[asterisk-users] Experience with LLDP

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier
Hello, LLDP is more and more available on various network elements (endpoint, switches, ...). It seems to ease network configuration. Do you have any experience with it ? How would you rate LLDP ? Regards ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

[asterisk-users] distribute free call minutes over different channels

2009-11-24 Thread Eckhard Jokisch
Hi, I have 4 ISDN channels (2 lines) and each line may do calls of up to 360 minutes/month for free. As I understand asterisk will pick the first available line so the probability is big that the other lines will not use their free minutes and the firs line will exceed the free minutes. How

[asterisk-users] IVR for asterisk

2009-11-24 Thread B.Masoud @ SH
Anyone can recommend a commercial large scale IVR with easy + pro management for asterisk? Thanks. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:

Re: [asterisk-users] distribute free call minutes over different channels

2009-11-24 Thread Matt Desbiens
Couldnt you do this by calling MySql? Compare who has the least minutes used and then send it out the appropriate channel? --Matt On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Eckhard Jokisch e.joki...@orange-moon.dewrote: Hi, I have 4 ISDN channels (2 lines) and each line may do calls of up to 360

Re: [asterisk-users] 1.6.1.10 Music On Hold

2009-11-24 Thread Örn Arnarson
Hello again, I just tried version 1.6.1.9, and the MOH works well there. It seems to be a bug introduced in 1.6.1.10. Best regards, Örn 2009/11/23 Örn Arnarson o...@arnarson.net Hello. I just upgraded from 1.6.0.9 to 1.6.1.10 and it seems that the Music On Hold functionality has changed

[asterisk-users] Cianet channel bank with noise and echo

2009-11-24 Thread jefferson alexandre
Hello. I'm running some asterisks in a small voip provider in Brazil and we're having some problems with a analogic channel bank. When I make calls using analogic extensions, I have a crystal clear quality, but the receptor have a lot of noise and echo. We tested the situation using SIP, E1

Re: [asterisk-users] distribute free call minutes over different channels

2009-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 01:07:28PM +0100, Eckhard Jokisch wrote: Hi, I have 4 ISDN channels (2 lines) and each line may do calls of up to 360 minutes/month for free. As I understand asterisk will pick the first available line so the probability is big that the other lines will not use

[asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Jerry Geis
Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). There are times when delays are noticed and I presume its due to linux swapping out the program. As if I call right back in then everything responds right away. Wait awhile and the same thing might occur. How can I

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Alex Balashov
Disable swap space. swapoff -a Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). There are times when delays are noticed and I presume its due to linux swapping out the program. As if I call right back in then everything responds right

Re: [asterisk-users] Cianet channel bank with noise and echo

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Howes
On 24 Nov 2009, at 13:05, jefferson alexandre wrote: I'm running some asterisks in a small voip provider in Brazil and we're having some problems with a analogic channel bank. When I make calls using analogic extensions, I have a crystal clear quality, but the receptor have a lot of

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
Next question will be How can I keep my server from crashing? :) (add more RAM... which may have been a good answer for question 1...) j On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Alex Balashov wrote: Disable swap space. swapoff -a Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:21:43AM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). There are times when delays are noticed and I presume its due to linux swapping out the program. As if I call right back in then everything responds

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Alex Balashov
I was proceeding from the give them enough rope to hang themselves theory of technical support, which calls for doing just that when users insist on framing their question in terms of a solution they have already made up their mind on without examining whether they are asking the right

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread jefferson alexandre
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). There are times when delays are noticed and I presume its due to linux swapping out the program. As if I call right back in then

Re: [asterisk-users] 1.6.1.10 Music On Hold

2009-11-24 Thread Santiago Gimeno
Hi, I think it can be related to https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16268 Best regards, Santi 2009/11/24 Örn Arnarson o...@arnarson.net Hello again, I just tried version 1.6.1.9, and the MOH works well there. It seems to be a bug introduced in 1.6.1.10. Best regards, Örn

