Re: [asterisk-users] blacklist caller ID

2013-03-14 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, March 14, 2013, Joseph wrote: Can someone refresh my memory how to backlist caller ID in asterisk 1.8? I had it working in ver. 1.4 but in 1.8 it changed. I'm still using 1.4. In that I add a number to the blacklist with CLI database put blacklist 0123456789 1 That is to add

Re: [asterisk-users] block one number in incoming calls

2013-01-14 Thread Geoff Lane
On Monday, January 14, 2013, Salaheddine Elharit wrote: my problem i have a lot of calls coming from this number (0666xx) and i want to block it. You can either create an extension to handle it, or you can use 1.4's blacklist feature to block calls from all unwanted numbers. Danny's dealt

Re: [asterisk-users] Auto ban IP addresses

2013-01-03 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, January 2, 2013, Frank wrote: Is there a way to automatically ban IP address from attackers within asterisk ? As others have mentioned, fail2ban does a good job. However, it may not be enough as these attacks sometimes come from older versions of the SipVicious hacking tool that

[asterisk-users] Timeout(absolute) not working on transfer

2012-12-30 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.22.1 on CentOS 5 I've configured my dialplan to limit the maximum call length on outgoing calls. I've done this as I get the first hour of each call free with my bundle but I pay through the nose if the call goes over an hour. Family members who live overseas sometimes ask

Re: [asterisk-users] Timeout(absolute) not working on transfer

2012-12-30 Thread Geoff Lane
On Sunday, December 30, 2012, Logan Bibby wrote: I believe its actually TIMEOUT(absolute)=value. The function name is case sensitive. Many thanks. I've changed my dialplan accordingly. -- Geoff -- _ -- Bandwidth and

Re: [asterisk-users] Good, inexpensive wireless VOIP handsets ?

2011-08-26 Thread Geoff Lane
On Friday, August 26, 2011, linux guy wrote: Any comments on integrating a wireless POTS system into an asterisk system ? All you need is an ATA channel per handset ... FWIW, I've got three DECT analog phones in my system: two are hooked into a Linksys PAP2 and the third is hooked into a

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

2011-08-26 Thread Geoff Lane
On Friday, August 26, 2011, linux guy wrote: Do any of the DECT systems handle multiple incoming phone lines ? They don't. However, that's not an issue because Asterisk does. Incoming, I have two PSTN lines, three SIP providers, and used to have an IAX2 provider also. Asterisk integrates them

Re: [asterisk-users] ATA shootout: PAP2T versus Grandstream Handytone 286

2010-04-29 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, April 29, 2010, David Backeberg wrote: What do people think about both products? Bonus points for if people have bulk deployed these, either with TFTP and configs pushed from a server, or some other good idea. I can't claim the bonus points. However, I did have a couple of

Re: [asterisk-users] You won't help me anymore?

2010-01-10 Thread Geoff Lane
On Sunday, January 10, 2010, Francesco Peeters wrote: Yes, post your question clear and consicely, include all relevant information and snip all unneccessary history. Note that: no reply != not wanting to help... It *is* obviously possible people just do not KNOW the answer!... (Oh what

Re: [asterisk-users] Need Adapter/Gateway with PSTN-interface

2009-11-12 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, November 12, 2009, jonas kellens wrote: Could someone advice on a gateway that can take analogue calls and transfer them on my local network ?! FWIW, I've had a few recommendations for the Linksys SPA3000. However, I haven't tried this for myself yet since I'm still in the

Re: [asterisk-users] OT - In which countries are ISDN subaddressesused ?

2009-09-29 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, September 29, 2009, C F wrote: You say no reliable internet, if you can get ISDN wouldn't the providers offer Internet thru the same ISDN Physical links? Some countries (e.g. UK) don't offer DSL or ATM over ISDN physical links. If a physical circuit is used for ISDN, the only way

Re: [asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk???

2009-08-18 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Remco Barendse wrote: But then again, who needs Skype for business purposes anyways, i don't think there is a huge market for it. Me ... at least in theory! Our cellphones have built-in Skype, so a Skype gateway should give me call forwarding and diversion to our

Re: [asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk???

2009-08-18 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Gordon Henderson wrote: I was under the impression that Three (who I guess you're using) placed a regular call over their network then Skyped it at their HQ - rather than have the Skype client actually reside in the handset.. (And I'm suspecting their 3G

Re: [asterisk-users] Callin Numbers.

