RE: [Asterisk-Users] Any one in Toronto / Canada can help me!

2005-09-02 Thread Michael Stahl
Hi, We're located in London (Ont) but have setup asterisk for clients from Mississauga to Windsor (as well as lots of international clients assisted remotely). We've also taken on roles from one extreme to the other (i.e. deliver a turnkey solution including hardware, to just giving advice

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Any one in Toronto / Canada can help me!

2005-09-02 Thread Michael Stahl
Sorry all - that was mean to go directly to the user, not the whole list :) From:Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 7:54 AMTo: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Any one in Toronto / Canada can help me! Hi, We're located in London (Ont)

RE: [Asterisk-Users] isa2004

2005-08-27 Thread Michael Stahl
Take a look at www.generationd.com - they have a free script for setting up ISA 2004 for SIP access (running on same box as ISA). They have experience setting up ISA Asterisk for customers (but charge for support since that's their business) From: Dean Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Fedora Core 4 x86_64

2005-08-26 Thread Michael Stahl
I have FC4 working well! -Original Message- From: Asterisk Supporter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:16 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Fedora Core 4 x86_64 I am about to build a Dual Opteron Asterisk box as our soon to be

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Make asterisk 1.0.7 fail under FC4

2005-08-23 Thread Michael Stahl
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: Make asterisk 1.0.7 fail under FC4 In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Stahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After more investigation, I decided to just recompile asterisk (on my newly upgraded Fedora core 4 system). Make dies

[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk 1.0.7 won't run after upgrade to FC4

2005-08-22 Thread Michael Stahl
I just upgraded to Fedora Core 4 and Asterisk won't run any more. When launching asterisk, I get asterisk: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. A quick search (find / -name libssl.so.4) for the file shows the file nowhere

[Asterisk-Users] Make asterisk 1.0.7 fail under FC4

2005-08-22 Thread Michael Stahl
After more investigation, I decided to just recompile asterisk (on my newly upgraded Fedora core 4 system). Make dies with this error: "No rule to make target 'usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.3/include/stddef.h" It seems this directory is gone under FC4, and replaced by No rule to

RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to prevent log files from eating my hard drive?

2005-07-05 Thread Michael Stahl
Use a script to rotate the logs every night (by cron). If you need one, I'll post what I have. That's only have the solution of course...you would have to write another script to delete logs X days old. Anyone have one of those handy? -Original Message- From: Leo Burd [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Epia C3 Linux

2005-07-05 Thread Michael Stahl
Take alook at thevia arena web site. Your processor may look like a 586 to the installer but may not support all of the instructions (causing a crash). The via arena site gives instructions on how to compile and get it installed on your processor!(I have the C3 Nehemiah processor so I

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Distribution for Asterisk server use

2005-07-03 Thread Michael Stahl
I went with Fedora - great support and eas of use (because of Red Hat shared tools). So far so good! -Original Message- From: Scott Kamp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:45 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users]

RE: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk showing more than once on ps

2005-07-02 Thread Michael Stahl
The system startup script /etc/init.d/asterisk calls the script /usr/sbin/safe_asterisk In safe_asterisk, the program is started with -c by default (console on TTY9). That explains why it is starting with a console, but not why it's running so many times! Here is what my system (FC3) shows:

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Linux Firewall Question

2005-07-01 Thread Michael Stahl
You should be able to do a good job with IPTABLES which is included in FC3. You can limit source destp IP and protocol, etc. Type man iptables | more for more details... OCG -Original Message- From: Terry H. Gilsenan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:11 PM

[Asterisk-Users] RE: [asterisk] VocTel service provider

2005-07-01 Thread Michael Stahl
I haven't heard much feedback yet - anyone here using VocTel? The connection problem turned out to be my firewall, but I'm curious if others experience any voice choppiness or high latency. Some posters have related the problem to specific VOIP providers, some seem to be ISP related (local

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Epia C3 Linux

2005-07-01 Thread Michael Stahl
I have Fedora Core 3 running great on an Epia mobo From: Wiley Siler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 12:54 PMTo: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial DiscussionSubject: [Asterisk-Users] Epia C3 Linux Anyone know a good distro for an Epia Mobo with the C3

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Epia C3 Linux

2005-07-01 Thread Michael Stahl
It installed directly from the FC3 dvd, no changes...no external drivers required From: Wiley Siler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:42 PMTo: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial DiscussionSubject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Epia C3 Linux Did it require any

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk failover solution

2005-06-30 Thread Michael Stahl
If your phones are setup to connect to the asterisk box by name, then a smart DNS server can just point phones to the backup box after failure. However, since asterisk running on the backup box doesn't know about the phones, this is only half the solution From: Mohamed A. Gombolaty

