Open port 13000 on a public location

[kola]

hi,

The softphone only works one way, if using it from a public location. There is no way one could open a port on a public location.

How can you enable the port at your end & use the phone.

Thanks,

Kola

[FONGO_steve]

You could try changing the port the softphone uses in the settings and see if the public location would work nicer with the port you set.
It'll all depend on the location too. A lot of large scale networks use switches instead of routers, which don't impose the same problems.
It all depends on the location and their network setup. If the SIP packets can get through, then you'll be fine.

[Bloodsong]

I've noticed some public locations that while port 13000 is blocked/true stealth as per the GRC shield's up test. I've been able to get full functioning crystal clear two way calls.

Things to consider if you *MUST* be able to always FPL.

SOCKS Proxy

running an SSL/SOCKSv5 proxy is very easy to do with the right tools. (OpenSSH for instance)
Then just run PuTTY on your laptop/mobile to connect to the SSH server at home.

You'll be able to tunnel the audio to your home network where the ports are under your control. With almost no latency hit.

VPN Tunnel

Windows is fairly straightforward to setup a VPN on these days, or if you prefer to use something like OpenVPN also not difficult.
Again, run FPL over the VPN IP address, and make sure you have your server set up as an internet gateway to the VPN.
(Same idea as the SOCKS proxy running a light-weight tunnelling protocol home where you have the correct firewall settings.)

And less reliably:
Most web connections have ports 80, 443 available.