[Serusers] When to use MediaProxy

Hi All,

I have SER work together with MediaProxy and two UAs;

UA1 is NATED whereas UA2 has public IP.

I have something like this to process the INVITE

if (client_nat_test("3")) { setflag(4); }; if (isflagset(4)) { force_rport(); fix_contact(); use_media_proxy(); };

t_on_reply("1");

and on the reply_route, I have

if (client_nat_test("1")) { setflag(4); };

if (isflagset(4) && status=~"(180) || (183) || 2[0-9][0-9]") { if(search("^Content-Type: .*$")) { fix_contact(); use_media_proxy(); } };

Now, if UA1 (nated) calls UA2, it is OK ( mediaproxy is properly setup and both side can hear each other. The client_nat_test() is met and flag4 is set which caused both the invite and the on_reply to use_media_proxy).

If UA2(public) calls UA1 (nated), problem arises, UA2 can hear UA1 but not the reverse. The client_nat_test("3") is not met and thus flag4 not set. On the reply_route, although client_nat_test("1") is met, flag4 set and use_media_proxy() is executed, it return

error: use_media_proxy(): empty response from mediaproxy ERROR: on_reply processing failed

To temporary work around this problem, I forcefully set flag4 on and thus all calls route through the mediaproxy ( which is expensive in bandwidth usage).

Is there any better way to solve this?

Any suggestion?

Has anybody already looks into this and has a solution?

Thanks for any help available.

Regards,

TC Chan