Re: [asterisk-users] Dealing with 2 SIP providers

2007-05-18 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:06:35AM -0400, Mike wrote: Hi, I have a question of using 2 SIP providers. Let's say I have provider A and provider B, and I would like my calls to go to A, and then B if A wasn`t available What would be really cool, but require special code in the chan_sip

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Refund from SellVoip?

2007-03-25 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:13:25PM -0700, Martin Joseph wrote: On 2007-03-23 14:37:18 -0700, Tom Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Now I know where they've been spending my remaining balance... I still use Sellvoip as my primary terminator, and have found the call quality to be superior

Re: [asterisk-users] Nomination for Coolest App in 2007

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:37:45AM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: Another interesting (from an American's perspective anyways) is that inbound calls on cell phones are free. Even if you buy a SIM with a little pre-paid time and use up the time, you can still receive inbound calls for free for a

Bluetooth Re: [asterisk-users] Nomination for Coolest App in 2007

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
Another idea that has just come to me regarding bluetooth and a PBX is like this. Many people would like to use headsets with their IP phones. Some support wired headsets, but bluetooth headsets can be a good choice for a headset -- no wires, many people often have one, and there is a rich

Re: [asterisk-users] Refund from SellVoip?

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 11:32:31AM -0700, Tom Lynn wrote: Has anyone been successful in getting a refund from SellVoip when you've cancelled service? You were able to cancel service with Sellvoip? That's impressive, that implies they actually responded to a request you made to cancel service.

Re: [asterisk-users] Refund from SellVoip?

2007-03-16 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:16:21PM -0700, Tom Lynn wrote: At this point, I'm simply contacting the State of Washington Attorney General's office. They're ignoring my e-mails and I'm done monkeying around. It makes no sense. The put together a good system on the tech end, Asterisk based,

Re: [asterisk-users] Nomination for Coolest App in 2007

2007-03-12 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 11:14:15PM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: Mine goes to chan_bluetooth. Somewhat of a pain getting it going but I am totally floored with how cool it is! Thanks, Steve Totaro ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by

[asterisk-users] So does 1.4.1 show up in the /branches/1.4, or only in the tags/1.4.1

2007-03-04 Thread Brad Templeton
Do I get 1.4.1 by just doing an svn up in a checkout of the 1.4 branch, or do I have to switch to a new tag or branch for what I have checked out? I did an svn up and there are new files, but nothing in the change files about it being 1.4.1.Many packages with various minor versions tend to

Re: [asterisk-users] So does 1.4.1 show up in the /branches/1.4, or only in the tags/1.4.1

2007-03-04 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 08:50:48AM -0600, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Brad Templeton wrote: I did an svn up and there are new files, but nothing in the change files about it being 1.4.1.Many packages with various minor versions tend to have the master branch (like 1.4) mean The latest

Re: [asterisk-users] So does 1.4.1 show up in the /branches/1.4, or only in the tags/1.4.1

2007-03-04 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 02:34:21PM -0600, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Brad Templeton wrote: In many packages there is some file (usually the change log) which always tells you what version of the program you have in your hands, in terms of the program's current version number -- of course you

Re: [asterisk-users] Sellvoip configuration....Please Help!!!!

2007-02-24 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:11:18AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi guy, i have a problem, i have an sellvoip account and i want configure asterisk for outbound calls. Alas, the best sellvoip configuration, I eventually had to conclude, was not to use sellvoip. They have good quality

Re: [asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

2007-02-21 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:08:15PM -0700, Natambu Obleton wrote: Why not make it like DNS and have each provider have their lookups deligated to a local server and then each ISP will run a caching server that will use a serial number system to get updates.. just like DNS. I know there are

Re: [asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

2007-02-20 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 09:02:56PM -0500, C F wrote: I doubt it's CNAM since it has old an outdated listings. On 2/19/07, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does google really have the true CNAM database? When I enter my number, I get a search result for my business listing at yellowpages.com

Re: [asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

2007-02-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 03:01:50PM -0500, Paul wrote: I think terms of service for most CNAM providers prohibits sharing the data and limits the amount of time it can be cached for your own reuse. I don't know why they manage to get this level of control over the cnam database so that they

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: NAT: RTP Path Optimization

2007-01-30 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:05:28PM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: PC When I set for Extern1/2 canreinvite=yes it works, but PC Intern-2-Extern doesn't work because Asteisk gives out the PC private IP-Adresses of Int1/2 Asterisk can't give out a public IP-address for Int1/2. Where would it get

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: NAT: RTP Path Optimization

2007-01-30 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:00:17PM +0100, Patrick Cervicek wrote: Brad Templeton schrieb: On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 12:05:28PM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: PC When I set for Extern1/2 canreinvite=yes it works, but PC Intern-2-Extern doesn't work because Asteisk gives out the PC private IP

