Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Free Your Speech!

[Timothée Lecomte <timothee lecomte ens fr>]

> Hello,
>
> Le lundi 09 janvier 2006 à 00:31 +0100, Timothée Lecomte a écrit :
>> Hello !
>>
>> That's a great work, and a good name !
>>
>
> Thanks!
>
>> I paid big attention to your blog, and my eyes read :
>> "# New NAT binding refresh technics. Ekiga can now be transparently
>> reachable behind most NAT implementations (including Linux) without any
>> port forwarding. I have discussed with Harald Welte from the Netfilter
>> core team so that the UDP binding time is by default increased for the
>> Linux kernel, allowing Ekiga to refresh the binding less often"
>>
>> Could you explain it other words or precise it ? Does it mean that
>> NAT-traversal is more efficient in Ekiga than in gnomemeeting-1.2.x ?
>
> Yes.
>
>> If yes, in what domains ? If no, what do you mean by 'more reachable' ?
>>
>
> I won't explain the technical details, but basically:
> - Ekiga tries to detect the type of NAT using STUN
> - if your type of NAT is compatible with STUN (Linux, many hardware
> routers), you will be reachable from the outside without any port
> forwarding. Ekiga will create a hole in your router, and that hole will
> be registered on the SIP registrar, and anybody calling you using your
> sip address will be able to reach you.
>
> In some cases, the NAT router is incompatible with STUN. In that case,
> unfortunately, port forwarding is still required (or using a proxy).
>
>
>> (I have been successfully using GM for the last year, but without being
>> able to be called. In september, I moved to another room where the
>
> That specific problem is solved using SIP over UDP and Ekiga.

Ok, thanks for these details. I will be happy to try Ekiga.

Regards,
Timothée

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