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Hi! I am experiencing a SIP server problem with the handling of client registration messages. The problem is intermittent and random but happens at least once an hour in our current configuration. This current configuration consists of 56 registered SIP endpoint with active sessions between most of the clients. The clients are set to register every 60s as the registration state is used to determine when the client device is no longer accessible. The fundamental problem is that the registration timer is expiring however it is not because the re-registration message was not received but rather the server is not properly handling the re-registration message. The situation is evidenced and documented with Wireshark traces and manifests itself as 3 different but recurring problems. 1) The re-registration message is ignored. The client then repeatedly sends the re-registration message but eventually gives up. One minute later when the next re-registration is sent, it is replied to correctly and all is okay again. 2) The re-registration message is responded to but send to the wrong user ID. More specifically the OK message is sent to the correct IP and port however if one looks at the User ID in the message it does not correspond to the re-registration request. The client then sends repeated re-registration message all of which are responded to with the same incorrect reply. When the next re-registration message is received 1 minute later the re-registration is responded to correctly. It should be noted that the incorrect User ID in the reply appears to always be the User ID of another client on the same physical device (of the 56 endpoint 28 are paired clients on 14 SIP devices). 3) The re-registration message is responded to but the server requests proxy authentication. However the registration message clearly has the correct authentication. As noted in the previous item, the client sends repeated re-registration messages all of which are responded to with a request for proxy authentication and as before one minute later all is okay again. I have worked around the problem by ignoring the first registration failure however clearly this is a problem that is better understood and fixed rather than ignored. The problem was first observed using v1.7 and under the assumption it might have been a known and corrected issue, the SIP engine was updated to 1.8.5 however the problem remains. Following is a Wireshark summary excerpt for case 2: 47 2012-09-05 18:10:20.382696000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 678 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 48 2012-09-05 18:10:20.408600000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 332 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1006 49 2012-09-05 18:10:22.373514000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 686 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1005 50 2012-09-05 18:10:22.405592000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 340 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 51 2012-09-05 18:11:18.035010000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 672 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1005 52 2012-09-05 18:11:18.046625000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 671 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 53 2012-09-05 18:11:18.046970000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 ... All good up until this point 54 2012-09-05 18:11:18.065177000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 ... This should have been the reply for User ID 1006 but the same reply that was sent to 1005 is resent to 1006. 55 2012-09-05 18:11:18.532743000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 671 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 56 2012-09-05 18:11:18.564685000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 ... This process repeats until the clients give up waiting for the correct response. 57 2012-09-05 18:11:19.532823000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 671 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 58 2012-09-05 18:11:19.561102000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 59 2012-09-05 18:11:21.283209000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 671 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 60 2012-09-05 18:11:21.310273000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 61 2012-09-05 18:11:25.273572000 10.73.179.3 193.43.93.138 SIP 671 Request: REGISTER sip:193.43.93.138 ... User ID 1006 62 2012-09-05 18:11:25.304686000 193.43.93.138 10.73.179.3 SIP 326 Status: 200 OK (1 bindings) ... User ID 1005 ... One minute later the client registers again, it is successful, and all continues normally. Before I spend any more time on this I am interested to know if this problem sounds familiar to anyone. Many thanks for your time and especially thanks to the authors for an absolutely fabulous library. John |