[asterisk-users] Asterisk and cloud computing (amazon EC2 + S3)

2008-09-09 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hey folks, I'm looking to potentially take some of my Asterisk servers and see how well they fare in a cloud computing environment such as Amazon EC2 + S3. I was curious to hear feedback from anyone who's willing to share their experience if they've already done the same. Have you had a positive

[asterisk-users] SIP/IAX2 Provider with fallback dialing?

2008-06-26 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I was curious if anyone can recommend a company that would work with small businesses, and capable of using a fallback number (mobile phone, home number etc) in the event SIP or IAX2 peering was to terminate because of some outage. This could be useful when you do not have a backup T1

Re: [asterisk-users] SIP/IAX2 Provider with fallback dialing?

2008-06-26 Thread Steve Finkelstein
: On 17:36, Thu 26 Jun 08, Steve Finkelstein wrote: Hi all, I was curious if anyone can recommend a company that would work with small businesses, and capable of using a fallback number (mobile phone, home number etc) in the event SIP or IAX2 peering was to terminate because of some outage

Re: [asterisk-users] SIP/IAX2 Provider with fallback dialing?

2008-06-26 Thread Steve Finkelstein
if they have failover though... but they have iax2 and sip. http://connect.voicepulse.com/ is their asterisk page. Fred Posner Tel: +1 (212) 937-7844 x501 Fax: +1 (954) 252-4187 www.teamforrest.com FWD#: 902963 On Jun 26, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Steve Finkelstein wrote: We're personally

[asterisk-users] Local loopback vs SIP/IAX2

2008-05-17 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction as far as the pros/cons of using a local loopback with a T1 provider, or just peering with a company using SIP/IAX2 or my small office asterisk setup? I've seen setups in both scenarios. The only potential pro of the T1 that I can

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for PSTN provider with unlimited inbound/outbound plan

2008-01-04 Thread Steve Finkelstein
I seen last time our providers rates. Senad On Dec 30, 2007 2:16 AM, Steve Finkelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have a budget to work with and was wondering if there are any folks providing SIP/IAX2 trunking for unlimited inbound

Re: [asterisk-users] Looking for PSTN provider with unlimited inbound/outbound plan

2007-12-31 Thread Steve Finkelstein
... but but for about $900 per month one could get T1 (24 channels) unlimited in/out as far I seen last time our providers rates. Senad On Dec 30, 2007 2:16 AM, Steve Finkelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have a budget to work

[asterisk-users] Looking for PSTN provider with unlimited inbound/outbound plan

2007-12-29 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I have a budget to work with and was wondering if there are any folks providing SIP/IAX2 trunking for unlimited inbound/outbound for a flat rate? We're in the budget range of roughly $5,000 a month and we need multiple channels per DID. I'm not sure if something like this is feasible in

[asterisk-users] cdr_adaptive_odbc and custom rdms fields

2007-12-25 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi folks, I was recently made aware that the only way to currently set custom fields in a relational database for CDR is via the experimental cdr_adaptive_odbc drivers found here: http://svncommunity.digium.com/view/tilghman/branches/1.4/cdr_adaptive_odbc.c?view=log I had no problem compiling

Re: [asterisk-users] cdr_adaptive_odbc and custom rdms fields

2007-12-25 Thread Steve Finkelstein
: undefined symbol: ast_verb [Dec 25 15:11:14] WARNING[22722]: loader.c:649 load_resource: Module 'cdr_adaptive_odbc.so' could not be loaded. Thanks and happy holidays! On 12/25/07, Tilghman Lesher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 December 2007 12:50:06 Steve Finkelstein wrote: I

Re: [asterisk-users] cdr_adaptive_odbc and custom rdms fields

2007-12-25 Thread Steve Finkelstein
(first use in this function) make: *** [cdr_adaptive_odbc.o] Error 1 On 12/25/07, Tilghman Lesher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 December 2007 14:11:53 Steve Finkelstein wrote: Any ideas on how to properly get this linked against my current Asterisk? catalyst*CLI module load