2009-07-22 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, Catalin S. wrote: I lookin' for a call in number from UK or USA. Can somebody offers me a peering for this or specify any sip provider that offers this thing? There are several providers who offer UK or US regional geographical numbers for little or no cost if you

[asterisk-users] Missing CLI

2009-07-12 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I'm using PrivacyGuard to filter calls from withheld numbers. A few percent of incoming calls from my BT landline where I know the caller does not withhold their number. BT deny that they're not passing CLI from all calls. In /var/log/asterisk/messages, the following three lines preceed

Re: [asterisk-users] Open Source Soft Phone

2009-06-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Monday, June 15, 2009, Steve Howes wrote: On 15 Jun 2009, at 13:36, Manoj Panicker - FOES wrote: Excuse me? You sent this message twice. Send it once, and wait for a reply. Only received once here. My mail server is configured to remove duplicated messages - but a different timestamp

[asterisk-users] AstDB wildcards

2009-05-27 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I need to use partial matches on the CIDNAME family I have stored in AstDB. For example, an organisation might have several numbers with the same area code and the same first few digits: 1234 567890 1234 567889 1234 567824 ... I'd like to store these (e.g.) as CIDNAME/12345678*

[asterisk-users] SIP warnings (401)

2009-03-09 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.12 on CentOS 5 Yesterday and today I got the following warnings in /var/log/asterisk/messages: WARNING[2066] chan_sip.c: Got authentication request (401) on unknown REGISTER to 'sip:acco...@sip.voipuser.org;tag=d8f15e1f30efddd35168b07dba9d540e.3922' The corresponding bits

Re: [asterisk-users] Dial() application 'g' option

2009-02-22 Thread Geoff Lane
On Sunday, February 22, 2009, Mindaugas Kezys wrote: How to determine which channel hung up first? It doesn't seem to matter on my system since including the following line in extension h always seems to record the channel that made the call. exten = h,n,Log(NOTICE,Call made via channel

[asterisk-users] DIAL() application 'g' option

2009-02-21 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.12 on CentOS 5 I'm trying to increment an AstDB key with the length of the last outgoing call. Here's what I've got for 01 UK geographical numbers: exten = _01.,1,Dial(${UKGeographical}/${EXTEN},,g) exten = _01.,n,Log(NOTICE,Call to ${EXTEN} lasted ${DIALEDTIME}) exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] Dial() application 'g' option

2009-02-21 Thread Geoff Lane
On Saturday, February 21, 2009, Philipp Kempgen wrote: To be quite precise the documentation says ---cut--- g- Proceed with dialplan execution at the current extension if the destination channel hangs up. ---cut--- So I would not expect the g option to have any effect if

[asterisk-users] Accumulated call time

2009-02-18 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.12 CentOS 5 My ISP account includes nearly 500 minutes of VOIP calls per month but the service is expensive for unbundled minutes. So I'm trying to find a way to keep an accumulated total of calls made through that trunk so that I can automatically switch to a lower-cost

Re: [asterisk-users] Accumulated call time

2009-02-18 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, David fire wrote: use the h exten. when someone hangup dial go to exten h. or put the option in the dial command to go to the next priority on hangup but there is a problem if during the call they transfer it to other exten you dont have the next priority.

Re: [asterisk-users] Gizmo SIP / Skype gateway

2009-02-16 Thread Geoff Lane
On Monday, February 16, 2009, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: We also don't yet know the pricing structure of chan_skype ... I thought it was $99 per channel for corporate licenses or $19 for a single, personal license ... or have I got the wrong ChanSkype? http://www.chanskype.com follow the buy

[asterisk-users] AstDB wildard searches

2009-02-16 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I'm looking for a way to filter the AstDB cidname family to show only those entries with a specified area code in the Asterisk CLI. If this were a SQL database it would be something like: SELECT number, name FROM cidname WHERE number LIKE '1234%' I've tried database show cidname 1234* and

Re: [asterisk-users] AstDB wildard searches

2009-02-16 Thread Geoff Lane
On Monday, February 16, 2009, Jared Smith wrote: If you have that many items in a database and want to do those types of filters, why not stick them in a SQL database and use func_odbc to retrieve them from your SQL database inside the dialplan? Thanks for your suggestion. My Asterisk machine

