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    Pfsense jitsi ICE failed

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Does it require static port mapping?
      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Static_Port

      Steve

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        aGeekhere
        last edited by

        will try switching to Manual Outbound NAT rule generation (AON - Advanced Outbound NAT) and see if that works

        Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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          aGeekhere
          last edited by

          tried changing to Manual Outbound NAT rule generation, same problem

          Never Fear, A Geek is Here!

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            cmb
            last edited by

            Not just manual outbound, with static port.
            https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Static_Port

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              aGeekhere
              last edited by

              Hi
              new outbound rule at top
              WAN  192.168.1.0/24 * * * WAN address * YES Auto created rule for LAN to WAN

              outbound rule setup

              interface wan
              protocol any
              source network
              192.168.1.0/24
              Destination unticked

              Translation interface address
              Static-port ticked
              No XMLRPC Sync unticked

              still ICE failed

              Am i missing something?
              chat works just not audio or video calls

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                Hmm, I've never used jitsi so I can't comment directly but I can't believe it's much different from other video conferencing systems. A quick glance through the FAQs shows it has multiple methods for traversing NAT, I would have thought one of them should be working. I can see no mention of specific ports required so I assume it used dynamic ports. It could be that your previous router had UPnP enabled by default and it was using that. pfSense does not enable it by default so you could try that. Be aware of the security implications of doing so.

                Steve

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                  aGeekhere
                  last edited by

                  I have it going through openfire jitsi videobridge with udp ports 50000-60000 tcp port 5222 both are open in nat.

                  So the setup

                  Server running openfire with jitsi videobridge
                  tcp port 5222 open for server's ip
                  udp ports 50000-60000 open for the server's ip

                  Chat works and the users are able to connect.

                  jitsi has a fall back dns (enable parallel DNS resolving)
                  8.8.8.8
                  on port 53
                  Could it be that it wants to connect to the fall back dns but it can't?

                  How would I allow the above dns?

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by

                    You will either need to run openfire with a public IP on the machine running openfire.

                    Or run a stun server with public IPs on that.

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                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      FYI - been running openfire chat servers for many years and its only ever worked with RTP video/audio streams for me on public IPs.

                      I keep my personal server behind pfsense and behind NAT to reduce its exposure to the web but I've had one running with a public IP also and that one has great video/audio and security features of jitsi work great with that also.

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                        aGeekhere
                        last edited by

                        But if i use a standard router I do not get any ICE errors.

                        I will try using the openfire STUN server plugin and see how that goes

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                          kejianshi
                          last edited by

                          So, you have had success running openfire with audio/video with both clients behind NAT and pfsense behind NAT without STUN?

                          That would make you smarter than me for sure (-:

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                            kejianshi
                            last edited by

                            The stun plugin requires an interface with public IP on the interface.

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                              aGeekhere
                              last edited by

                              The stun plugin worked :)

                              Thank you

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                                kejianshi
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                                Anytime.

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