Re: [asterisk-users] Cianet channel bank with noise and echo

2009-11-24 Thread jefferson alexandre
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Steve Howes steve-li...@geekinter.netwrote: On 24 Nov 2009, at 13:05, jefferson alexandre wrote: I'm running some asterisks in a small voip provider in Brazil and we're having some problems with a analogic channel bank. When I make calls using analogic

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Randy R
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM, jefferson alexandre jefferson.alexan...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). On a closely related note, has anyone built a

Re: [asterisk-users] Cianet channel bank with noise and echo

2009-11-24 Thread Steve Howes
On 24 Nov 2009, at 13:48, jefferson alexandre wrote: Steve, the hardware don't have echo cancellation. Thats probably it You're relying on Asterisks software echo canceling I have seen mixed results. Have you tried adjusting gains? I'd do the following 1. Turn off echo canceler

Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk trunk CURL hangs in the dialplan

2009-11-24 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Monday 23 November 2009 21:30:10 Eric Chamberlain wrote: We've encountered a strange issue with the trunk version of asterisk. Our dialplan makes CURL calls and occasionally CURL stops working. The dialplan looks something like this: [macro-curl] ; ${ARG1} CURL URL ; ${ARG2} CURL POST

Re: [asterisk-users] Cianet channel bank with noise and echo

2009-11-24 Thread jefferson alexandre
Ok Steve. I will follow these instructions until i get some results. The next time, I will consider buy a hardware with echo canceller ;) On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Steve Howes steve-li...@geekinter.netwrote: On 24 Nov 2009, at 13:48, jefferson alexandre wrote: Steve, the hardware

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Kenner
On a closely related note, has anyone built a normal (not embedded) system on SSD? I've been running Asterisk on a 20GB SSD drive for a while now. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread David Gibbons
I recently implemented a vmware host using SSDs for the VM storage. I wish you could see the grin on my face right now. It's so fast. Remember thought that all SSDs are NOT created equal... Be careful what you buy. snip On a closely related note, has anyone built a normal (not embedded)

Re: [asterisk-users] Experience with LLDP

2009-11-24 Thread Warren Selby
If you have a network that doesn't support CDP (such as an all Juniper network), LLDP will do the job for you, as long as your phone supports it. The latest Polycom sip firmware supports it (but none of their older phones can run the new firmware, just the newer ones), as well as the

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Randy R
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Richard Kenner ken...@gnat.com wrote: On a closely related note, has anyone built a normal (not embedded) system on SSD? I've been running Asterisk on a 20GB SSD drive for a while now. And? Noticed any significant performance advantage? /r

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Tuesday 24 November 2009 07:21:43 Jerry Geis wrote: Is there a way to keep asterisk in RAM and tell linux not to swap it out (ever). There are times when delays are noticed and I presume its due to linux swapping out the program. As if I call right back in then everything responds right

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Richard Kenner wrote: On a closely related note, has anyone built a normal (not embedded) system on SSD? I've been running Asterisk on a 20GB SSD drive for a while now. What mft/model? I was recently quoted a 4GB Compact Flash drive as part of a small system we plan

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Kenner
What mft/model? Actually, it's 16GB, not 20GB. It's a Transcend TS16GSSD25S-S. I know that CF cards have a limited number of writes before frying. If we keep it from using swap am I really only concerned about voicemail and logs? That number is quite large, though. I'm taking backups and

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Michael Graves
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:32 + (UTC), Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Richard Kenner wrote: On a closely related note, has anyone built a normal (not embedded) system on SSD? I've been running Asterisk on a 20GB SSD drive for a while now. What mft/model? I was recently

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread Richard Kenner
And? Noticed any significant performance advantage? I never ran it any other way, so have no comparison point. I didn't do it for performance reasons, but reliability. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --

Re: [asterisk-users] keep asterisk in RAM

2009-11-24 Thread David Gibbons
snip And? Noticed any significant performance advantage? /snip Massive increase in performance on mysql VMs with database sizes that exceed memory size (file caching). Boot times on VMs (windows and linux) under 10 seconds. There is no noticeable change in performance for normal operations on

Re: [asterisk-users] Please some enlightment on ENUM !!

