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On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Tony Graziano <[email protected]
> wrote:

> The invite originated from sipx and specified port 30504. the DOWNSTREAM
> provider did a reinvite for a port in the 10000 range. This is JUST this one
> provider for that route. The next LD number that goes through a different
> downstream provider can use and try to force an entirely different range. FR
> is not the provider, they are sitting there passively pointing at your box
> and saying its YOU when its their lack of command and control over their
> (non) network. They just THINK they are the provider.
>
> Staying with them and working around one of their vendors is multiple
> problems waiting to happen. It will happen again, and again, and again... in
> the meantime how much time are you spending when another provider sets up
> and works in 5 minutes?
>
> sipx  ---> flowroute --->downstream route provider ---> pstn <----->
>                                                   |
>    <---------------------------------------------
>
> see who is missing return path?
>
> take your toys and go...
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Todd Hodgen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> You should be able to adjust the ports within sipXecs to accommodate that
>> provider.  Although, there has been a lot of chatter on this list with
>> regards to people not being able to set things up with Flowroute.   You
>> might want to go back into the archives to see how they worked around the
>> issue.  I think Tony is right though, I think a bunch of them moved to other
>> carriers.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I didn’t read it as there was a third party provider, but that Flowroute
>> was the downstream vendor from your invites.   But it is not entirely clear
>> the way he worded the response.  I guess the question is this – can he
>> adhere to your request or not?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tony Graziano
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 3:43 PM
>>
>> *To:* [email protected]; Discussion list for users of sipXecs software
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] FW: Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> but there you go. its one of their downstream vendors. they are not even
>> in control of their own network. how embarassing to admit it that way. FRAME
>> 67 & 68. We don't offer anything but 30504. The FR downstream vendor is
>> re-inviting media we aren't offering. IT IS A FR problem.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> RUN AWAY!
>>
>> When kids can't play and get along, the kid who owns the toys take theirs
>> and go home. I suggest you get a real vendor and take your toys with you.
>> ****
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Marcel Manzardo <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Here is what I got back from Flowroute:****
>>
>> when the call sets up FROm sipx it asks for port 30504 for rtp. the guys
>> at FR keep shoving 10204 back as a reinvite****
>>
>> This is fairly ambiguous as the RTP port range your system would like to
>> communicate on is sent in your offer (INVITE), however, the RTP port the
>> downstream vendor would like to receive audio on is sent in the answer
>> (SIP/200). I'm not sure where Flowroute is forcing or "shoving" a specific
>> RTP port for the sipX system to use.****
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Cheers,****
>>
>> Marcel****
>>
>> *From:* Marcel Manzardo [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 2:45 PM****
>>
>>
>> *To:* 'Discussion list for users of sipXecs software'****
>>
>> *Cc:* '[email protected]'
>> *Subject:* RE: [sipx-users] FW: Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Hi Toni,****
>>
>> Thank you VERY much for your feedback. We really appreciate it!!!****
>>
>> We forwarded your information to Flowroute and we will change our config.
>> ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> We’ll post back shortly.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Cheers,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Marcello****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Tony Graziano [mailto:[email protected]] ****
>>
>> *Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 2:35 PM****
>>
>> *To:* [email protected]; Discussion list for users of sipXecs software
>> ****
>>
>> *Cc:* [email protected]****
>>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] FW: Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> and you neglected to say the RTP port is where the conflict is...****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> when the call sets up FROm sipx it asks for port 30504 for rtp. the guys
>> at FR keep shoving 10204 back as a reinvite. Usually that is acceptable or
>> not acceptable. the only time you would reinvite after an offer is after a
>> call is established. So revisit your FR config. Also, you are sending them a
>> PING as a keepalive and they dont like that either.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> so what you have is a disagreement on an acceptable SDP of what rtp
>> port/range to use. ****
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Tony Graziano <
>> [email protected]> wrote:****
>>
>> explain your trunk config. why is port 5160 being used?****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Marcel Manzardo <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> Some more tracing was completed and we got the following feedback from
>> Flowroute.****
>>
>> -          The issue is not related to NAT. ****
>>
>> -          According to Flowroute’s tracing,  sipX is rejecting a
>> reINVITE with a SIP/491 for certain calls (the ones that fail) which is
>> incorrect.****
>>
>> -          Attached is trace information and any feedback would be
>> greatly appreciated. ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Cheers,****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Marcello****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Marcel Manzardo
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:29 PM
>> *To:* 'Discussion list for users of sipXecs software'****
>>
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] FW: Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Thank you for your suggestions.****
>>
>> We did sign up for VoIP.ms and will do some testing as soon as they enable
>> our new account.****
>>
>> We are still investigating what exactly is going on with Flowroute and
>> their engineering is analyzing the traces at this point.****
>>
>> I will report back as soon as possible.****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> *From:* Tony Graziano [mailto:[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:15 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]; Discussion list for users of sipXecs software
>> *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] FW: Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> it is how the calls are being sent in (or anchored).****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I never use an ITSP that handles NAT for me. I think if you took 5 minutes
>> to get an account at voip.ms and configured it properly, you would find
>> that it works (as long as you disable NAT in the account settings).****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> I would ask flowroute if they have a way to disable it (in the vent their
>> portal does not offer the option).****
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Marcel Manzardo <[email protected]>
>> wrote:****
>>
>> For some reason our replies seem to get stuck somewhere. Here is another
>> try.