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: NAT: RTP Path Optimization

2007-01-30 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 10:23:09PM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: PC == Patrick Cervicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PC But then all RTP Traffic of my internal phones will go over PC Asterisk. I want RTP to go Peer-to-Peer. == Intern-2-Intern PC and Extern-to-Extern should go P2P and

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-27 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 01:55:31PM -0500, Jerry wrote: On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 12:34:30PM +, Tim Panton wrote: Unless you are monitoring calls, want full CDR etc, then that's what you want anyway. CDR are not affected by how the audio flows. While technically true, I believe

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-26 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:19:06PM -0800, Yuan LIU wrote: Asterisk1 -- NAT1 --- { Internet } --- NAT2 -- Asterisk2 If Asterisk1 can talk to Asterisk2 at trunk level, I'll be happy. While I'm not sure of what tricks * plays at all levels, you can certainly make this work if you have control of

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-26 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 12:34:30PM +, Tim Panton wrote: For a remote phone, not on the same network as the Asterisk box (in which event the NAT worries are different) you definitely want to use the same protocol for the phone as for your term/orig provider. Otherwise you will be forced

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-25 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:09:21PM -0800, Yuan LIU wrote: From: Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 09:59:06AM +, Tim Panton wrote: In the meanwhile, use IAX, which understands about NAT pretty well. If you have multiple SIP phones on a LAN behind a NATing router

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-24 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 09:59:06AM +, Tim Panton wrote: In the meanwhile, use IAX, which understands about NAT pretty well. If you have multiple SIP phones on a LAN behind a NATing router, just put a small asterisk box on the LAN. It can manage your hairpin calls internally, save you

Re: [asterisk-users] OT: High Quality Wireless Headset for Cisco IP Phones and *

2007-01-24 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 02:01:43PM -0600, Tom wrote: Has anyone found a high quality wireless headset that works well with Cisco 7960 IP phones on an asterisk system? I tried the vxxi offering but the sound quality was pretty bad. Since these are pricey, I don't want to sample blindly.

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT solutions

2007-01-20 Thread Brad Templeton
Some NAT problems you can solve, some you never will. Many modern phones have NAT support in them, via STUN, or a static external IP address. Most NATs also offer port forwarding, so you can open a hole for the SIP port in the NAT so all outside can reach it. (With port forwarding, you need a

Re: [asterisk-users] IAX vs SIP trunks between Asterisk boxes

2007-01-07 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 04:12:27PM +, Thomas Kenyon wrote: Brad Templeton wrote: For SIP phone calling * box, relay to other * box and out to SIP phone, you definitely want SIP all the way. Unless bandwidth between the * servers is a concern, then you're better off keeping the link

Re: [asterisk-users] IAX vs SIP trunks between Asterisk boxes

2007-01-06 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 11:33:02AM +, Gordon Henderson wrote: On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Noah Miller wrote: Hi Damon - Can anyone comment on the overhead added when a SIP call comes into one asterisk box, is routed to another with IAX instead of SIP, and is then sent to the UA from the

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Best inexpensive home office router for VoIP(QoS with maybe PoE)

2007-01-06 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 05:37:22PM -0500, Allen Casteran wrote: Mike wrote: You're quite right, I typed before thinking. Upload is the problem anyways, since it usually (in homes) uses much more limited bandwidth than downloading does. No answer to my question though: How do you people

Re: [asterisk-users] DiD for less then $4

2007-01-06 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 02:29:03PM -0800, CM Rahman wrote: Anybody selling DID flat rate for less then $4 with sip or iax incoming? Let me know Thanks vbuzzer charges $2 for flat rate DIDs, not quite sure how they do it. However, I have had some clicks and pops of dropped packets with them

[asterisk-users] 1.4 segfaulting when manager client is connected

2007-01-03 Thread Brad Templeton
I was just trying astman with the latest svn trunk from Dec 31. It connects, but if I attempt to make a call, asterisk segfaults, but in pthread_kill in /lib/tls/libpthread.so not in the asterisk code. Is this something others have seen? This is with glibc-2.3.4-2 I just upgraded to 2.3.6 (the

Re: [asterisk-users] caller id ring tones for Asterisk Phone

2007-01-03 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 11:15:19PM -0500, Jeronimo Romero wrote: I'm going to be rolling out asterisk at a small office and one requested feature was the ability to have a phone that can be configured so that ringtones can be configured according to the callerid of the caller. Does anyone

[asterisk-users] SNOM 200 behind NAT and other xmas woes

2006-12-23 Thread Brad Templeton
I decided to give the whole family IP phones for christmas, all hooked into my asterisk server, so all the nephews can have their own lines. However, one of the phones I got was the SNOM 200. That's worked fine for me on my own network, but I'm having bad luck getting it to work behind NAT

Re: [asterisk-users] SNOM 200 behind NAT and other xmas woes

2006-12-23 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 02:02:18AM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: I've tried all the various NAT settings on the SNOM 200 (with the last firmware rev they made) but reports are that's broken. The SDPs and Contact headers it sends out are always the natted address, even if I tell it to use STUN

Re: [asterisk-users] Dial own extension to get to voicemail.