Re: [asterisk-users] cdr_adaptive_odbc and custom rdms fields

2007-12-25 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Thanks, that did the trick! :-) On 12/25/07, Tilghman Lesher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 25 December 2007 14:59:12 Steve Finkelstein wrote: No worries! Try updating from SVN now. I've made the change. -- Tilghman ___ --Bandwidth

Re: [asterisk-users] Reputable company for SIP/IAX2 trunking

2007-12-16 Thread Steve Finkelstein
indecent when they let us down service. The actual VoIP service is excellent; billing and paperwork can be messy at times. Luki On Dec 15, 2007 4:25 PM, Steve Finkelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, There's a myriad of options these days and I haven't been keeping up to date

[asterisk-users] Reputable company for SIP/IAX2 trunking

2007-12-15 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, There's a myriad of options these days and I haven't been keeping up to date with what's respectable any longer. I essentially need a provider that will provide me with one DID to start and let me trunk over SIP or IAX2. I'd like to obviously trunk with Asterisk on my end and have full

[asterisk-users] GotoIf Dialplan inquiry

2007-06-12 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I have the following in my extensions.conf: exten = s,4,GotoIf($[${CALLERID(number)} = 8585979857 | 8585970327]?15:5) The numbers listed above are known spammer numbers. However, when I call from any other CALLERID, it still directs me to s,15 which is the Hangup() application. Here are

[asterisk-users] Dial plan inquiry using GotoIf()

2007-05-30 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I'm looking for some rudimentary insight on GotoIf() which seems to be failing on me in my dial plan. All I basically wish to do is block a particular caller. Sounds easy enough, but my ternary operator/plan currently is not properly being implemented. Can anyone spot where I'm being a

Re: [asterisk-users] Dial plan inquiry using GotoIf()

2007-05-30 Thread Steve Finkelstein
for adding/removing numbers. - sf C F wrote: It fails because the right function is ${CALLERID(num)} On 5/30/07, Steve Finkelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm looking for some rudimentary insight on GotoIf() which seems to be failing on me in my dial plan. All I basically wish to do

Re: [asterisk-users] Which KDE editor to edit Asterisk config files ?

2007-05-16 Thread Steve Finkelstein
This might be of some assistance: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/vim+syntax+highlighting - sf Olivier wrote: Hi, New to Kubuntu and Linux, I'm looking for a syntax-enabled text editor with which I could easily edit Asterisk config files. It seems Kate provide this type of service but

[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4.2 tanking CPU

2007-05-08 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Using a quad core 1.86GHz Xeon CPU here, running Asterisk 1.4.2. Noticed the following: Cpu(s): 4.3% us, 95.4% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.2% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si 30908 asterisk 18 0 188m 10m 5152 S 400 0.3 51051:13 asterisk Asterisk is eating up all the cores running the CPU at

Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk telemarketer torture sound files

2007-05-06 Thread Steve Finkelstein
What logic are you using to determine if the caller is indeed a telemarketer, anyway? Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: I like to forward them back to themselves, that is, the ones that give their phone number. Check nerdvittles.com. I think he had some kind of torture script setup, if I

Re: [asterisk-users] telemarketer database ....next stages... Was asterisk telemarketer torture sound files

2007-05-06 Thread Steve Finkelstein
: [asterisk-users] asterisk telemarketer torture sound files Manually, I'm just designating some people as telemarketers (using some MySQL + AGI to evaluate and drop the call) I would like to have a little fun. - Adam On May 6, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Steve Finkelstein wrote: What logic

Re: [asterisk-users] using Playback() to play a random sound file

2007-05-02 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Unless there is some native rand() function available in Asterisk, I'd look into writing a simple AGI using Perl, PHP or Python to return back a random file to Playback(). More information here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+AGI HTH - sf Jay Austad wrote: I've got a directory under

Re: [asterisk-users] 1.4 memory leak?

