[App_rpt-users] BIG registration problem this morning

[Tim Sawyer]

I've changed the nodes list IAX port back to using the AllStarLink.org
provided port. Thanks everybody for your input. Good discussion!

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 8:10 AM Danny K5CG <k5cg at hamoperator.org> wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Because some routers follow the assumption doesn't make it a universal
> concept that applies to all. You have to assume the source port is
> unpredictable and random. If I rebooted my node, my router or just
> disconnected my Internet, it would likely be different source port every
> time it reconnected and registered.
>
> Danny
> K5CG
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Tim Sawyer" <tisawyer at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Users of Asterisk app_rpt" <app_rpt-users at lists.allstarlink.org>
> *Sent: *Monday, August 13, 2018 9:35:42 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [App_rpt-users] BIG registration problem this morning
>
> I'm partially responsible for this change. I want to make the AllStar
> portal as simple to use as possible. It seemed to me that not having to put
> the IAX port in the portal would make life easier. I forget to do that when
> I move or setup new servers as have many others. When I discovered Asterisk
> is reporting the actual source port to the portal database I thought it
> would make sense to use that port for the nodes list.
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 3:48 AM Paul - KN2R <paulkn2r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am for putting the previous Registration server back in operation!
>>
>>
>>
>> All my nodes are having problems registering with different port numbers
>> I do not have configured anywhere.
>>
>> I use a commercial grade SonicWall TZ-205N firewall/router which has been
>> working fine for years!
>>
>> No changes have been made to that server or the router in over a year or
>> two.  Now all of a sudden, since the change, all is *not* working.
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul / KN2R
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at lists.allstarlink.org]
>> *On Behalf Of *Tim Sawyer
>> *Sent:* Monday, August 13, 2018 1:15 AM
>> *To:* Users of Asterisk app_rpt
>> *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] BIG registration problem this morning
>>
>>
>>
>> Why do some nodes not have this problem? Is NAT somehow different from
>> different routers? I'd really like to understand so I can take it back to
>> the technical folks and explain why it needs to be put back the way it was.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:06 PM Danny K5CG <k5cg at hamoperator.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm running pfSense and I "could" setup a static port for the outbound
>> NAT but since when does the source port ever match the destination port,
>> for any protocol? I'm not touching it.
>>
>> 46679*CLI> iax2 show registry
>> Host                  dnsmgr  Username        Perceived
>>  Refresh  State
>> 44.98.254.145:4569    Y       46679           47.187.195.172:29961
>>  60  Auth. Sent
>>
>> 4569 is what's set on the portal for my node. 29961 appears to be what is
>> recorded on the server from my registration.
>>
>> The portal port needs to be used or there has to be a way to set the port
>> in rpt.conf to have that communicated to the registration server. Relying
>> on the source port (which can be anything) is not a good idea.
>>
>> Next steps?
>>
>> Danny
>> K5CG
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