Hello all, I am a newbie in the H.323 world and I am having some trouble and uncertainties with setting up OpenPhone 1.8.1 (used on a Windows2000 sp4 machine) to register correctly with my GNU OpenH323 gatekeeper version 2.0.7, setup on a Linux machine (2.6.1 kernel). Registration with simph323 is not a problem. Since I cannot find any OpenPhone documentation, I ask my questions on this forum. Could you please help me on these issues or tell me where my reasoning is wrong? (1) In the Options -> General window, both a user name and aliases can be specified. It appears that there is no difference between the two things. Why then have two identifiers for the same functionality? I also noticed that when you specify a number (0123) instead of a string (rene), either for username or for alias, it is sent along with RAS messages as a dialedDigits number, instead of a h323_ID value. (2) This brings me to the next issue: are numbered aliases (like 0123) the same as E.164 numbers: another way of specifying the called party? Can numbered aliases therefore also be rewritten by the gatekeeper just like E.164 numbers can? (3) What is the idea behind the Max. Recent Calls entry under Options -> General? What is specified by setting this number? (4) I have found out by now that one should set the RAS listening port for OpenPhone manually under Options -> Networking -> Local interfaces. In my case, 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719. If you leave it blank (or set an invalid address:port), OpenPhone complains with <Could not open H.323 listener interface ""|> (in a very small -almost unreadable- font by the way, regardless of the settings under Options -> Font). Isn't it possible for OpenPhone to autodetect the IP interface(s) present on the machine running OpenPhone and use the standard port 1719 to listen for incoming RAS messages? (5) In the Options -> Networking window, a STUN server can be specified as well. As far as I have understood, such a server is only used in SIP, not in H.323, correct? (6) Under Options -> Gatekeeper, what is 'Access token OID' used for? (7) What should I set for 'Local interface'? If I enter here the IP address of the gatekeeper (don't ask me why :D) a window pops up saying 'Could not find a gatekeeper on LAN', and no activity shows on the gatekeeper's -ttt output nor on its status port. If I enter here either the IP address of the machine running OpenPhone, or just nothing, and then click OK, OpenPhone searches for a gatekeeper and then concludes with 'Gatekeeper transport failure'. What does this mean? How to solve it? (8) In the meantime, one endpoint named 'rene' is registered and the status port output shows: GCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx|rene:h323_ID|terminal; RCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719|rene:h323_ID|terminal|4813_endp; RCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719|rene:h323_ID|terminal|4813_endp; The -tt output shows: 2004/02/04 15:55:55.579 2 RasSrv.cxx(2224) GK Read from 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 2004/02/04 15:55:55.580 2 RasSrv.cxx(2239) GK Received gatekeeperRequest 2004/02/04 15:55:55.581 1 RasSrv.cxx(845) GK GRQ Received 2004/02/04 15:55:55.582 2 RasSrv.cxx(920) GCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx|rene:h323_ID|terminal; 2004/02/04 15:55:55.583 2 RasSrv.cxx(2166) GK Send gatekeeperConfirm to 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 2004/02/04 15:55:55.586 2 RasSrv.cxx(2224) GK Read from 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 2004/02/04 15:55:55.587 2 RasSrv.cxx(2239) GK Received registrationRequest 2004/02/04 15:55:55.588 1 RasSrv.cxx(947) GK RRQ Received 2004/02/04 15:55:55.589 1 RasTbl.cxx(53) New EP|131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719|rene:h323_ID|terminal|6468_endp 2004/02/04 15:55:55.591 2 RasSrv.cxx(1164) RCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719|rene:h323_ID|terminal|6468_endp; 2004/02/04 15:55:55.592 2 RasSrv.cxx(2166) GK Send registrationConfirm to 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 2004/02/04 15:55:58.587 2 RasSrv.cxx(2224) GK Read from 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 2004/02/04 15:55:58.588 2 RasSrv.cxx(2239) GK Received registrationRequest 2004/02/04 15:55:58.589 1 RasSrv.cxx(947) GK RRQ Received 2004/02/04 15:55:58.590 2 RasSrv.cxx(1164) RCF|131.xxx.xxx.xxx:1719|rene:h323_ID|terminal|6468_endp; 2004/02/04 15:55:58.591 2 RasSrv.cxx(2166) GK Send registrationConfirm to 131.xxx.xxx.xxx:3258 Has anyone got some idea why this second RRQ is sent, while one should suffice as far as I assume? Thanks a lot in advance, With regards, Rene. ****************************************** For your reference: my gnugk.ini is below. [Gatekeeper::Main] Fourtytwo=42 Name=GNUgk [RoutedMode] GKRouted=1 H245Routed=1 [Proxy] Enable=1 [GkStatus::Auth] rule=regex | explicit regex=^131\.xxx\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ 127.0.0.1=allow [Gatekeeper::Auth] AliasAuth=sufficient;RRQ [RasSrv::RRQAuth] rene=allow ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ List: Openh323gk-users@lists.sourceforge.net Archive: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id?49 Homepage: http://www.gnugk.org/
