Network Address Translation (NAT) devices are common, particularly in the small-offiee/home-office environment. Typically, a NAT device does not disrupt the oper-ation of a client-server application. even if the application is unaware of the device's presence. Unfortunately, the same does not hold for peer-to-peer applications. such as Voice over IP (VoIP).
This thesis investigates the compatibility of VoIP and NAT by making VoIP calls across various NAT device types. Three different test methods are used. differing in the VoIP phone that is used and the degree of automation that is employed. Moreover, the VoIP phones are tested in different configurations, which results in significantly altered traffic and vastly different test results. All test results are presented in detail. along with explanations as to why specific phone/NAT-type combinations succeed or fail.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/2213 |
| Date | 17 February 2010 |
| Creators | Yoo, Kevin |
| Contributors | Hoffman, Daniel M. |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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