed.com,
>
> Port 5060 is forwarded manually. I have uPNP turned off on the router,
> it's something I've never turned on, ever.
>
> Kev
>
Turning on NAT traversal (STUN) for the voip account seemed to do the trick.
I only tried this after signing up with sipgate and reading through their
GXP2000 specific help.
Kev
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| Kev wrote:
> I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network
> (Draytek Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal
> ip address of the handset? I appear to be able to make and receive
> incoming calls without doing so.
No need.
voip.co.uk have all the magic stuff in place to cope with NAT.
Tim
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| linker3000 2006-05-16, 7:11 pm |
| Kev wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I just got my shiney new Grandstream GXP2000 hooked up and working with
> voip.co.uk and I have to say that it's such an huge improvement over Skype.
>
> I have a question though about port 5060. I'm behind a nat'ed network
> (Draytek Vigor 2600plus), do I need to forward port 5060 to the internal
> ip address of the handset? I appear to be able to make and receive
> incoming calls without doing so.
>
> Also what is the order of preference/quality with regard to codecs. The
> Grandstream GXP2000 defaults to G.711u2 according to it's onscreen
> setup, the Account 1 html page "Preferred Vocoder" setting has an order of:
>
> PCMU
> PCMA
> G.723.1
> G.729A/B
> GSM
> PCMU
> PCMU
> PCMU
>
> and the manual suggests that it negotiates the codec dynamically. Should
> I experiment or leave well alone?
>
> Cheers
> Kev
>
>
You need to forward 5060 to the phone and also some ports for the RTP
(voice) streams - typically 10100 to 10106 (or more if you like).
If you get things working but find that outbound calls cut off after 32
seconds you will need to telnet to your router, login and issue the
following command:
sys sip_alg 0 [ENTER]
It's a Draytek thing - took me a while to discover that one!
L3K
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| Hello Linker3000,
> You need to forward 5060 to the phone and also some ports for the RTP
> (voice) streams - typically 10100 to 10106 (or more if you like).
>
> If you get things working but find that outbound calls cut off after
> 32 seconds you will need to telnet to your router, login and issue the
> following command:
>
> sys sip_alg 0 [ENTER]
>
> It's a Draytek thing - took me a while to discover that one!
>
> L3K
>
Cheers L3K,
I did eventually get it working.
Thanks
Kev
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