[Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH behind NAT

[jungle boogie]

Hi All,

Can anyone give me some advice? I'll update the docs, if it's needed.

Thanks!

Thus said Jungle Boogie on Sun, 28 Jan 2018 17:51:40 -0800
> Hi All,
> 
> I have some questions about this page and what folks do when freeswitch 
> is behind NAT:
> https://freeswitch.org/confluence/display/FREESWITCH/NAT+Traversal
> 
> 1. Do ports need to be opened on the firewall under all circumstances? 
> UDP ports for RTP, for instance.
> 
> 2. Is this always a good idea to enable in sip_profiles/internal.xml?
> <param name="nat-options-ping" value="true"/>
> 
> 
> 3. Is it necessary/recommended to have STUN enabled in vars.xml AND 
> setup the nat-options-ping?
> 
> 
> 4. my sip_profile/internal.xml has this:
> <param name="ext-rtp-ip" value="auto-nat"/>
> <param name="ext-sip-ip" value="auto-nat"/>
> 
> Is this an improvement over what's  in confluence of:
> <param name="ext-rtp-ip" value="$${external_rtp_ip}"/>
> 
> 5. If the endpoints are configured to connect using TCP, does any of 
> this change what's above?
> 
> thanks!