[VoiceOps] Customer Premise Firewall/Router Recommendations

[Lee Riemer]

I would love to if the PBX could signal its external IP or the customer would put a public IP on the interface of the PBX....

Isn't this thread about the ALG?  Sounds like the *boxes aren't behind an SBC and they won't be good without an ALG.

Lee Riemer
Director of Technical Operations
Bestline Communications, L.P.
Voice 512.328.9095
Fax 512.328.9095


> -----Original Message-----
> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-
> bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Alvarez
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: voiceops at voiceops.org
> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Customer Premise Firewall/Router
> Recommendations
> 
> As we've all said, turn off the ALG.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Lee Riemer <LRiemer at bestline.net> wrote:
> > -1 for Sonicwall.  Been fighting issues with 1-1 NATs with separate signaling
> server and media server setups.  The Sonicwall SIP ALG doesn't take into
> account the 1-1 NAT for the media server and sets the external IP in the SDP
> header to the signaling server.  However, a Cisco 3725 (and most other IOS
> based routers) worked out of the box with this type of setup.
> >
> > Lee Riemer
> > Director of Technical Operations
> > Bestline Communications, L.P.
> > Voice 512.328.9095
> > Fax 512.328.9095
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org [mailto:voiceops-
> >> bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Alvarez
> >> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:28 AM
> >> To: voiceops at voiceops.org
> >> Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Customer Premise Firewall/Router
> >> Recommendations
> >>
> >> We're 100% happy with recommending Sonicwall for the customers in
> >> that price range.  In their VoIP settings, enable "Consisten NAT" and
> >> disable all else, it will be reliable and stable.  The NSA240 for the
> >> customers wanting high-end features, and the TZ210 for simple/cheap.
> >>
> >> Right now we are looking at Edgewater routers that have some good
> >> VoIP- specific features.  Haven't decided on them, but I think you
> >> should take a look.  My rep is Kevin Asano, 408-351-7220,
> >> kasano at edgewaternetworks.com.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Mark Wiles <mwiles at akabis.com> wrote:
> >> > We have a lot of our customers installing the Cisco RV 120W, and
> >> > have had great luck with it.
> >> > It does have SIP ALG turned on by default, but it's an easy "click"
> >> > to disable it.
> >> > The router supports QOS, they're easy to find (Office Depot, for
> >> > example), and they're not bad price-wise for what you get.
> >> > Mark
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org
> >> > [mailto:voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org]
> >> > On Behalf Of Justin B Newman
> >> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:44 AM
> >> > To: voiceops at voiceops.org
> >> > Subject: [VoiceOps] Customer Premise Firewall/Router
> >> > Recommendations
> >> >
> >> > I am in the position of needing to recommend a line of SMB (10-50
> >> > person
> >> > offices) router/firewall devices that will play nice with VoIP.
> >> > Specifically, office has phones (generally Cisco SPA's) connecting
> >> > to remove service provider Asterisk servers. Historically, I've
> >> > stayed out of the hardware on the customer side, but the growing
> >> > presence of "stuff that breaks SIP" is leading me to pick a vendor.
> >> > I generally am in the "don't touch my signalling" camp (read: no
> >> > ALG). Is there a single vendor that is consistently good about not
> >> > mucking with things too
> >> much?
> >> >
> >> > -jbn
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