Mike, I don't want to be a smart ass, but (as you claimed) if you didn't change anything
>>I've had Asterisk and Polycom phones work perfectly with hints for the last 6 months. Suddently, I realize they've stopped working in the last few days. I haven't changed the >>configuration in any way. how was it working before ? I really want to know, as there may be something else going on in the background. Julian. Mike wrote: > > Just to follow-up, because this may one day be found by someone with > the same issue, I fixed this: > > My problem was that my sip peers did not have a call-limit setup. For > some (unknown to me) reason, hints only work for peers with a > call-limit defined (if using realtime, that would mean something > numerical, and not NULL). > > Mike > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:21 > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Hints stopped working suddently > > Yes I did. Nothing changes, really. And it all looks good. > > What I don't get is why the status "unavailable" appears when the > phone is disconnected, but the status "inuse" doesn't when on a call. > That "unavailable" works fine is some sort of proof that everything is > setup properly… > > Mike > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Danny > Nicholas > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:18 > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Hints stopped working suddently > > Have you tried doing “core show hints” and “sip show peers” before and > after asterisk restart to see what if anything changes? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:11 AM > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Hints stopped working suddently > > Not at all, I do everything with vi > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Danny > Nicholas > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:51 > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > *Subject:* Re: [asterisk-users] Hints stopped working suddently > > Do you use the Asterisk GUI? Changes from it can mess with contexts in > the dialplan (extensions.conf) and the hints need to remain in the > [internal] context. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Mike > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:33 AM > *To:* 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > *Subject:* [asterisk-users] Hints stopped working suddently > > Hello, > > I've had Asterisk and Polycom phones work perfectly with hints for the > last 6 months. Suddently, I realize they've stopped working in the > last few days. I haven't changed the configuration in any way. > > I have hints setup (CLI "show hints" does show the hints, and they > seem correct). But when I do dial using one of the SIP registrations, > I don't see those hints being changed in the CLI (at verbose) like I > used to. My hints keep on showing "idle", even though I am making a call. > > Making this even weirder, if a phone falls off the grid I do get the > subscription become "unavailable". It's just the "on call" hint that > does not seem to work. So it seems not to be a firewall/routing issue. > > I don't think it's the phones, since Asterisk doesn't seem to update > it's internal hint (show hints command) when I dial out or get a call. > > Using Asterisk 1.4.22 and Polycom 3.1.1 firmware (latest). And I > restarted asterisk just in case, no help. > > Regards, > > * * > > * * > > *Mike* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ -- 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