GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 335398
Ekiga can't register to ekiga.net because IP has changed
Last modified: 2006-04-22 17:19:24 UTC
It seems ekiga would not register to ekiga.net anymore because my ISP change my IP every 24hours. ekiga still listen to old IP adress (as reported in pref.) but this IP is not mine anymore. (see image attachment) Would be good if ekiga can update with the new IP. Restart ekiga leads to automatic inscription to ekiga.net Regards, Yannick
Created attachment 61715 [details] Proof of unupdated IP
A solution may be a periodical NAT traversal test when idle.
The peridical testing will help a bit, however what happens when a DHCP negoiation happens in the middle of a call??? Ekiga has no foresight of the change so can't inform the other end prior to the switch..... basically coms will be lost! Your ISP is preventing effective VoIP on your network. Is there any way to force a DHCP negoiation before a outgoing call, that way you have a least the lease time left for the call. Incoming - no real suggestion. Note it is a PPP link. Is this dial up or PPPoE? Will the use of IPv6 (when available) tunneled over IPv4 allow for this sort of 'mobility' (as in continuously switching IP addresses)? Simon.
Fixed now. This is not the correct fix, because it is based on "polling". Moreover, it could cause a crash in some very rare cases. It is only a temporary fix until we find a solution to the "Ekiga must bind to one interface only" problem for SIP.