Re: [asterisk-users] AstDB wildard searches

2009-02-16 Thread Geoff Lane
On Monday, February 16, 2009, Jared Smith wrote: Hopefully that helps make things a bit more clear. It does - many thanks for your help. -- Geoff ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing

Re: [asterisk-users] no need to dial areacode

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, February 5, 2009, Ralf Träskman wrote: To dial an outside line i have to dial 0. I want to have that when we dial local numbers, that is we are in the 08 area, I don’t want to have to dial 08, how to set this up in asterisk 1.6? I have this in Asterisk 1.4. My local area numbers

[asterisk-users] Newbie query: how to write priority n+101

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.12 on CentOS 5 Sorry for a question that I'm guessing is obvious to most of you. I'm trying to revamp my dialplan. When I first created it, I had something like: exten = s,1,Set(CALLERID(name)=${DB(cidname/${CALLERID(num)})}) exten = s,2,Dial(${rgMain},${RINGTIME},t) exten

Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie query: how to write priority n+101

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, February 5, 2009, Mark Michelson wrote: Actually, jumping to priority n + 101 is a thing of the past, and this will only occur now if you pass the 'j' option to Dial. Dial will just go to the next priority on a timeout now, and the DIALSTATUS channel variable will be set to

Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie query: how to write priority n+101

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, February 5, 2009, Philipp Kempgen wrote: And in addition extensions.conf is a thing of the past. ;-) extensions.ael is cleaner and easier to maintain for most purposes. Oh-oh ... I don't think I can keep up with the rate of change ;-) BTW, on a related note, I'm having some

Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie query: how to write priority n+101

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, February 5, 2009, Tilghman Lesher wrote: The correct string is FAILED, not FAILURE. Thanks. For info, *TFOT says: PrivacyManager() sets a channel variable named PRIVACYMGRSTATUS to either SUCCESS or FAILURE. If Caller ID is received on the channel, PrivacyManager() does nothing.

Re: [asterisk-users] Newbie query: how to write priority n+101

2009-02-05 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, February 5, 2009, Mark Michelson wrote: I've tried it and you're correct. So it looks like the docs need a bug report - any idea how I go about that? Thanks again, If you're using the 2nd edition of the book, check the preface, page xix for contact information. Thanks -

Re: [asterisk-users] Contact lookup

2009-02-04 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, D Tucny wrote: I use a slight variant of this... exten = s,n,Set(CALLERID(name)=${IF(${ISNULL(${DB(cidname/${CALLERID(num)})})}?Unknown:${DB(cidname/${CALLERID(num)})})}) exten = s,n,NoOp(Caller ID name mapped to ${CALLERID(name)}) Basically the same as

Re: [asterisk-users] Contact lookup

2009-02-04 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Ex Vito wrote: For a simple (but flexible) case I would consider ODBC + func_odbc. Here is the idea (in case you aren't aware of how it goes...) [... snip ...] It may be a bit more work than using the Ast DB or other means, but it has the advantage

[asterisk-users] Contact lookup

2009-02-03 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, Asterisk 1.4.12 on CentOS 5 I'd like to be able to look up each incoming CLI to retrieve an associated name, if available, and then pass that to the extensions so that they can see both the name and number of the caller. I'm not after LDAP or anything else maintained externally, just a

Re: [asterisk-users] no dial tone tdm400p

2009-01-25 Thread Geoff Lane
On Saturday, January 24, 2009, j...@j4computers.com wrote: This is, hopefully, just a case of brain fade. With zapata.conf and zaptel.conf in place, asterisk loaded, no dial plan and all LEDS on the card lit, I get no dial tone, plugging an analog phone into ports 1 or 2, only a buzz and

Re: [asterisk-users] Setting up an outgoing trunk group

2009-01-21 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Darrin Henshaw wrote: I would use the ${DIALSTATUS} variable. In your dialplan dial the first trunk you wish, then afterwards examine the ${DIALSTATUS} variable. If that is not equal to ANSWER then dial your second trunk and so on. For example: exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] the FXS ports of Digium and damaging if connected to Tel Line

2009-01-20 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, bilal ghayyad wrote: What is the solution for this disaster? I live in UK, where we don't use RJ11 for telephones and so need to use adapters, which I just leave hanging out of the FXO ports. With the adapters in place, it's difficult to plug the phones into the

Re: [asterisk-users] the FXS ports of Digium and damaging if connected to Tel Line

