[OpenSIPS-Users] natping_socket param in nathelper

[Liviu Chircu]

Hi Pasan,

This is not related to the natping socket, rather to an inability of the 
opensips process to open up a raw rocket. Can you try to run opensips as 
root, just to confirm it fixes the issue?

Best regards,

Liviu Chircu
OpenSIPS Developer
http://www.opensips-solutions.com

On 15.05.2018 08:06, Pasan Meemaduma via Users wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm trying to use "natping_socket" parameter in nathelper module to 
> spoof the source ip of the nat ping from the backup server. But I 
> can't start opensips with that param set and its failing with 
> following error. The socket IP I specify is available on the server.
>
> modparam("nathelper", "natping_socket", "10.3.1.251:5060")
>
> ip add output:
> 4: enp4s2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
> state UP group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 52:f2:09:00:00:89 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     inet 10.3.1.251/24 brd 10.3.1.255 scope global secondary enp4s2
>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
> opensips error log :
> May 15 14:55:33 voip2-sip23b /usr/sbin/opensips[14350]: 
> ERROR:nathelper:init_raw_socket: cannot create raw socket
> May 15 14:55:33 voip2-sip23b /usr/sbin/opensips[14350]: 
> ERROR:core:init_mod: failed to initialize module nathelper
>
> This is some what related to this thread [OpenSIPS-Users] Using 
> Contact replication and HA 
> <https://opensips.org/pipermail/users/2017-May/037296.html>, But I 
> couldn't come up with a conclusion as discussion there wasn't 
> complete. Is there a limitation in using this function ? There's not 
> much info on the doc. I even tried with different ports other than 
> 5060, But result is still the same.
>
>
>
>
> 	
>
>
>     [OpenSIPS-Users] Using Contact replication and HA
>
> <https://opensips.org/pipermail/users/2017-May/037296.html>
>
> Regards,
> Pasan
>
>
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