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Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix?

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David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> writes:

> In message <82cy30gd9r.fsf@example.com>
>           Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> I am using ipv6 but that didn't help me at all because I am still behind
>> NAT.
>
> NAT is unnecessary with IPv6.  It was only necessary with IPv4 because
> the number of network-connected devices exceeded the supply of routable
> IPv4 addresses.
>
> NAT with IPv6 would be counter-productive.
>
>> SIP was designed at a time when it was expected that every device would
>> have its own public IP address. But that isn't what happened, what happened
>> is NAT. So you have to work around NAT with something, or find a way to
>> give each of your devices a public IP address.
>
> STUN and later TURN were invented for exactly that.  But IPv6 should
> solve all the problems more simply and neatly.
>

Yes it should. But it doesn't, probably because of firewalls. And if you
make a hole in the firewall for SIP, then you have a security risk.

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  Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-01-23 15:51 +0000
    Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-01-23 17:51 +0000
      Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-01-23 22:44 +0000
        Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-01-24 09:35 +0000
          Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-01-24 10:44 +0000
            Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-01-24 17:27 +0000
              Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-01-24 17:31 +0000
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        Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-01-24 17:23 +0000
          Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-01-24 17:32 +0000
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          Re: About 5% of outgoing calls fail with one-way sound only - fix? David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-01-24 17:18 +0000
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