[Serusers] NAT considerations...

[Lucas Aimaretto]

> > Why don't people use stun? 
> > Has it some major drawbacks I still 
> > haven't found? What are main 
> > advantages of rtpproxy-mediaproxy solutions?
> > I'm really curious to know serusers opinions about this issue.
> >
> > thank you all for your two cents ;)
>
> STUN does not work if your NAT is Symmetric.  For example all 
> Linux NATs 
> or routers with Linux OS like the Linksys ones.  Unless you have full 
> control on what type of NAT your customer will deploy, it 
> will be very 
> hard to stick to an all STUN solution.
> 

I have many linuxes around there, and many linksys routers too, and had
no problems with STUN at all. In fact, when I run my stun-client
application behind a linux-like OS, this is what I'm told:

Port restricted NAT detected - VoIP will work with STUN
Preserves port number
Does not supports hairpin of media

Regards,

Lucas

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