Registering Ekiga client with FreePBX

General Help
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Hello,

I have just installed FreePBX 2.5.1.0 via AsteriskNow 1.5. The installation went smoothly. I am attempting to register a soft client, Ekiga 3.2.6 but not having much luck.

I checked through the admin guide and have searched the forums for a basic setup but was unable to find anything. I did read the guide on setting up extensions and it was informative, but am wondering if there is more.

Obviously, I am new to this and if there is a simple starting guide I am missing maybe I just need a pointer to that.

My Ekiga client settings:

Account-
Name: 5003
Registrar: "IP of the Asterisk server"
User: 5003
Authentication User: 5003
Password: 5003
Timeout: 3600
Enable Account box checked

SIP Settings (in Ekiga Preferences)-
Outbound Proxy: (blank)
Forward URI: sip:(blank)
DTMF Mode: RFC2833

FreePBX Extention settings:

Display Name: 5003
SIP Alias: 5003
secret: 5003
dtmfmode: rfc2883
canreinvite: no
context: from-internal
host: dynamic
type: friend
nat: yes
port: 5060
qualify: yes
dial: SIP/5003
mailbox: [email protected]

The rest of the settings are default or blank. Note this is a flat network with no NAT or firewalling. Ekiga says “Could not register (Failed)”

Any tips are much appreciated!

Addendum: I am not sure if this is related but the Asterisk server has two network connections on two different subnets. I am accessing the GUI on subnet A, but the client is attempting to register on subnet B.

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You need to fill in the registrar details - ip address of your asterisk now server. Change your password(5003)to something more secure.

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Thanks, I have the registrar listed as the Asterisk IP (I actually commented out the IP address using “<” in the original post but it seems to have hidden that)and have verified connectivity. I agree the password needs to be more secure but as of now, this is in a quarantined lab environment.

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I checked a packet capture and the Asterisk server is sending ICMP port unreachable back to the Ekiga client. I checked netstat and the Asterisk server is not listening on port 5060.

Is there something I need to do to start the call server service?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

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Asterisk is running and I can access the CLI. However a netstat grep for 5060 shows nothing. A netstat grep for asterisk shows /var/run/asterisk/asterisk.ctl on port 8878?

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Just for grins, why not test with another client.

Try Zoiper.

http://www.zoiper.com/

BF

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Thanks Bill,

I just tried Zoiper, but I see the same behavior. Zoiper sends SIP register message to the server (destined to UDP 5060) and the server responds with ICMP port unreachable messages.

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In case anyone comes across this thread-- got this resolved by updating all modules and rebooting. :slight_smile:

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