[VoIP] Need some help on the basics

[Donald Froula]

This is exactly what I had done. Thanks for the
verification! Will try to get the daemon running
tonight, per DynDNS instructions. I think there was a
PERL-based client there.

Regards,

Don

--- John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Donald Froula wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm a new member. I have a dedicated Asterisk
> system
> > set up at home and would like to get it connected
> to
> > the network. I've reserved an office code.
> However, I
> > am using a DSL provider that assigns a dynamic IP
> > address. I'm using NAT through a firewall.
> >
> >   
> Simply go to dyndns.com and open a free account,
> then add host and 
> remember your account name and password, as well as
> your host name
> IF your router provides the facility, it will keep
> alive the account 
> forever.
> Dyndns requires the account to be "touched" every 35
> days, or it will 
> automatically go away
> You can also add a daemon to your Asterisk box. How
> easy or hard that is 
> depends on which flavor of Linux you chose.
> CentOS 3 or 4 are probably the best, but I won't get
> into THAT religious 
> argument here.
> > Do I need to provide a DNS service and client on
> my
> > Linux box to update the DNS information, or will
> the
> > IAX protocol take care of that for me when it
> > registers. I noticed that to register the office
> code
> > I have reserved, the activation form requires a
> host
> > name.
> >
> >   
> See above. All you need to provide is an incoming
> context in your 
> IAX.conf, Let Greg know what your dyndns host name
> and incoming context 
> are, and then set up your extensions.conf to accept
> them
> > Would I need to modify my firewall settings to
> allow
> > incoming traffic to my Asterisk box?
> >
> >   
> Open port 4569 UDP to your Asterisk box.
> 
> Contact me off list, or call me at CNET 6669900  for
> more information
> 
> 
> John Novack
> 
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Don
> >
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