2009-11-24 Thread SIP
Norbert Zawodsky wrote: Leif Neland schrieb: - Original Message - *From:* Norbert Zawodsky mailto:norb...@zawodsky.at *To:* Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2009

Re: [asterisk-users] RTP traffic through Asterisk??

2009-11-24 Thread John A. Sullivan III
Can you move the transfer functionality to the end device rather than through Asterisk? That's what we do - John On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 14:07 +0100, Ignacio wrote: Thank you very much to both of you. My problem was that I used transfer in the dialplan. I have read that If I have Tt, wW, or

[asterisk-users] Ring group issue

2009-11-24 Thread das sandesh
Hi All, I am having a problem with the ring group where when an incoming call comes it rings all the 3 extensions associated to that, but intermittently it rings one extension only once, but the others will be continuously ringing and the goes to generalized voicemail. When I check the log using

Re: [asterisk-users] Ring group issue

2009-11-24 Thread Alex Balashov
What is the channel technology in use? das sandesh wrote: Hi All, I am having a problem with the ring group where when an incoming call comes it rings all the 3 extensions associated to that, but intermittently it rings one extension only once, but the others will be continuously

[asterisk-users] audio cuts out during IVR

2009-11-24 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Hi all, I'm running 1.6.2.0-rc6, and I'm running into a problem: sometimes the audio vanishes in the middle of listening to an IVR background prompt. This happens with both analog (Digium card) and IAX2 incoming calls. The prompts are stored in ulaw format (and the IAX2 calls use ulaw). The

Re: [asterisk-users] Ring group issue

2009-11-24 Thread Alex Balashov
I am talking about the endpoints (extensions). SIP? DAHDI? IAX? H.323? das sandesh wrote: Hi Alex, I am using Ring All channel strategy... Thanks Sandesh On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Alex Balashov abalas...@evaristesys.com mailto:abalas...@evaristesys.com wrote: What

Re: [asterisk-users] Ring group issue

2009-11-24 Thread das sandesh
Hi Alex, I am using Ring All channel strategy... Thanks Sandesh On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Alex Balashov abalas...@evaristesys.comwrote: What is the channel technology in use? das sandesh wrote: Hi All, I am having a problem with the ring group where when an incoming call

[asterisk-users] Change the FROM filed username and From Calling id in asterisk

2009-11-24 Thread Masood Ahmed
Hello Guys, Hope everyone is fine, I have one issue coming in asterisk , What i am doing is i am generating a callback if some one calls at a specif access number on asterisk, Asterisk sends a busy signal to the calling party that he received a request from party and then sends the call back to

Re: [asterisk-users] Ring group issue

2009-11-24 Thread das sandesh
We are using SIP channel technology... On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Alex Balashov abalas...@evaristesys.comwrote: I am talking about the endpoints (extensions). SIP? DAHDI? IAX? H.323? das sandesh wrote: Hi Alex, I am using Ring All channel strategy... Thanks Sandesh

Re: [asterisk-users] Connect Two Asterisk's using isdn Cards

2009-11-24 Thread mosleh
Which cards exactly? It's 2 T1/E1 cards! Specifically, on of it is a TE110P and the other is a TE122! ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:

[asterisk-users] snapgear/mcafee sg560 rebooting

2009-11-24 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Hi all, Does anyone else use the SG560 firewall with Asterisk? I do, and it normally works great, except when it randomly reboots. Has anyone else experienced this annoyance? Did you fix it? - Mike ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk trunk CURL hangs in the dialplan

2009-11-24 Thread Eric Chamberlain
On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: Sounds like your local DNS resolver isn't answering queries promptly. Thanks, I'll look into it. Our CURL function only calls one hostname over and over. Would setting CURLOPT dnstimeout be of use in this situation? -- Eric

Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk trunk CURL hangs in the dialplan

2009-11-24 Thread Jeff LaCoursiere
On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, Eric Chamberlain wrote: On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: Sounds like your local DNS resolver isn't answering queries promptly. Thanks, I'll look into it. Our CURL function only calls one hostname over and over. Would setting CURLOPT

[asterisk-users] Crosstalk - Is there a debug option for logging this?

