[GnomeMeeting-list] Re: Nat traversal

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

> Having done all that, the configuration druid still reports that I'm 
> behind a 
> symmetric firewall.  Is that expected?  Not according to the information on 
> the ekiga site.  What exactly does that mean for being able to receive 
> incoming calls?

You need to make sure the ports are really forwarded.
Does it report "Symmetric NAT" or "Symmetric Firewall" ?
They are different things.

> Bottom line.  Can I expect ekiga to work or not on my system despite the 
> symmetric NAT response from the druid?

If it is symmetric NAT, no. If it is "symmetric firewall", then most probably
your local machine has a firewall dropping packets.
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