Alex Balashov wrote: > Our provider gives us four PRIs as a trunk group hunt group. Meaning, the > provider's switch will cycle through B channels in span 1, 2, 3, ... until > it finds one that is available. > > I have moved spans 2-4 onto another machine. But we have one remaining > box with a PRI full of calls and I don't know what to do with them; the > box is failing, but dropping them by simply yanking the PRI is not > acceptable from a business POV. > > Sending Congestion() or Busy() in the dial plan wouldn't work because > the far-end switch would simply pass that onto the subscriber, rather > interpreting it to mean that the B channel is unavailable and it should > go on to other T1s in the trunk group. > > Any ideas?
I think if you just pull the plug the PRI goes to red alarm and the provider will try one of your other PRIs for new incoming calls. Of course I don't know how your provider will handle this so don't trust me. :) Regards, Philipp Kempgen -- amooma GmbH - Bachstr. 126 - 56566 Neuwied - http://www.amooma.de Let's use IT to solve problems and not to create new ones. Asterisk? -> http://www.das-asterisk-buch.de Geschäftsführer: Stefan Wintermeyer Handelsregister: Neuwied B 14998 _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users