2009-11-24 Thread JT
Hi All, I'm struggling with an intermittent crosstalk issue resulting in a caller's audio being broadcasted to other calls (only one way as they are unable to hear the others listening in). Doing do diligence I've scoured the web in hopes of triaging the issue. So my thoughts are leaning

Re: [asterisk-users] IVR for asterisk

2009-11-24 Thread David Backeberg
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 7:12 AM, B.Masoud @ SH i...@saudihome.com wrote: Anyone can recommend a commercial large scale IVR with easy + pro management for asterisk? Those words don't mean anything to anybody except you. For instance, large scale is meaningless. You need to say out loud how large

Re: [asterisk-users] audio cuts out during IVR

2009-11-24 Thread David Backeberg
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak m...@avtechpulse.com wrote: Hi all, I'm running 1.6.2.0-rc6, and I'm running into a problem: sometimes the audio vanishes in the middle of listening to an IVR background prompt. This happens with both analog (Digium card) and IAX2

Re: [asterisk-users] Crosstalk - Is there a debug option for logging this?

2009-11-24 Thread Jared Smith
On Tue, 2009-11-24 at 14:05 -0500, JT wrote: I'm struggling with an intermittent crosstalk issue resulting in a caller's audio being broadcasted to other calls (only one way as they are unable to hear the others listening in). Crosstalk like this isn't a common occurrence, especially on

Re: [asterisk-users] Connect Two Asterisk's using isdn Cards

2009-11-24 Thread Miguel Molina
mos...@infolog.mr escribió: Which cards exactly? It's 2 T1/E1 cards! Specifically, on of it is a TE110P and the other is a TE122! Hi, That would be a very special need, I'm wondering why connect two asterisk with expensive E1/T1 cards when you can connect them with simple network

Re: [asterisk-users] audio cuts out during IVR

2009-11-24 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 11/24/2009 02:14 PM, David Backeberg wrote: The asterisk console claims that the IVR prompts are proceeding in the expected fashion, but I can't hear anything. Are you playing with the system clock? ... dramatic ntp changes? No, that shouldn't be happening. But I'll keep it in mind while

Re: [asterisk-users] Experience with LLDP

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier
2009/11/24 Warren Selby wcse...@selbytech.com If you have a network that doesn't support CDP (such as an all Juniper network), LLDP will do the job for you, as long as your phone supports it. The latest Polycom sip firmware supports it (but none of their older phones can run the new firmware,

Re: [asterisk-users] snapgear/mcafee sg560 rebooting

2009-11-24 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 11/24/2009 01:19 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: Does anyone else use the SG560 firewall with Asterisk? I do, and it normally works great, except when it randomly reboots. Has anyone else experienced this annoyance? Did you fix it? Oops, never mind. The SG560 was fine. The AC power to

[asterisk-users] Route Non-Call Data to Agent Through Queue

2009-11-24 Thread Shaun Clark
Hello, I was wondering if their is a way to use the Asterisk ACD to initiate a call that will route variables through the ACD, which can then be read at the other end by an application. The idea here is instead of terminating a call to an agent I would be terminating some variables/text data.

Re: [asterisk-users] audio cuts out during IVR

2009-11-24 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 11/24/2009 02:14 PM, David Backeberg wrote: I'm running 1.6.2.0-rc6, and I'm running into a problem: sometimes the audio vanishes in the middle of listening to an IVR background prompt. Are you playing with the system clock? Actually, setting the internal_timing option seems to have fixed

Re: [asterisk-users] Experience with LLDP

2009-11-24 Thread Jonathan Thurman
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Olivier oza-4...@myamail.com wrote: Hello, LLDP is more and more available on various network elements (endpoint, switches, ...). It seems to ease network configuration. Makes Voice VLAN assignment much easier for sure. Do you have any experience with it ?