>>
>> We did numerous test and the issue boils down to NAT.
>>  - Flowroute (our SIP Service Provider) provides NAT and it cannot be
>> turned
>> off.
>>  - Incoming calls work until they are transferred for a second time e.g.
>> Attendant -> Hunt Group -> Other Attendant -> Mailbox
>>  - sipX uses a re-invite for the second transfer which is not supported by
>> Flowroute.
>>  -  if we move the sipX outside the internal network everything works as
>> intended.
>>  - we also tried a second sipX outside the network but were not able to
>> route incoming calls to the internal sipX
>>  - we tried several routers and it is not a firewall issue.
>>  - we also tried using two NICs, one with public IP and one with internal
>> IP. But there registration issues and it is not officially supported.
>>  -  Flowroute suggested to set the contact header from the internal IP to
>> the public IP. Not sure how to do that???
>>
>> There are two reasons why we would like to keep the sipX internal:
>>  - auto provisioning of the phones works only if sipX is internal
>>  - we are much more vulnerable to attacks if the sipX is external
>>
>> Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get around this NAT issue.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks, Marcello
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marcel Manzardo [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 6:28 AM
>> To: 'Discussion list for users of sipXecs software'
>> Subject: RE: [sipx-users] Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully
>>
>> Sorry for the delay. Our reply got held by the moderator because the
>> attachment was too big...
>>
>> Here is the rest of the info including the siptrace:
>>  - Our firewall type is NATed with outbound ports set to static so no port
>> manipulation.
>>  - Additional info about the failed call: The call is a one way/no audio
>> call. Incoming external caller still has an active call until caller hangs
>> up.
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated
>>
>> Thanks
>> Marcello
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcel
>> Manzardo
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:24 PM
>> To: 'Discussion list for users of sipXecs software'
>> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully
>>
>> Thank you very much for all the feedback.
>> We will provide a SIP trace as soon as possible.
>>
>> Here is some additional info:
>>  - The only difference between a failed call flow and a successful call
>> flow
>> is that in the case of the successful call, the caller is an internal user
>> calling the autoattendant. In the failed call an incoming "external" call
>> is
>> directed to the same autoattendant via the DID and the call fails after
>> the
>> second leg.
>>  - We are using SIP trunks from Flowroute.
>>  - We are connected via a pfSense firewall with QoS enabled; we have a
>> static IP (I will be able to provide more info shortly)
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>> Marcello
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tony Graziano [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:29 PM
>> To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] Incoming external call does not complete
>> successfully
>>
>> that pcap is useless. it shows an ip "248" and another "222", there are
>> only
>> two packets and there is a registration attempt. You can't tell if it is
>> successful, and none of the packets are from sipx itself.
>>
>> What we all would like to see if a siptrace as George pointed out.
>>
>> In the interim, please make sure you describe your call flow according to
>> the failed call. I don't think an internal "successful" call would be much
>> help here.
>>
>> Also, please describe your gateway (type and schema). I.e. Grandstream
>> HT386 FXO, Audicocodes, Patton, etc. or siptrunk through provider "abc"
>> with
>> firewall configured as "type"...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM, George Niculae <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Marcel Manzardo
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> We are running SIPx ver 4.4. Internal calls follow call flow
>> >> successfully but external call does not. We might be missing a
>> >> parameter? Here are the call flows:
>> >>
>> >> Internal Call Scenario:
>> >>
>> >> 1. USER Extension 401(BEN) calls General Auto Attendant(x380) 2.
>> >> General Auto Attendant picks up call and USER chooses option 2(Sales
>> >> Hunt Group x 352) 3. Sales Hunt Group rings extensions 400,401,404 4.
>> >> No extensions answers and Sales Hunt Group and falls back to
>> >> extension 382(Sales Auto Attendant) 5. Sales Auto Attendant answers
>> >> call and user chooses option 4(General Mailbox x393) 6. Call is
>> >> successful USER is able to leave voicemail
>> >>
>> >> External Call Scenario:
>> >> 1. External caller calls General Auto Attendant(DID 18888850205
>> >> ext380) 2. General Auto Attendant picks up call and USER chooses
>> >> option 2(Sales Hunt Group x 352) 3. Sales Hunt Group rings internal
>> >> extensions 400,401,404 4. No internal extensions answers and Sales
>> >> Hunt Group and falls back to extension 382(Sales Auto Attendant) 5.
>> >> Sales Auto Attendant answers call and external caller chooses option
>> >> 4(General Mailboxx393) 6. Call is Unsuccessful and External caller is
>> >> still connected but dead air.
>> >>
>> >> tcpdumps are attached.
>> >
>> > Can you provide also a snapshot or a call flow to be analyzed with
>> > sipviewer
>> (
>> http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/Display+SIP+message+flow+using+S
>> ipviewer)?
>> > George
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>>
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> Telephone: 434.984.8430
> sip: [email protected]
> Fax: 434.465.6833
>
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>
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> Telephone: 434.984.8426
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