Topic: Opening External Ports range

[xboxer21]

I have installed the portopening rpm from Swerts-Knudsen.dk (dmc-mitel-portopening-0.0.1-4.noarch.rpm). I have opened UDP port 5060, now need to open RTP ports which range from 10000 to 20000, I used the same tool and specified the range 10k-20k in the server manager panel, but I feel that the ports have not opened sucessfully since i cannot hear any voices.
How can i verify if the ports have been opened. If not then did I do it right by specifying the range in the panel.
Is there an alternate way to open UDP ports from 10000 to 20000.

Thanks

[psoren]

I have installed the portopening rpm from Swerts-Knudsen.dk (dmc-mitel-portopening-0.0.1-4.noarch.rpm). I have opened UDP port 5060, now need to open RTP ports which range from 10000 to 20000, I used the same tool and specified the range 10k-20k in the server manager panel, but I feel that the ports have not opened sucessfully since i cannot hear any voices.
How can i verify if the ports have been opened. If not then did I do it right by specifying the range in the panel.
Is there an alternate way to open UDP ports from 10000 to 20000.

Thanks

I asume you are opening those ports for VoIP traffic.                        
Do you actually have asterisk installed on your SME server or do you have a VoIP adapter on your LAN? If the second you would need to use "port forward" not "port opening". And if you want to open/forward a range of ports you probably have type "10000:20000" or "10000-20000" in the box.
Also have a look at this thread:
http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=29546.msg124071#msg124071
It helps getting your VoIP traffic smooth (QoS). He would sure like some feedback

Per

[xboxer21]

psoren,
yes I have asterisk set up on the SME server. (server & Gateway mode),The sme server with the asterisk4SME contrib by cyr is installed at my office. And i have an extension at home. The problem is the SIP extension is registers sucessfully. I can make an out bound call however I can't hear any voices, after some reading I found out that the External RTP ports (10000-20000) which carry voice traffic need to be opened as well. As you have suggested I have tried typing in 10000-20000 in the box, but not sure if the ports opened up as I still cant hear any voices.  Another Issue would probably be that the extension sits behind a NAT device.
I will definitely try the contrib you have suggested and post my findings.

Thanks

[psoren]

 Another Issue would probably be that the extension sits behind a NAT device.

Thanks

I would try to open the same ports on that NAT device as you are indicating yourself.

There are some good hints on this pages as well:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk%40home+Handbook+Wiki

Per