you use port source port + ip address and dest port + ip address. IAX allows you to mux multiple calls in the same UDP data stream (called "trunking")
On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 15:26, William Flanagan wrote: > Eric- > > Thanks for answering. Maybe a Stupid Question. If you have two IAX > softphones connecting to the same destination, how does it manage it on the > receiving end. It seems like that would work great for point to point > connections, but if you have more than one session up (and I would think for > example into a voicemail server you'd have multiple connections up, to the > mixer for a 3 way conference, etc.) how is the port addressing managed? > > Thanks, > > William > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Wieling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone > > > > SIP negotiates the port numbers it will use for voice for each call. > > The call setup is done via port 5060 but the voice packets use > > dynamically allocated ports and so firewalls don't know what ports to > > deal with when doing NAT. IAX does NOT negotiate the port numbers for > > the voice stream, it always uses the same port number. > > > > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 14:27, William Flanagan wrote: > > > All- > > > > > > Why is this the case? Is it that it uses TCP? Is it the protocol? Is > it > > > that it works better through NATs? Is it just more mature than the SIP > or > > > MGCP implementation? What's the reason for it? A protocol is a > protocol in > > > my book. I'm trying to understand why the IAX protocol would work sooo > much > > > better. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > William > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:04 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone > > > > > > > > > > Not better.... A LOT BETTER... > > > > > > > > ;-) > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "William Flanagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:21 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > > > > Why does the IAX client have better reliabilty than a SIP client? > I'm > > > > just > > > > > curious. > > > > > > > > > > William > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 2:53 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > It is great. > > > > > > I works far better than any other software phone (X-Lite or > SJPhone) > > > > when > > > > > > you are over an unreliable connection. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > P.S. A local volume control (mic and speaker) and source selector > > > will > > > > be > > > > > a > > > > > > great add-on. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:22 AM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Windows IAX soft phone > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yep... iaxclient.sf.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - wasim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Dan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is any Windows IAX based soft phone available? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > > BTEL Consulting > > 850-484-4535 x2111 (Office) > > 504-595-3916 x2111 (Experimental) > > 877-552-0838 (Backup Phone) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- BTEL Consulting 850-484-4535 x2111 (Office) 504-595-3916 x2111 (Experimental) 877-552-0838 (Backup Phone) _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
