Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Todd Hodgen
Mike, You've entertained that discussion on several occasions during the past. From my perspective you are so focused on a single box solution for whatever reason, you miss the important part of it - creating a reliable platform for voice. Over the years, it's no secret that those that run data

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread m...@grounded.net
Hijack the thread, it's all useful information anyhow. However, practically everything mentioned is overkill :). It's just a remote 4 trunk sipx setup which will use G.729 so there won't be much bandwidth involved. Using SIP trunks is the simplest install but I'd love to test a vpn back to the

Re: [sipx-users] Lync and SIPX

2011-09-13 Thread Mike Graham
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Organization: SipXecs Forum In-Reply-To: X-FUDforum: 08063afcdd00a6e76393c5b9527381e8 <63311> Message-ID: Just curious if anyone made any progress with hooking Lync directly up to sipx. I'm attempting the same thing

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
this horse is so dead. but to beat that drum a little more... cf cards with pfsense are great, but they don't keep stats through a reboot nor are they able to run other packages like squid. so it's really a use case need. in all honesty, atom based cpu's are somewhat overpowered for a cf card inst

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Jeff Gilmore
> Buy a used Dell Optiplex GX280 or something similar off eBay, slap in a fresh > drive, a second NIC and use that... $200 and you're done without messing > around. Or better yet, buy a fanless 30-60 watt system like this one, preloaded with PFSense on a CF card: http://store.netgate.com/Netg

Re: [sipx-users] Instant Message group - Bria 3.2.1

2011-09-13 Thread Kyle Haefner
This works for me. I'm sure there is a variable that is mapped to the domain, but I'm not sure what it is. (file: /etc/sipxpbx/counterpath/counterpath.ini.vm) #set ($last_sip_line_index = $line_index) #foreach ($xmpp_account in $line_xmpp_settings) #set ($line_index = $last_sip_line_index + $vel

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
thanks for the hijack comment now and to figure out the code words for alix and wondering what we mean exactly by atom On Sep 13, 2011 1:51 PM, "Michael Picher" wrote: > yea, i like the idea of the atom machines better than the alix ones... but > that's me being a speed freak. > > Not that you nee

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
yea, i like the idea of the atom machines better than the alix ones... but that's me being a speed freak. Not that you need that much speed to drive a typical internet connection. i think we successfully hijacked this one. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Tony Graziano wrote: > im a fan of bo

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
im a fan of both. though since pfsense is not a cpu hog I NEVER throw a PC at it anymore unless I'm in a jam. alix devices are cheap, diskless and have low power. the smaller the office the dumber i want the box to be. its better than a consumer device. i also like the small low power servers lik

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Todd Hodgen
I've grown fond of the small appliance. As Tony said, no moving parts, lower power consumption, very compact, and Compact Flash can be upgraded offsite as needed with software updates. $19 for a 4gb compact flash these days, and it's much more than they will ever need. From: sipx-users-boun

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
I'm just kinda funny about having a PC... i guess it's just me. i can replace it in a snap, i know where to get power supplies, etc. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Todd Hodgen wrote: > $214 buys a PFSense appliance loaded with three ports from Netgate. Works > great! > > ** ** > > *Fro

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Todd Hodgen
Oops, I guess my response was from the office of redundancy. From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of Tony Graziano Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:56 AM To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software Subject: Re: [sipx-use

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Todd Hodgen
$214 buys a PFSense appliance loaded with three ports from Netgate. Works great! From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org] On Behalf Of Michael Picher Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:44 AM To: m...@grounded.net; Discussion list for users o

Re: [sipx-users] Calls placed on hold are occasionally hung up

2011-09-13 Thread Max DiOrio
Tony, We're using Polycom 550's. ITSP is providing trunk only, they aren't doing anything else, no MOH, no routing, etc. Where should I look to troubleshoot when it happens? [cid:image001.jpg@01CC7217.21AB23E0] From: sipx-users-boun...@list.sipfoundry.org [mailto:sipx-users-boun...@list.sipf

Re: [sipx-users] Calls placed on hold are occasionally hung up

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
the call is anchored by sipxbridge. moh should be playing and the only thing that comes to mind is whether the itsp is also using any type of moh (they should be configured to not do this, btw). when you are taking the call off hold the beeps you are hearing are generated by the phone. so the ques