2006-12-20 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 02:34:36PM -0500, Phil Finkler wrote: I've gotten this Polycom 501 pretty much licked, but I need to know if there's a way in a dialplan to say if someone dials their own extension it goes straight to voicemail and asks them for their password. I thought I saw an

Re: [asterisk-users] NAT and Dial to two channels at once

2006-12-19 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 06:48:18PM -0500, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: You need to understand how NAT works, if you can chan2 and chan2 is behind a NAT and suddenly someone else is invited to chan2's IP address port 5060 chan2's router willl say WTF I dont have an estabished connection on port 5060

[asterisk-users] Cisco devices (without STUN) and dynamic NAT

2006-12-19 Thread Brad Templeton
Cisco devices (7912, ata-168, 7960 etc.) don't support STUN. However, they do let you define a static external NAT IP address, and parameters to send a keep-alive out through the NAT on a regular basis. However, I want to make these devices work in an environment where they are behind a NAT

Re: [asterisk-users] any possibility of Vonage Integration

2006-12-06 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 08:13:00AM -0500, Paul wrote: Also, I should have mentioned that many of these providers advertise business plans on their website. How can anyone honestly advertise phone, fax, email hosting, web hosting, etc. to the business community without 24/7 support? I like

Re: [asterisk-users] any possibility of Vonage Integration

2006-12-05 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:36:12AM -0500, Al Bochter wrote: And if you get someone over at Vonage that knows that to do you can connect without the FXO It is like FWD you have to get the KEY from Vonage for this to work. And more to the point there are so many VoIP providers out there, most

[asterisk-users] SIP firmware for Siemens Optipoint 410 Economy?

2006-12-05 Thread Brad Templeton
I have not seen anybody on the web to have found this so I thought I would check here. Anybody got this firmware? I've found firmware for the 400, but it doesn't seem to load in the 410. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-12-01 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 04:55:51PM -0500, John Novack wrote: In most hybrid business systems one does NOT place a call on hold, but begins a transfer, either a specific function button or intercom button which automatically places the call on hold, gives a new dialtone and another extension

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-12-01 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 07:37:35PM -0700, Ken Williams wrote: I was able to set a program to speed dial the park extension. Then a user just hits TNFR followed by the line I've programmed to speed dial park. If you get the HOLD button to do this, I'd love to hear how :). Oh, that would

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-30 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:03:24AM -0600, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: The question is what is the best interface? On our old system, we put the caller on hold, went to another phone, pressed pickup and then entered the extension where the call is on hold. I never liked that, especially if I

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-30 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 02:50:21PM -0500, Tom Rymes wrote: for example: In your example above where they can't figure out how to transfer, why don't you edit features.conf and define the transfer key as # or something. Then, when they have a call for Bill across they way, they can do

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-29 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 06:05:31PM -0500, Steve Sobol wrote: On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Brad Templeton wrote: On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:20:27PM -0500, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: Can you explain how ValetParking and twenty minutes worth of dialplan creativitiy can't do the same EXACT thing you

Re: [asterisk-users] SIP Port 5060

2006-11-29 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 04:49:38PM -0700, Joseph wrote: What I have is that each device is listening on different port ex. [pstn-5665] ; incoming/outgoing calls on FXO port type=friend ... port=5066 ; port on Pstn line ... [318] ; incoming/outgoing calls on FXS Sipura-2002 type=friend

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-27 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 01:46:58AM -0800, Steve Langstaff wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Templeton Sent: 25 November 2006 21:02 [snip] ...the UI I think most people want, which is, just put the call

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-27 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 04:05:34AM -0800, Steve Langstaff wrote: What I describe is different. There are no shared lines, but if you put a call on hold on one phone on a non-shared line you can go to another -- any other in the pickup group, whether it is registered to have the

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-27 Thread Brad Templeton
On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:20:27PM -0500, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: Can you explain how ValetParking and twenty minutes worth of dialplan creativitiy can't do the same EXACT thing you are describing? Sometimes the simplest answer is never the most obvious Yeah. With valet parking (or any