2007-05-02 Thread Steve Finkelstein
With all due respect, I believe you might be a bit paranoid. 10-11M is quite normal for the linux kernel to allocate for asterisk. It's not necessarily what the process is using, but that's just how memory management works within the kernel. What's 10-11M of RAM these days anyway? - sf Adam

[asterisk-users] Delay in Dial()

2007-05-01 Thread Steve Finkelstein
All, Is there any syntax I can use to put a delay in two lines being dialed? One is a SIP endpoint, the other is my cell phone. I'd like to have the SIP phone ring for some arbitrary number of seconds before it is sent off to the mobile phone. Using something like a Wait() within a Dial() would

Re: [asterisk-users] Delay in Dial()

2007-05-01 Thread Steve Finkelstein
) It waits 15 secs for the call to be answered Look at http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+cmd+Dial for more informations Regards Edoardo Steve Finkelstein ha scritto: All, Is there any syntax I can use to put a delay in two lines being dialed? One is a SIP endpoint, the other

[asterisk-users] Simple dial plan inquiry

2007-04-30 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, This is a simple concept, however I'm not entirely comfortable with available applications and functions available to me to make this happen. I have a simple dialout macro such as the following: [macro-dialout]; arg1 = callerid number; arg2 = phone numberl exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] Simple dial plan inquiry

2007-04-30 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Howdy Noah, I just re-read my original inquiry and noticed my original purpose for mailing the list was not simple to dig out of the message. Ultimately, the dialout macro works fabulous. My issue is that I'd like to be able to override one particular SIP endpoint with its own unique callerID

Re: [asterisk-users] 100 users - voip lan security and qos ?

2007-04-29 Thread Steve Finkelstein
If you are using a cisco switch (2950, 3560, CE500, 4000, 6500, or 3750) then you will be able to setup the phone and have the computer daisy chained to it. I have a similar setup on mine. Here's how I configure my switch ports in order to achieve the desired effect: switchport access vlan 5

Re: [asterisk-users] Music on Hold issue with asterisk 1.4.2

2007-04-28 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Interesting, that works David. I got the example directly out of the published VoIP Hacks book and followed instructions step by step. Either way, thanks much. :-) - sf Dave Miller wrote: Steve Finkelstein wrote on 4/28/07 12:21 AM: my musiconhold.conf: [default] mode=quietmp3

[asterisk-users] Music on Hold issue with asterisk 1.4.2

2007-04-27 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I've compiled zaptel drivers and reconfigure asterisk afterwards from source --with-zaptel. Modules are loaded accordingly: asterisk-1.4.2 # lsmod |grep z Module Size Used by ztdummy 5472 0 zaptel194504 5 ztdummy crc_ccitt

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk cookbook

2007-04-26 Thread Steve Finkelstein
I'd definitely purchase this text, especially if Theodore Wallingford has any input on it. :-) - sf Doug Garstang wrote: What a cool idea! J. Oquendo wrote: http://etel.wiki.oreilly.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[asterisk-users] 7960G + Asterisk auto attendant

2007-04-24 Thread Steve Finkelstein
All, I'm trying to hear the asterisk's auto attendant in its default configuration. According to VoIP Hacks in Chapter 4, I found the following excerpt after successfully configuring my SIP IP Phone (Cisco 7960G): In its default configuration, Asterisk has an auto-attendant that can route calls.

[asterisk-users] C7960 TFTP [Slightly off-topic]

2007-04-20 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, This is slightly off-topic, but I was hoping to be able to receive some insight as I'm sure plenty of experts with c7960's exist on this mailing list. I'm attempting to upgrade from SIP 8.3 - 8.6 on a C7960G that I inherited. I have my TFTP setup and unfiltered. The phone is doing TFTP

[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4.2 + Cisco 7960G not registering

2007-04-18 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Hi all, I've recently upgraded to Asterisk 1.4.2, coming from 1.2.14. Using my existing Cisco 7960G handset(s). I've tried multiple installs of asterisk 1.4.2 with multiple handsets and SIP will not authorize my phone. I'll include some verbose log messages below to show a VALID registration and

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4.2 + Cisco 7960G not registering

2007-04-18 Thread Steve Finkelstein
Doug, Were you also having issues specifically related to SIP authorization, same as we're experiencing? I noticed other folks on the list aren't having any issues either. Did it just work out of the box? Thanks .. - sf Doug Lytle wrote: Steve Finkelstein wrote: Hi all, I've recently