[asterisk-users] Insufficient information for SDP (m = 'audio 0000 RTP/AVP 18 127', c = ' ')

2009-11-24 Thread ast guy
Hi, I am using codec g729 on two asterisk machines, but when call is forwarded from asterisk server 1 (32bit) to server 2(64bit). server 1 outputs following error and there is no audio. Also the IVRs being played have choppy voice. Insufficient information for SDP (m = 'audio RTP/AVP 18

Re: [asterisk-users] Insufficient information for SDP (m = 'audio 0000 RTP/AVP 18 127', c = ' ')

2009-11-24 Thread Miguel Molina
ast guy escribió: Hi, I am using codec g729 on two asterisk machines, but when call is forwarded from asterisk server 1 (32bit) to server 2(64bit). server 1 outputs following error and there is no audio. Also the IVRs being played have choppy voice. Insufficient information for SDP (m

Re: [asterisk-users] audio cuts out during IVR

2009-11-24 Thread Matt Riddell
On 25/11/09 5:47 AM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: Hi all, I'm running 1.6.2.0-rc6, and I'm running into a problem: sometimes the audio vanishes in the middle of listening to an IVR background prompt. This happens with both analog (Digium card) and IAX2 incoming calls. The prompts are

Re: [asterisk-users] Insufficient information for SDP (m = 'audio 0000 RTP/AVP 18 127', c = ' ')

2009-11-24 Thread ast guy
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Miguel Molina mmol...@millenium.com.cowrote: ast guy escribió: Hi, I am using codec g729 on two asterisk machines, but when call is forwarded from asterisk server 1 (32bit) to server 2(64bit). server 1 outputs following error and there is no audio.

[asterisk-users] 1950's UK rotary dial phone

2009-11-24 Thread Mike
Folks, I've got one of those GPO 1950's rotary dial phones that I'm trying to get working in the UK. I've got pretty much everything working with my TDM400, the phone rings and I can receive calls but I cannot dial with the rotary dialer. I have set pulsedial=true or whatever the exact setting

[asterisk-users] Where are documented channel-dependant Dial options ?

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier
Hi, I've recently discovered Dial examples such as Dial(DAHDI/g4d/${EXTEN}) but I wonder where I can get an uptodate doc. Is there any CLI option such as core show channel dialoption that would explain what g4d exactly means ? core show application dial doesn't explain much about those

Re: [asterisk-users] Experience with LLDP

2009-11-24 Thread Olivier
2009/11/24 Jonathan Thurman jthurma...@gmail.com I would rate LLDP as a very useful vendor-agnostic protocol. -Jonathan So I guess, the next item on my todo list is to test LLDP ! Thanks for the advice. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] IVR for asterisk

2009-11-24 Thread Tim Uckun
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:12 AM, B.Masoud @ SH i...@saudihome.com wrote: Anyone can recommend a commercial large scale IVR with easy + pro management for asterisk? I don't know what you mean by pro management but you can write IVR applications in any language you want. Personally I like ruby

Re: [asterisk-users] 1950's UK rotary dial phone

2009-11-24 Thread Karl Fife
Have you tested the dialer mechanism to confirm that it actually works? Sounds like your dialer mechanism MAY not be opening/closing the loop properly. Have you tried using the phone on a Telco-provisioned loop? -K - Original Message - From: Mike asterisk-us...@norgie.net To:

Re: [asterisk-users] can't get pap2 to register from outside the LAN.

2009-11-24 Thread Tim Uckun
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Landy Landy landysacco...@yahoo.com wrote: How about adding: insecure=invite,port That didn't work. How weird. I have reset the device to factory settings too. Nothing seems to work. ___ -- Bandwidth and

Re: [asterisk-users] can't get pap2 to register from outside the LAN.

2009-11-24 Thread Tim Uckun
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Michael Wyres mwy...@cdm.com.au wrote: I would without the deny and permit directives in the SIP, and rule out some sort of clash there that is rejecting the address the registration is coming from, and take it from there. It made no difference to remove

Re: [asterisk-users] 1950's UK rotary dial phone

2009-11-24 Thread Mike
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 06:55:16PM -0600, Karl Fife wrote: Have you tested the dialer mechanism to confirm that it actually works? Sounds like your dialer mechanism MAY not be opening/closing the loop properly. Have you tried using the phone on a Telco-provisioned loop? -K Yeah, I've