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-25 Thread Brad Templeton
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 07:17:47AM -0500, marvin horst wrote: The valet system gets us partway from what I read, but it still uses the arbitrary number slots. It still requires the user know to transfer a call to the valet. no you can park to a specific number (lotname) exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] How to park calls on a specific extension

2006-11-24 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 04:51:26PM -0800, Ira wrote: At 03:14 PM 11/22/2006, you wrote: The missing piece of the puzzle: I'm extension 203. I want any call I park to get parked at extension 2203. I want a call my boss parks to park at 2205, since he's ext. 205. In other words, I want calls

Re: [asterisk-users] Why Aastra uses 48V whereas other IP Phones usemuch less, i.e. 5-12V

2006-11-23 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:29:01PM -0500, Michelle Dupuis wrote: 48VDC is a long time telco standard - and has become the Power over Ethernet standard. Keep in mind that 'electricity' isn't the measure - it's power. Power is not synonymous with voltage. More to the point, there is a

[asterisk-users] Call park on Linksys 922 and similar phones?

2006-11-22 Thread Brad Templeton
I'm having an issue with call park on my new Linksys 922. It has soft menu keys for doing call transfer (which I always think is a good idea because it's amazing how every phone has a different xfer interface and people always get confused). However, I can't get a good call park working on it.

Re: [asterisk-users] Powering SNOM 200 phones?

2006-11-22 Thread Brad Templeton
A follow up on my message about my SNOM 200 phones now powering from my 802.3af Netgear FS108p PoE box. To follow up for those finding this thread on searches... I purchased some PowerDSine 6001 units (very cheap on ebay) and they power the SNOM 200 fine. Some Buffalo units also did this. So

[asterisk-users] Powering SNOM 200 phones?

2006-11-09 Thread Brad Templeton
Ok, not exactly an Asterisk problem, but... I picked up some SNOM 200 phones because SNOM's have been recommended for use with Asterisk and they have line buttons that can subscribe to presence. However, they don't appear to power up when connected to my Negear FS108P, which is an 802.3af

Re: [asterisk-users] Powering SNOM 200 phones?

2006-11-09 Thread Brad Templeton
On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 02:34:31PM +1100, Paul Hales wrote: I had a 200, and it worked fine with POE. The standard power connector was the RJ-11 style as mentioned below. Weird item that one. The successor to the 200, known as a 190 does NOT support poe, while the 320 does. Yeah,

Re: [asterisk-users] Java Web Phone

2006-11-02 Thread Brad Templeton
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 11:23:08AM -0500, Guillermo Salas M. wrote: On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 16:05 -0500, Vladimir Montealegre Estailes wrote: Hello list partners you know about a softphone made in java attachable in a web page? GNU! I'm using JIAXClient [1] to permit to any

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Asterisk both behind a NAT and outside at the same time

2006-11-01 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 06:16:25PM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: BT == Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BT The correct behaviour, as I see it is: BT a) Native bridge when connecting two external channels -- BT everybody is on the real internet b) Native bridge when connecting

[asterisk-users] Asterisk both behind a NAT and outside at the same time

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
I've read a lot of the descriptions of handling NAT with Asterisk, and the use of both the nat and canreinvite flags. I am very familiar with Sip and NAT but have not seen an answer to the following question. My Asterisk server runs on a machine with two ethernets. One is an external net,

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk both behind a NAT and outside at the same time

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 07:40:35PM +0800, Leo Ann Boon wrote: Have you tried setting the externalip and localnet parameters? Localnet makes some sense, and is set (should be the default anyway, no?) externalip, as I understand it, is for an Asterisk which is behind a NAT. This asterisk is

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk both behind a NAT and outside at the same time

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 04:51:44PM -0500, C F wrote: The correct behaviour, as I see it is: a) Native bridge when connecting two external channels -- everybody is on the real internet It might not work if one of them is NATed. Therefore the correct way to do this is to use

[asterisk-users] Opinions on the best wholesale origination/term providers

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
I've been losing patience with my current provider, a small company called Sellvoip. Their termination is good, and they are asterisk based, but they are understaffed and have no concept of customer service. So I'm shopping. I am interested in the opinions of others on the providers they work

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk both behind a NAT and outside at the same time

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 08:10:29AM +0800, Leo Ann Boon wrote: Brad Templeton wrote: The way I understand it, externalip and localnet work hand-in-hand. I do agree with you that this is commonly used for Asterisk behind a NAT. I believe these parameter just helps asterisk determine what

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Opinions on the best wholesale origination/term providers

2006-10-31 Thread Brad Templeton
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:03:56PM -0800, Martin Joseph wrote: On 2006-10-31 17:29:47 -0800, Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've been losing patience with my current provider, a small company called Sellvoip. Their termination is good, and they are asterisk based