Showing public IP address in Devices tab?

**engineercarl** · 08-03-2010 07:49 PM

I was thinking on my way to work today that a really useful feature (to me, at least) to add to the Voipo vPanel would be to add one item to the devices tab.

Right now, the IP address given to the ATA is shown in the registration statement on vPanel, but in my case, it's the 192.168.xxx.xxx IP address given by my firewall.

Could code be easily written to compare the IP address of the ATA in the registration statement to the IP address it came from and if different, be shown instead of or alongside the device status?

I apologize if I am not being more clear.

Carl

**sr98user** · 08-05-2010 01:03 PM

For me, the Contact column of the Devices page shows public IP.

I would think you will have SIP/NAT issues if the private IP is in the Contact information.

**caseydoug** · 08-06-2010 08:10 AM

Originally Posted by sr98user

For me, the Contact column of the Devices page shows public IP.

I would think you will have SIP/NAT issues if the private IP is in the Contact information.

I've seen it both ways on mine, but I can't remember the circumstances for each. Perhaps using STUN gets you the public IP. In any case, mine is now a private IP, and it works fine.

**sr98user** · 08-06-2010 10:18 AM

SIP server is probably saving the public IP somewhere else. Without the public IP, the SIP server can't contact your ATA for SIP signaling.

**engineercarl** · 08-06-2010 05:11 PM

I have no problems with making or receiving calls with my ATA behind my router, I am just thinking it would be nice if I could see the public IP Voipo sees via the Device tab.

Carl

VOIPoDanielC · 08-13-2010 10:13 AM

Hello,

This feature request has been completed. The table now shows "Received".

If you are behind a NAT, then Received will be the public IP address and Contact will have the private IP.

If you're not behind a NAT, Received may be empty and Contact be populated with the public IP.

**uhf** · 08-13-2010 01:55 PM

If both show my public IP, but I AM behind NAT, does that indicate that SIP ALG is enabled on my end? If so, this will make troubleshooting an ongoing problem I'm having way easier. I have a strange router

VOIPoDanielC · 08-13-2010 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by uhf

If both show my public IP, but I AM behind NAT, does that indicate that SIP ALG is enabled on my end? If so, this will make troubleshooting an ongoing problem I'm having way easier. I have a strange router

It could show the same for both if STUN is enabled as well.

**engineercarl** · 08-13-2010 09:19 PM

You guys are great. The Device tab tells me exactly what I need to know if I ever have to go in remotely.

Thank you so much!

Carl

**TFlap** · 08-16-2010 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by VOIPoDanielC

Hello,

This feature request has been completed. The table now shows "Received".

If you are behind a NAT, then Received will be the public IP address and Contact will have the private IP.

If you're not behind a NAT, Received may be empty and Contact be populated with the public IP.

Cool, thanks!