On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Martin Steinmann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>Subject: Re: [sipX-dev] Questions re: NAT traversal configuration
>>
>>On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Martin Steinmann
>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Subject: Re: [sipX-dev] Questions re: NAT traversal configuration
>>>>
>>>>On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Robert Joly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> 1) The help text on the new NAT traversal page instructs
>>>>>> the admin to open ports on the firewall used by the Media
>>>>>> Relay. Where are these ports configured and where can I see
>>>>>> what the currently configured range is?
>>>>>
>>>>> I will let Ranga field that one.
>>>>
>>>>In the sipxbridge settings go to advanced settings. You will see
>>>>Strart RTP Port and End RTP Port.THat is the port range that is being
>>>>managed.
>>>
>>> This seems to require then that an instance of sipXbridge is configured
>>> as an SBC, which contradicts Robert's earlier statement from below. I
>>> assume that without an instance of sipXbridge configured, Symmitron
>>> would use its default RTP port range. The problem remains that the admin
>>> is told to open these ports on the firewall without knowing where to
>>> find the actual port numbers used. This needs to be addressed.
>>
>>Sipxbridge is really two independent services - media relay and
>>signaling. Currently, sipxbridge waits for sipxbridge.xml to appear in
>>/etc/sipxpbx before it actually starts running. So in a fresh install,
>>it will wait and do nothing until you have configured a
>>sipxbridge.xml.  This necessitates you to actually configure it before
>>it starts running. We should change that. A dummy sipxbridge.xml
>>should be installed. This need contain nothing other than a port
>>range.
>>
>>I do think that the port range information in sipxbridge.xml should be
>>displayed somewhere independent of the sbc configuration.
>>
>>There is no harm if the port range information is repeated in two
>>places.  Alternatively it can be hard coded.
>>
>>
>>You do not need any ITSP information in order to start sipxbridge. If
>>no ITSP information is specified, sipxbridge is simply a media relay.
>>
>
> How would this work in an HA system? Can there be two media relays, one per
> call server, to support NAT traversal for a redundant system?
> --martin
>

 In principle, it can work as follows: the sipxbridge service does not
start on the backup until the failover occurs and the backup takes
control. We need some discussion on this mechanism ( for my benefit ).

Ranga.

-- 
M. Ranganathan
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