asterisk users - May 2005 - Asterisk with ShoreTel 210 (MGCP)

Okay, so I'm a noob.

Asterisk looks very promising, so I say "thanks" and "good
job" to all who
contribute.

My * test box is up and running with soft phones using IAX and SIP, so now
I'm
on to testing hard phones.

I borrowed a couple ShoreTel 210 phones from somebody who had them on hand but
they only support MGCP.  I see that there's an mgcp.conf in /etc/asterisk/
but
it's not very commented an I'm having trouble getting these phones to
work
(tried voip-info.org and google for info of course).

A couple mailing list posts that I dug up with google lead me to wonder if MGCP
requires some sort of a switching device.  Also the first example in the
mgcp.conf seems to be a D-Link gateway and my error message is gateway related.

Can MGCP phones work directly with Asterisk?

mgcp.conf:
[general]

[192.168.90.209]
host = 192.168.90.209
context = default
canreinvite = no
line => aaln/1


Phone Config:
MGC: 192.168.90.6 ; My * box
IP: 192.168.90.209


Error message:
May 12 11:35:56 NOTICE[15257]: chan_mgcp.c:1509 find_subchannel: Gateway
'192.168.90.209' (and thus its endpoint 'SHOR_001049007E83')
does not exist

Thanks!
-- 
Ben Dugdale <ben@apachecounty.net>
Network Administrator
Apache County Schools Business Consortium www.acsbc.net
Apache County Arizona www.co.apache.az.us

Yes * can work with MGCP phones directly.  You have a configuration issue.

a typical mgcp.conf might be:
[general]
port            = 2427
bindaddr        = 0.0.0.0

[10.21.4.2]
accountcode     = 1123
amaflags        = billing
context         = main
host            = 10.21.4.2
wcardep         = aaln/*
callerid        = "YOUR NAME" <1231231234>
callwaiting     = no
callreturn      = yes
cancallforward  = yes
canreinvite     = no
threewaycalling = no
transfer        = no
dtmfmode        = none
line => aaln/1

turn on MGCP debug "mgcp debug" and see what messages are going to and
fro.

I would suspect that your end device is setup looking for host/domain name
convention and not IP.
If so, change * to match or change your device to IP and not dns.

GoodLuck,
Duane Cox


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Dugdale" <ben@apachecounty.net>
To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk with ShoreTel 210 (MGCP)

> Okay, so I'm a noob.
> 
> Asterisk looks very promising, so I say "thanks" and "good
job" to all who
> contribute.
> 
> My * test box is up and running with soft phones using IAX and SIP, so now
I'm
> on to testing hard phones.
> 
> I borrowed a couple ShoreTel 210 phones from somebody who had them on hand
but
> they only support MGCP.  I see that there's an mgcp.conf in
/etc/asterisk/ but
> it's not very commented an I'm having trouble getting these phones
to work
> (tried voip-info.org and google for info of course).
> 
> A couple mailing list posts that I dug up with google lead me to wonder if
MGCP
> requires some sort of a switching device.  Also the first example in the
> mgcp.conf seems to be a D-Link gateway and my error message is gateway
related.
> 
> Can MGCP phones work directly with Asterisk?
> 
> mgcp.conf:
> [general]
> 
> [192.168.90.209]
> host = 192.168.90.209
> context = default
> canreinvite = no
> line => aaln/1
> 
> 
> Phone Config:
> MGC: 192.168.90.6 ; My * box
> IP: 192.168.90.209
> 
> 
> Error message:
> May 12 11:35:56 NOTICE[15257]: chan_mgcp.c:1509 find_subchannel: Gateway
> '192.168.90.209' (and thus its endpoint
'SHOR_001049007E83') does not exist
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Ben Dugdale <ben@apachecounty.net>
> Network Administrator
> Apache County Schools Business Consortium www.acsbc.net
> Apache County Arizona www.co.apache.az.us
> 
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