Re: [Ekiga-list] Ekiga STUN server failure, please repair it...

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 09/06/11 16:03, Alfonso Napoles wrote:
> Hello, some hours ago my ekiga service fail, my ATA device simply can't register anymore with ekiga service... after a lot of troubleshooting I discovered that changing the STUN server from stun.ekiga.net to a different one (like stun.xten.com or stun.fwd.net) all work again...
>
> Can you repair your STUN server please, and also please consider a way to edit the STUN server manually on your ekiga softphone.

Back in the past, there were users who told that stun.ekiga.net does not 
function reliably.

A few days ago, stun.ekiga.net was changed to point to 
stun.opalvoip.org, who was said to work reliably.  Here is what happened 
when it became inaccessible:

On 09/06/11 17:30, Craig Southeren wrote:
> The stun.opalvoip.org server became unresponsive earlier today due to
> saturation of it's 10Mbit/sec network connection.
> At this point, I was notified by my hosting company that the server was
> probably under attack due to the rapid and unexpected increase in 
traffic.
>
> It's taken me until now to realise what the problem was :)
>
> So, I will pay to increase bandwidth to 100MBit/sec for an extra $10 per
> month and lets see if this solves the problem :)

We can see this as ekiga effect, aka slashdot effect :o)

Now it is online.  As it was a really transient problem, it is better to 
stand with it.  If things go bad later, then we can think at an 
alternative solution.

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Eugen