Thanks Michael

I found my mistake. I had copied the new external5090.xml file into the external directory and not into the same directory as external.xml. After restating FreeSWITCH, I can now see the new profile:

external5090    profile               sip:mod_sofia@192.168.0.16:5090    RUNNING (0)

I have removed the <gateway> section as I presume I don't need these gateways to be loaded for my new profile?

<gateways>
    <X-PRE-PROCESS cmd="include" data="external/*.xml"/>
</gateways>

Does the external softphone just connect using an existing  user/ext or do I now somehow create a gateway that limits which users are exposed to the internet.

Thanks again for your guidance.
O

On 18/06/12 22:56, Michael Collins wrote:
After you add the external profile you need to reloadxml and then you need to start the profile - assuming you didn't just restart FreeSWITCH or reload mod_sofia.

-MC

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:06 AM, ocset <ocset@the800group.com> wrote:
Hi

I would like to allow a person with a softphone app to register with
Freeswitch (extension 1111) when they are outside the office network.

I would like to to implement this using an external profile. According
to the wiki page (http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/External_profile) I
just need to create a copy of the "conf/sip_profiles/external.xml" file
and change the port number to 5090 (and also open the port on the
modem). When I do a "sofia status", this new gateway does not show up
and to be honest, I don't quite understand how that works and what else
to read to make sense of what to do.

What are the ways in which other Freeswitch admins are granting access
to external devices?

ps. just to confirm, do I set external_rtp_ip and external_sip_ip to the
fix IP address that my ISP has given me - the one that is shown by
www.whatsmyip.org?

Please help
Thanks
O.

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