[Asterisk-Users] Access asterisk features from analog phone during call

2005-06-29 Thread Michael Stahl
I have an analog phone connected to an ATA connected to asterisk. Isthere a way to access features like FORWARD and PARK - with a call already active (on the analog line) Thanks, OCG ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com

[Asterisk-Users] RE: Asterisk-Users Digest, Vol 11, Issue 198

2005-06-29 Thread Michael Stahl
Post your iptables output (iptables -nvL) and I'll send you the commands you need OCG -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:17 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Asterisk-Users

[Asterisk-Users] Quality of provider: VocTel

2005-06-29 Thread Michael Stahl
Any users of the VocTel VOIP service? (Canadian) How have you found the quality (Choppy / smooth audio)? Any problems registering? (I have been unable to register for hours) After reading about the collapse of a big USA VOIP provider, I'm curious Thanks, OCG

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Fw: linksys rt31p2 test case

2005-06-27 Thread Michael Stahl
These linksys boxes may be configured to ignore ICMP/PING on the WAN side - so your connection may be ok! Go to the config web pages of the router to enable PING. OCG From: Dionisis Koumouras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 6:36 AMTo:

[Asterisk-Users] LogWatch for Asterisk

2005-06-27 Thread Michael Stahl
Has anyone written a LogWatch script for Asterisk? I use logwatch for monitor all my critical services and would like to do the same for Asterisk. LogWatch is very popular, so I'm guessing that someone has created one but hasn't had time to post it somewhere... Thanks, OCG

[Asterisk-Users] Running 6 copies of Asterisk on my machine

2005-06-24 Thread Michael Stahl
I have a fresh install of asterisk on a Fedora FC3 machine. (I'm new to unix so forgive the next question if it's obvious). Why does "ps ax" show 6 copes of asterisk running? 3338 ? S 0:00 asterisk -vvvg -c3370 ? S 0:00 asterisk -vvvg -c3372 ? S 0:00 asterisk -vvvg -c3374 ? S 0:00

RE: [Asterisk-Users] *77 does not work ..

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Stahl
I have a SPA-2001 and I didn't realize I could use calling features on an analog handset. Does that mean you can dial *77 and use a VOIP feature? (like forward or hold)? Mike From: Jorge Carrasquillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:52 PMTo: Asterisk Users

[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail recording cutoff when silent for 1 second

2005-06-23 Thread Michael Stahl
I have a new asterisk install (1.0.7) - and in case it's relevant I'm not using autoload option in modules.conf. Generally all is working well. However, when I make a call from my softphone and try to leave a message, the message is cutoff after a few seconds (whenever I pause for 1 second

[Asterisk-Users] SPA-2001 features on analog side

2005-06-11 Thread Michael Stahl
Is is possible to use any of the advanced VOIP features from an analogphone on the analog side of the ATA (like a SPA-2001)? I'd like to use hold, transfer, and conference, etc. Thanks ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Guest

2005-05-25 Thread Michael Stahl
If I understand correctly what you are trying to do, I would suggest you set a default context in your SIP.CONF file. That context would be an entry point into the dialplan that is secure (eg: no outside access) that can also forward directly to a single extensions. Mike -Original

[Asterisk-Users] Choppy audio

2005-05-25 Thread Michael Stahl
I have an a problem with audio between phones (if both are SIP, or one is SIP andthen AIX to the PSTN phone). When music on hold plays it is choppy, and the console always shows messages like: monmp3thread XXX bytes of audio while expecting What is the cause / what can I do to

[Asterisk-Users] Registering with second SIP service causes error every 2 seconds - what is going on?

2005-05-20 Thread Michael Stahl
I had my asterisk server working fine with FWD as a SIP provider, so I now added a second SIP provider (voctel). The addition to my sip.conf file is almost identical to FWD, however, asterisk now generates lots of debug messages for some strange reason! In particular, the line "#

[Asterisk-Users] Default time zone for asterisk

2005-05-19 Thread Michael Stahl
For some reason, Asterisk is reporting the wrong timezone on voice messages. I found the tz= parameter to add to each mailbox in voicemail.conf, but I would rather set it once for all of asterisk. Is there a single location to set timezone as the default for all of asterisk? Mike

[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail wav49 format problem

2005-05-19 Thread Michael Stahl
I have the voicemail format set to wav49 in my voicemail.conf file. When retrieving voicemails, the first message plays back ok - but then Asterisk hangs up and the log shows the following error. Any idea what's up? May 19 12:57:24 VERBOSE[7860]: Asterisk Ready.May 19 13:48:51

