Questions tagged [asterisk]

Asterisk is software that enables a server to act as an IP PBX system, VoIP gateway, conference server, and more.

see

http://www.asterisk.org/

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk_(PBX)

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Asterisk Register username with special character like "@"

I am using a SIP provider that has provided me with a username like: +1122233344@aaa.bb.com (Note this is only the username part) And has a numerical password. My Register string looks something like…
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Change the caller id from my asterisk server

I successfully set up an asterisk server. When people call my asterisk server via PSTN, the server will place another PSTN call to my phone at 33344455555. When I receive the call, my phone shows that I'm receiving a call from 4169998888, which is…
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Interpreting and using the Asterisk "timing test" command

Timing is very important for certain kinds of applications in Asterisk. If DAHDI is the timing source, the dahdi_test command can be used to check the timing provided by the DAHDI kernel module. If dahdi_test returns exclusively measurements above…
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Asterisk can't make nor receive calls through a T1 PRI interface to a Cisco 2430 router

I have an Asterisk 1.8 phone switch with a Digium T1 card. It runs using 5ESS PRI through our present phone provider without a problem. However, we're contemplating switching to Time Warner's fiber service (not TWTelecom) and then it fails with ISDN…
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How can I find a log of calls message a specific extension in Asterisk?

Question says it all. Trying to view a log of calls to/from an extension using Asterisk. Thanks in advance.
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Inbound SIP calls through Cisco 881 NAT hang up after a few seconds

I've recently moved to a Cisco 881 router for my WAN link. I was previously using a Cisco Linksys WAG320N as my modem/router/WiFi AP/NAT firewall. The WAG320N is now running in bridged mode, so it's simply acting as a modem with one of it's LAN…
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Asterisk / Trixbox Allow Inbound Caller to redial and bridge

I want a caller to be able to phone into asterisk from a mobile phone or a pay phone and then enter a special PIN and allow them to dial another number. This could allow for significant savings on long distance calls. Is there a build in module or…
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How can I make Asterisk keep track of dynamic SIP agent statuses?

I am setting up a new server using Asterisk 1.8.11-certified4. In testing, we're seeing that agents dynamically logged into the queue will receive a second queue call as a call-waiting when call-limit is set to 0. Since the agents in question are…
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What are the possible reasons for a SIP register failure?

I have setup an Elastix box (asterisk/freepbx based) and added a trunk for an external VoIP provider. When I get to the Asterisk command line interface and type sip show registry I always get the same output, State = Request Sent. So, since I can't…
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Asterisk ${CALLERID(name)

I am working with asterisk (Asterisk 1.8.11.0), freepbx (2.x) and was building a dialplan (extension_custom.conf). I wanted to get caller Name from database which i have stored for example. CLI> database show cidname /cidname/XXXXXXXXXX …
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cli commands not working asterisk on ubuntu

I installed VMware and then Ubuntu. I am running asterisk on top of it. I started the asterisk server successfully by following a tutorial. After making few changes into the sip.conf, I want to reload the the process so it pick up the changes. So I…
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Asterisk SIP/2.0 401 Unauthorized

I'm running into a funny little issue with Asterisk 10.3, but it seems to be applicable to 10.4 as well. The server running Asterisk was relocated from a VPS to dedicated hardware, and now only 1 of several SIP peers can connect properly. SIP peers…
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Server Freeze Up Under Load

I'm having a problem with a debian server that I thought was due to bad RAM, but is persisting. It's a Dell Poweredge 6800 with two dual-core 3.6GHZ Xeon processors and 5GB of DDR2 ECC 333. I've got a single 73GB SCSI Drive. I'm working it to death…
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How to choose an open source, Asterisk friendly firewall?

I'm in pain. We are moving to a SIP based VOIP system and for whatever reason, we could not get our hosted Asterisk solution to work with our Sonicwall. Our VOIP provider gave up and is recommending an open source vendor, pfSense. A little…
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How do I detect call forwarding in Asterisk?

Basically, I want to do the same thing that Google Voice does. I forward my calls to a DID number that rings my Asterisk server via IAX2, which, if it detects the call has been forwarded, sends it to voicemail. Otherwise, if the call hasn't been…
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