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#59531 1-Feb-2007 18:56

I have outbound calling from Asterisk > SPA3102 > WAG54GP2 working perfectly, but not inbound.
Inbound calls are hitting the SPA3102 just fine, but after 5 or so rings, I just get a shaky dial tone coming back to me (from the SPA3102, not Asterisk). The call is not hitting the Asterisk logs at all.

Any ideas?

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#59536 1-Feb-2007 19:18

okay, i now have the calls hitting asterisk, and i guess the dialtone i was getting was from asterisk after all.

Trouble is, not matter what i dial with that new tone, I get a message saying "the number you have dialled is not in service, please check the number and try again".

The report in FreePBX says the destination for that incoming call was "s" and i cant get it to ring to any extensions, or ring groups.

There is no DISA or other routes affected this, I deleted all my inbound routes and created one of any/any that rings a known working extension.

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#59543 1-Feb-2007 20:42

Where did you get the SPA3102 & Asterisk settings from Tony, another website?

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#59550 1-Feb-2007 21:54

http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/009482.html

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#59553 1-Feb-2007 22:12

tonyhughes: Trouble is, not matter what i dial with that new tone, I get a message saying "the number you have dialled is not in service, please check the number and try again".

That is a VFX message you're hearing (recorded by Neil Waka).

What this means is that your incoming calls are being turned around and sent back out to VFX again through the WAN (Internet) port of the SPA3102.

That's strange...

Not having played with Asterisk, I can't offer any suggestions as to why this might be happening

but no doubt Steve or one of the other Asterisk Gurus will have some ideas.

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#59555 1-Feb-2007 22:36

most definitely not neil waka. its a north american female. very asterisk-esque

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#59556 1-Feb-2007 22:43

That's interesting. The wording is almost EXACTLY the same as VFX use. Here is what Neil Waka says:

"The number you have dialled is not in service, please check the number and try your call again".

Only 2 words different, hence my assumption (without knowing the details) that it was a VFX message.

Hmmm... the plot thickens...

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#59608 2-Feb-2007 16:42

I have the following working...

Inbound and outbound trunks for

Skype (using Uplink from a Windows box - works great, but havent figured out + dialling yet!!)
FWD
sipserve.co.nz
freecall.com
PSTN (x100p PCI card)
faktortel
sipphone.com

and outbound calling working fine on the SPA3102, but still no INCOMING - AArrrGGghh.

I had no set allow anonymous inbound SIP calls to yes in FreePBX, and this was affecting some trunks, but made no difference to the SPA3102.

I am considering ditching the SPA3102, and buying another x100p which works well plugged into the WAG54GP2 to provide the VFX connectivity.

I now have Asterisk in full time use at home finally.

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#59612 2-Feb-2007 17:02

tonyhughes: I am considering ditching the SPA3102, and buying another x100p which works well plugged into the WAG54GP2 to provide the VFX connectivity.

I now have Asterisk in full time use at home finally.

Well done Tony

It's a very flexible setup you have there with access to all those SIP providers from your Asterisk box. So now you can decide on the least-cost routing to outer Mongolia and program it accordingly with the Dial Plan

The X100P cards sound like a much cheaper way to get FXO ports than the SPA3102. I guess you can easily sell the SPA3102 on TradeMe and hopefully find another X100P card for around $70.

Can you get incoming calls from VFX working via the X100P card i.e.:

WAG54GP2 ==> X100P ==> Asterisk?

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#59613 2-Feb-2007 17:11

Grant17: Well done Tony

It's a very flexible setup you have there with access to all those SIP providers from your Asterisk box. So now you can decide on the least-cost routing to outer Mongolia and program it accordingly with the Dial Plan

The X100P cards sound like a much cheaper way to get FXO ports than the SPA3102. I guess you can easily sell the SPA3102 on TradeMe and hopefully find another X100P card for around $70.

Can you get incoming calls from VFX working via the X100P card i.e.:

WAG54GP2 ==> X100P ==> Asterisk?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yes this works perfectly, so would be the easiest way of doing it. I have now secured another x100p card, (which i couldnt get before), so thats going to be my best option i think.

I dont really need all those SIP trunks, but from a learning/knowledge point of view, its great.

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#59676 3-Feb-2007 08:53

After a LOT of stuffing around last night, had zero luck - I changed every relevant setting 1 or 2 at a time in different combinations on asterisk and the spa3102 with no avail.

This morning I altered the PSTN DP2 setting slightly....

from
(s0<:192.168.0.177>)

to
(S0<:192.168.0.177>)
(note the capital 'S')

and it starts working...

ugh.

Im not sure what other settings if any, helped it along the way.
I have managed to break my outbound capability on it, but I beleieve this is an Asterisk error, and should be quick to troubleshoot. I will post my Asterisk/SPA3102 config when I have outbound working again.

Darn - have already clicked buynow on the x100p card... maybe it will be useful for building a spare / test box...