[Asterisk-Users] How much CPU power needed for asterisk

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Stahl
I'm thinking of placing Asterisk on an itx motherboard in a tiny case. The ITX motherboards top out around 400Mhz PII (in terms of power relative to a desktop). How much CPU would I need for an office of 50 people? How much disk storage for voicemail + OS? (typical / average) The system

[Asterisk-Users] Music On Hold problem: Read 392 bytes of audio while expecting 1600

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Stahl
My new asterisk install seems to be running fine - including playing all prompts etc without error. However, when placing someone on hold they here choppy music (first second or so) then quiet. I see the errors below. What is causing this? (Note that I am running AsteriskWin32). Thanks,

RE: [Asterisk-Users] Music On Hold problem: Read 392 bytes ofaudiowhile expecting 1600

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Stahl
I'm using the default mp3 files that ship with Asterisk: fpm-calm-river.mp3 fpm-world-mix.mp3 If they were variable bit rate, I think I would see a warning about 'varibel' or similar...is anyone else able to get these files to work? -Mike- From: Sander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: [Asterisk-Users] VoipSupply.com

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Stahl
I bought my ATA from them. The purchase went well, but after the item arrived I had a concern. The item appeared to have a problem - but no one at VOIPSUPPLY answered their phones. I left voice messages but no one called back. I finally got tech support from another user on their web site.

[Asterisk-Users] Dial plan - does not stop after first match

2005-05-16 Thread Michael Stahl
My dial plan seems to work great - in that when I call extensions 1234 it connects to 1234. Strangely, after the call terminates (the other side hangs up first), Asterisk continues in the same context and then matches to extensions _. which causes an invalid extension error! Why does

RE: [Asterisk-Users] xbox asterisk?

2005-05-16 Thread Michael Stahl
Although getting Linux running on the XBox sounds easy - it's not. In particular, if you get a ver 1.6 box you will be hard pressed to get Linux installed. Be prepared to spend $ on a boot chip, a replacement DVD drive (unless you are lucky to get one of the samsung drives), an upgraded

[Asterisk-Users] Hang up error: Didn't get a frame from channel

2005-05-15 Thread Michael Stahl
I'm using EyeBeam from xten, and whenever I call another user, the callee phone rings but my SIP phone immediately hangs up. The other end keeps on ringing but when the callee answers, there is no sounds. I have found the "Didn't get frame from channel" error occurring in each such call.

[Asterisk-Users] Why always getting max retries error during idle?

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Stahl
My home asterisk seems to work- I can call from one internal phone to another. However, just leaving my system idle always generates an error message relating to a NOTIFY. See the log below. Any ideas? Thanks, Mike --MESSAGE FILE- to

[Asterisk-Users] Poor volume on SPA-2100 due to asterisk?

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Stahl
I just bough a Sipura SPA-2100 to use with Asterisk. When I use the analog handset plugged into the SPA-2100, the person on the other end can hardly hear me. I check the SPA-2100 setup and their is no mic/spk gain control. Is this a problem with the SPA-2100 or with Asterisk? Any way for

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Poor volume on SPA-2100 due to asterisk?

2005-05-13 Thread Michael Stahl
search every config page (in advanced mode) and can't see it. Thanks, Mike Michael Stahl wrote: I just bough a Sipura SPA-2100 to use with Asterisk. When I use the analog handset plugged into the SPA-2100, the person on the other end can hardly hear me. I check the SPA-2100 setup

[Asterisk-Users] Registering phones with the same/invalid extension number

2005-05-10 Thread Michael Stahl
I have asterisk up and running now, and installed XLITE on 2 PC's. Both machines (mistakenly) registered as the same user / extension. Strangely, asterisks allows this and both phones can make calls! But, only the first one to register can receive calls at the extensions. 1. Is this normal

[Asterisk-Users] Restricting connection of unauthorized phones.

2005-05-10 Thread Michael Stahl
I have asterisk up and running now, and installed XLITE on 2 PC's. Both machines (mistakenly) registered as the same user / extension. Strangely, asterisks allows this and both phones can make calls! But, only the first one to register can receive calls at the extensions. 1. Is this normal

[Asterisk-Users] rtp.conf not working as expected

2005-05-10 Thread Michael Stahl
I have setup my rtp.conf to only user ports in the range 1-10005. However, my firewall log shows asterisk is still trying to reach ports 12772 (an others). Even after restarting asterisk. 1. Does the RTP.CONF file define RTP ports for INBOUND, OUTBOUND, or both directions? 2. Assuming

[Asterisk-Users] Restrict RTP ports - inbound and outbound?

2005-05-08 Thread Michael Stahl
I have asterisk working great on my LAN but cannot open the necessary RTP ports on my ISA firewall server to get to the outside world. (I must open each port manually due to an ISA limitation, and opening 1 ports will takes weeks). Ideally, I would like to reduce the number of RTP ports