asterisk users - Jun 2004 - ISDN BRI with National (north america) Signalling

Anyone actually got this working with asterisk ?

I have read posts that it is possible with capi and the diva server cards.
Regular diva and diva pro both claim to support NI-1 and NI-2 and CAPI -
will they work as well ?

Has anyone actually got it working ? Forget the should and could part, I
only care about the does/doesn't and why.

If you have it working, please tell me - telco, signalling type, and
hardware model, and how configured in asterisk.

Also for any ISDN gurus out there - is there a simple way to loop back BRI
so I can call from one B to the other for testing with the proper
signalling for National to see if asterisk actually works without
committing to ordering a line that will be useless if it does not work.

Thanks



Jon Pounder

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On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:24:11AM -0400, Jon Pounder
said:
> Also for any ISDN gurus out there - is there a simple way to loop back BRI
> so I can call from one B to the other for testing with the proper
> signalling for National to see if asterisk actually works without
> committing to ordering a line that will be useless if it does not work.
While I'm not an ISDN guru, a google for ISDN loopback shows products in
the $150 range that are designed for this. Most seem to be euro, but
there are US products too.

FWIW, I would also be very interested in US BRI ISDN w/ * info. Analog POTS
just blows. Looking through the Verizon tariffs, it seems as conversion
from POTS to BRI is supported and reasonably affordable.

> Anyone actually got this working with asterisk ?
Yup....but it was a year ago, so I've forgotten the specifics.
> I have read posts that it is possible with capi and the diva server cards.
> Regular diva and diva pro both claim to support NI-1 and NI-2 and CAPI -
> will they work as well ?
I used CAPI plus a single port Diva server card.  The passive cards
don't have the required Linux CAPI support from my understanding.
> If you have it working, please tell me - telco, signalling type, and
> hardware model, and how configured in asterisk.
This was with BellSouth, NI-1 w/ the EZ1 package.  We tried to switch to
EKTS, but that futzed it up.

I used the drivers from http://www.melware.net/  There is also firmware,
I can't recall if I got it from them or not.

> Also for any ISDN gurus out there - is there a simple way to loop back BRI
Not really, you'd need master/network mode support.  That is currently
available only on the passive EuroISDN cards.  kapejod has it on his
list, but as a lower priority.

For what's it worth, it ISDN worked great.  I'm sure it's only
gotten
better over the past year.  It's a great voice service when you just
want a couple channels.  Now if only US telcos weren't so dumb about
it...they just want to sell you DSL since ISDN is such a slow data
connection..grrrr


--Justin

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Hi, 
I compiled updated version from cvs, and run, 
When reload the config file, it shows, 

Jun 10 00:48:53 NOTICE[1200825920]: indications.c:396
ast_unregister_indication_country: Removed default indication country
'uk'
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''
Jun 10 00:48:53 WARNING[1116941120]: acl.c:195 ast_get_ip: Unable to lookup
''

What does the warning means? 

After using the updated version, I found neither my softphone nor hardware
phone can register with the asterisk successfully, while the config files
are all kept unchanged. The error is "SIP/2.0 401 Unauthorized". 

Pls help. Thanks.

> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 11:03:50AM -0500, Rick Smith said:
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Make your mind up, Rick.  Are you a "he" or a "she"?

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