I'm having the same exact problem......2 sites connected via the internet, 2 
remote sites are unreachable, but the home site finds and can make calls just 
fine to the 2 remotes.
 
-Darren
 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Royce Souther
Sent: Sun 2/10/2008 2:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [asterisk-users] IAX2 trunks unreliable becoming UNREACHABLE aftera 
time


I have a network of offices using Asterisk that are connected via IAX2 trunks. 
The trunks work great for a day or two then for no reason at all one end of the 
trunk will become UNREACHABLE while the other end is still connected. The oving 
nly way to fix the problem is to shutdown Asterisk completly then start it 
backup again. The end that dies is not always the same, some times it is server 
A and some times it is server B. Never have I seen that both ends die, just 
one. The side that is still connected can make calls to the end that died but 
not the other way. If you call from the server with the dead IAX2 trunk you 
here "All circuts are busy now." All networks have static IP addresses and 
their firewalls are setup to allow UDP 4569 to come in to the Asterisk systems.

I have been doing a lot of research into this problem. I found this bug tracker 
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=5912 that talks about it being an old 
problem with  version 1.2.1 using rand() and it not being thread safe. This I 
can understand. The thread proposed using rand_r() or ast_random() in place of 
rand(), that sounds like a good idea. So when I look at my newer 1.2.18 version 
I find that it is still using rand() and the bug tracker continues to be opened 
and closed and reopened again and again.

Do I dare ask if anyone has a reliable IAX2 trunk? If so how? Should I avoid 
using IAX2 all together? I know SIP trunking is an option but it becomes a real 
management problem with trying to deal with all the many ports that need to be 
open through the firewalls, IAX2 seems like a better way to go if only it was 
reliable.

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