Correct port forwarding procedure

[Henry1999]

I am using Axon (version 1.09) with 15 extensions (primarily Grandstream model GXP2000 and Grandstream Budgetone 102), a few Linksys SP3102's (for outgoing faxes) and Linksys PAP2T units (to regular old phone sets).

 

I am having some trouble with calls dropping and hearing one side of the conversation, even if only one call is in progress. I understand this is likely resolved with port forwarding on my router. My confusion is with exactly what ports should be forwarded.

 

I have a Linksys RV082 router, which has port forwarding (5060-5099 and 8000-8050) to my Axon computer located at 10.10.10.125. By the way, this router also allows me to create rules for bandwidth management, whereby I can establish a minimum of 100 kb of upstream and 100 kb of downstream bandwidth is reserved for these ports.

 

My confusion arises with TCP versus RTP and UDP.

 

In Axon I have Sip port set to 5060, and the RTP port set to 8000. Are both these ports UDP?

 

My delimma is: When I setup port forwarding, do I use the following rules?

UDP 5060-5099 to 10.10.10.125

UDP 8000-8050 to 10.10.10.125

 

Do I also need to setup any TCP port forwarding such as?

TCP 5060-5099 to 10.10.10.125

TCP 8000-8050 to 10.10.10.125

 

If there are more port forwarding rules, which I need, I am unaware of them; and I would appreciate any additional guidance.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Henry

[ahoman]

If you just want to make it works, then...

 

open the following ports:

5060-5999

8000-65535

 

Because some softphone initiate the login at random ports, I use X-Lite and the login look like below (the red one is the login port used):

sip:101@219.79.xxx.xxx:42712;rinstance=4917e3e329138985

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