Jean-Yves Avenard
2004-Jun-29 06:36 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Call dropping out after 5s: Solution!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello I'm the one who posted a message about the fact that nobody answer anymore to questions asked. I posted two days ago a problem I was facing that calls made over the Internet to my Asterisk gateway would hang-up after just 5s (no NAT were involved) Answer I got was: it's your config Well, it wasn't (as I was expecting). I compiled Asterisk under a Linux RedHat 9 PC, I copied across all the config files from the FreeBSD server to the Linux PC. Started asterisk, registered the phone: all worked fine first go, and guess what?? No drop after 5s. I guess the FreeBSD support is just not up to scratch. So if anybody is having this problem, just try to find an old PC somewhere load linux and up you go. This will raise the cost of our Asterisk installation as we now have to include an extra PC (all our servers are FreeBSD). Many people have responded to my complaint that there was a lot of information available and basically people should just read it. My point is: do not always assume people did not read available documentation. For the past 4 days I've read the almost entire wiki site ; I looked at almost all messages sent to this distribution list that was somehow related to my problem: no luck. I also faced another problem today. Encouraged by the progress with the Linux server, I configured the TDM03B (3 FXO ports). Loaded the kernel module, no problem card was recognized. Started asterisk, tried to make a call: - - -Can start Zap channel try about a dozen different configuration ; no luck. As I ran into similar problem with my FreeBSD box, I thought: there's no way it can be the driver this time (TDM driver on FreeBSD is an early beta) So I opened the Linux PC, moved the card from one PCI slot to another. Tried again as above: no luck. Open the PC again, move the card into the third and last PCI slot. Disabled the USB 2.0 host controller that was sharing the same IRQ (7). Start asterisk, dial: It works! So now which PCI slot your card is in makes a difference! Something very fishy here. Was this documented? I didn't find anything like that whatsoever. I guess this could be added somewhere Jean-Yves - --- Jean-Yves Avenard Hydrix Pty Ltd - Embedding the net www.hydrix.com | fax +61 3 95093717 | phone +61 3 9509 3724 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) iD8DBQFA4XByXeDVKqIr3GURAj5tAJ9mpDhS5kq/us6IY4nAUAGxe2yBKgCggr+u z9j5LzrCucUO9obZsrTQ/Eo=F9Ge -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 08:36, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:> I posted two days ago a problem I was facing that calls made over the > Internet to my Asterisk gateway would hang-up after just 5s (no NAT > were involved) > Answer I got was: it's your config[snip]> So now which PCI slot your card is in makes a difference! Something > very fishy here. > > Was this documented? I didn't find anything like that whatsoever. I > guess this could be added somewherecat /proc/interrupts will tell you what IRQ your card is on and if any other devices are on the same IRQ. Usually calls dropping is caused by callprogress=yes or busydetect=yes (the beaten, bloody, dead horse is in the archives). If your card was sharing IRQs then the expected symptom would be poor audio quality, not dropped calls. -- Eric Wieling * BTEL Consulting * 504-899-1387 x2111 "In a related story, the IRS has recently ruled that the cost of Windows upgrades can NOT be deducted as a gambling loss."
Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:> I posted two days ago a problem I was facing that calls made over the > Internet to my Asterisk gateway would hang-up after just 5s (no NAT were > involved) > Answer I got was: it's your config > > Well, it wasn't (as I was expecting). > I compiled Asterisk under a Linux RedHat 9 PC, I copied across all the > config files from the FreeBSD server to the Linux PC. > Started asterisk, registered the phone: all worked fine first go, and > guess what?? No drop after 5s. > > I guess the FreeBSD support is just not up to scratch.I would consider the operating system under which you are trying to run part of the overall config. On that note: which part of "Asterisk - The Open Source LINUX PBX" do you not understand?> Many people have responded to my complaint that there was a lot of > information available and basically people should just read it. My point > is: do not always assume people did not read available documentation. > For the past 4 days I've read the almost entire wiki site ; I looked at > almost all messages sent to this distribution list that was somehow > related to my problem: no luck.Problems running Asterisk on [non-Linux] are regularly documented. I guess your search-foo isn't as strong as your bitch/moan-foo.> > > I also faced another problem today. Encouraged by the progress with the > Linux server, I configured the TDM03B (3 FXO ports). Loaded the kernel > module, no problem card was recognized. Started asterisk, tried to make > a call:<snip>> > Open the PC again, move the card into the third and last PCI slot. > Disabled the USB 2.0 host controller that was sharing the same IRQ (7). > Start asterisk, dial: It works! > > So now which PCI slot your card is in makes a difference! Something very > fishy here. > > Was this documented? I didn't find anything like that whatsoever. I > guess this could be added somewhere >This comes up on the list at LEAST once per month. Please refer to search-foo vs bitch/moan-foo above.> Jean-Yves > > - --- > Jean-Yves Avenard > Hydrix Pty Ltd - Embedding the net^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just not READING it obviously. -- John
Hi Folks, I have the following situation: I received an inbound call in my extension A and transferred it to the extension B. But B was busy and I want to capture the call back to my extension. How should I proceed? Thanks, Isamar