[sipx-users] Calls placed on hold are occasionally hung up

2011-09-13 Thread Max DiOrio
Getting reports from a few users that over the past week or so, some calls that are placed on hold are getting hung up. User places call on hold, after a few minutes, go back to the call and they hear a series of beeps, then the call is gone. I'm never told about the problem right away so I don

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
or buy a diskless alix appliance and spend 200 dollars on that and just use pfsense on that instead. no moving parts is sometimes good in a small out of the way installation. On Sep 13, 2011 12:44 PM, "Michael Picher" wrote: > No. > > Buy a used Dell Optiplex GX280 or something similar off eBay, s

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
No. Buy a used Dell Optiplex GX280 or something similar off eBay, slap in a fresh drive, a second NIC and use that... $200 and you're done without messing around. If it were me, and it's not (ha Tony)... Don't try to make stuff do what it isn't supposed to do... you might save a couple $$ up

Re: [sipx-users] Shared trunks between servers

2011-09-13 Thread m...@grounded.net
I'm going to go with sip trunks, thus eliminating the need for vpn. However, I know this will come up again so have one more question. I would more than likely use a separate pfsense box to establish a vpn connection between the remote sipx server, back to my main lan so that I could give it di

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
look at the proxy and see if the call is hitting sipx. if it is not then the phone's internal dialplan is not letting the pattern escape the device, and it should be addressed there. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:51 AM, wrote: > Thank you for your answer Mike. But it doesn't seem to work with > li

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
Get thee to a Polycom :-) Sounds like a refer problem... try newer firmware if you haven't already. Sorry, not much help from me on these LInksys phones. I like my hair. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:51 AM, wrote: > Thank you for your answer Mike. But it doesn't seem to work with > linksys s

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread gor
Thank you for your answer Mike. But it doesn't seem to work with linksys spa9xx phones... I've already tried everything ;[ When I dial *78+HGext or *78+ext I get just "Call ended". Regards. On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:43:18 -0400, Michael Picher wrote: > sort of... > > you can pickup a call th

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
sort of... you can pickup a call that is ringing in a hunt group by dialing *78+hgextension or you can pickup an individual call with *78+ringingextension(directed call pickup). not all phones may work properly but if you have Polycom phones and have the extension that is ringing only define

Re: [sipx-users] Inbound one way audio problem

2011-09-13 Thread Becker, Jesse
I could not agree with Tony more. I spent soo much time working with others in 2008 and 2009 working on the Cisco Plus configurations only to come to the conclusion that Cisco SIP really isn't standard SIP. There are so many interop issues with their SIP firmware. It only works right if you u

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread gor
I didn't understand exactly what you mean. But does sipX provide something like "PickUP Group"? It's much more comfortable to use group call interception (I mean press only ** for example) instead of direct call interception. On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:18:28 -0400, Tony Graziano wrote: > Ca

Re: [sipx-users] Phantom Red Light on Polycom 650 with Shared Line

2011-09-13 Thread Becker, Jesse
Everyone, Thanks for all your suggestions. Enabling voicemail, leaving and deleting a message on the affected line didn't work. I had to switch to another line, leave and delete a message to clear it. I then switched back to the original shared line and there have been no further issues so f

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread Tony Graziano
Call pickup codes can be changed from the default in sipx. System>server>(yours)>registrar. I would ensure that *78 is still the pickup code. If line "" is registered more than one time, your pickup attempt will likely fail more often than work, and a limitation of the design (like pickup up a

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread gor
Thank you for the answer, but it doesn't work ;[ On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:19:53 +0200, pscheep...@epo.org wrote: > *78 > > See > > http://forum.sipfoundry.org/index.php?t=msg&th=12238&goto=42374&S=58bc77940ab3597c4c454ca47645680d#msg_42374 > [1] > > wrote on 13-09-2011 11:04:19: > > > Salu

Re: [sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread pscheepens
*78 See http://forum.sipfoundry.org/index.php?t=msg&th=12238&goto=42374&S=58bc77940ab3597c4c454ca47645680d#msg_42374 wrote on 13-09-2011 11:04:19: > Salut! > I've got a question about call interception in sipX 4.2. I need to > build some functionality using my sipX 4.2 server, and no

[sipx-users] Call Interception in sipX 4.2

2011-09-13 Thread gor
Salut! I've got a question about call interception in sipX 4.2. I need to build some functionality using my sipX 4.2 server, and now I need something like this: For example I've got 2 extensions ( and ). