asterisk users - Dec 2003 - FWD problems

I've been having issues getting FWD to work.  I posted this same Q to the 
FWD forum (no responses yet), but I was hoping someone here had some insight:

http://yabb.pulver.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=1072263468;start=0#0

I just signed up for an FWD account (I know I had one before, but I lost 
it..  :)

I've got it running through Asterisk - all working fine from a SIP 
standpoint. I can dial FWD numbers like 612/613/etc and everything 
works.  However, if I dial *18005551212 or *408xxxxxxx (say, a USA number), 
I either get a fast busy or a "This service is only available to FreeWorld 
Dialup members".

Am I missing something? I signed up, got my password .. the sip is 
registered, firewall is open, no NAT, etc. I've tried a variety of combos 
in dialing/etc .. to no avail. Is my account pending some type of 
activation or such?

Possibly / likely related, it seems that the "*" doesn't work when
I'm
trying to set up the voicemail either. I'm using a Cisco 7960 (but 
remember, it's actually Asterisk linking us together). The 7960 does have a 
"*" dialplan, so that shouldnt be an issue.

Any ideas you guys have would be great!

Here's what my sip.conf looks like:
register=99999:pass@fwd.pulver.com/453

It shows that it's registered in sip sho reg..

[fwd]
type=friend
secret=password
username=99999
fromuser=99999			; I dont need this .. but worth a shot, tried with and without
nat=yes 				;I'm not behind nat, but I thought I'd try it anyway
fromdomain=fwd.pulver.com		; Don't need this either. .but what the hay
host=fwd.pulver.com
canreinvite=no				; worth a shot, right?
reinvite=no

I then have an extension that does:
exten => _7.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1}@fwd)


-d

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, denon wrote:
> I've been having issues getting FWD to work.  I posted this same Q to
the
> FWD forum (no responses yet), but I was hoping someone here had some
insight:
My setup is like this:

sip.conf:


register => 21542:password@fwd.pulver.com/6002 ; Free World Dialup

[fwd.pulver.com]
type=peer
host=fwd.pulver.com
fromuser=21542
fromdomain=fwd.pulver.com
username=21542
secret=password

In extensions.conf:

; Free World Dialup
[fwd]
exten => _10113.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:5}@fwd.pulver.com)
exten => _10113.,2,Congestion

(I use a 10113 prefix for FWD numbers).

We're chatting to friends in the UK right now so seems to work for me.

Steve

--On Wednesday, December 24, 2003 07:12:05 -0600 denon <denon@denon.cx> 
wrote:

> I've got it running through Asterisk - all working fine from a SIP
> standpoint. I can dial FWD numbers like 612/613/etc and everything works.
> However, if I dial *18005551212 or *408xxxxxxx (say, a USA number), I
> either get a fast busy or a "This service is only available to
FreeWorld
> Dialup members".
>
I have exactly this problem and posted a bug report to FWD about a week ago 
- no response yet.  It's bizarre that FWD recognises you to dial another 
user but not to call outside their network.  Sounds more like a FWD problem 
than a * problem to me.

  Iain