2009-01-20 Thread Geoff Lane
On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, bilal ghayyad wrote: What do u mean by clibing the tang of the RJ11 plug on the end of the BT adaptor? On an RJ11 plug, the casing includes a springy piece that locks the plug into an RJ11 socket. When plugged in, the end of the springy piece sticks out of the

[asterisk-users] Setting up an outgoing trunk group

2009-01-20 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I'm confused! My Asterisk system has a Zap trunk and three SIP trunks. I'd like to configure the dialplan to route via the first trunk in a list and if that's not available or it's busy, fall over to the second, then to the third, etc. AIUI Dial(Zap/1SIP/out1SIP/out2/${EXTEN}) rings all

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-16 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, David fire wrote: hey it is preatty easy now i understand the problem is simple hangup in new location dial steal code for asterisk is just an extension and it should start an AGI the system search for the call in the same group bridge the

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-16 Thread Geoff Lane
On Friday, January 16, 2009, ddf...@gmail.com wrote: do you program in any language? if yes just read the chapters about agi in the asterisk book you can find it in support section in www.asterisk.org I'm a reasonable PHP and VBScript programmer and have dabbled since the 1980s in a wide

Re: [asterisk-users] Zap problems

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, D Tucny wrote: It's so much nicer to use packages, in the case of CentOS, RPMs... that way everything installed is owned by the package and removal of the package removes most of what was installed... Thanks for the reply. I must be missing something, since all

[asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I'd appreciate some help on how to implement call stealing. That is, where you dial a code to redirect any call on the system to your handset. I'm getting rid of my BRI service and I'm trying to replace the functionality of my existing ISDN2e PBX (Cybergear Gold) with VOIP and Asterisk.

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, David fire wrote: and if you use the trasnfer app whit the features chann? Thanks for the suggestion. I'll see if I can find it in the docs. -- Geoff ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Danny Nicholas wrote: Why not use call-conferencing? If you transferred your call into a conference room, you could join the conference from any extension on your *. When the caller hangs up, just end the conference. Thanks for the reply. AIUI, you need to set

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Drew Gibson wrote: Would SLA (Shared Line Appearance) work for this? Put call on hold, press button beside flashing light on second handset? Thanks for the reply. I don't think it would work with my hardware. I've got two Nortel 355 analog handsets, one plugged

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: Cordless phones? Sorry, couldn't resist :) I've got some but the range isn't good enough to cover my entire house. Besides which it's bad enough playing find the phone when a cordless handset gets eaten by the settee or wanders off to the

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote: I'm a bit confused as to how your old system exactly worked. When you initially answer the phone (on presumably the wrong extension), what did you do with that handset before getting up and going to the right extension to steal it?

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, David Gibbons wrote: I'm confused as to why you think leaving a phone off the hook is better than parking the call and hanging up the phone. Simply that you don't have to remember to park the call. With call parking, if you forget to park the call before moving

Re: [asterisk-users] Call Stealing

2009-01-15 Thread Geoff Lane
On Thursday, January 15, 2009, Danny Nicholas wrote: What about Chanspy()? Thanks for the reply, but I suspect it won't do what I want. AIUI, ChanSpy() doesn't transfer the call - it just lets another extension listen in (and join in the conversation in whisper mode). So (AFAICT) the call will

[asterisk-users] Zap problems

2009-01-14 Thread Geoff Lane
Hi All, I'm running Asterisk 1.4.22.1 on a CentOS 5 machine fitted with a TDM400P. When I upgraded from Asterisk 1.2.12.1, Zap stopped working. Doing zap show channels etc from the Asterisk CLI results in an error saying there's no such command. The machine has Zaptel 1.2.9.1, which I've tried

Re: [asterisk-users] Zap problems

2009-01-14 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Jose P. Espinal wrote: Have you tried recompiling/installing the new zaptel source before Asterisk? Thanks for the reply. It's the old Zaptel source that was working with Asterisk 1.2.12.1 and so was already compiled and installed prior to upgrading Asterisk.

Re: [asterisk-users] Zap problems

2009-01-14 Thread Geoff Lane
On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Carlos Chavez wrote: Zaptel 1.2.9.1 will not work with Asterisk 1.4.22. I would recommend you install Zaptel 1.4.12.1 or go to DAHDI. Thanks for the reply. Uninstalling DAHDI and switching to Zap 1.4 did the trick. I can now make calls to and from the PSTN and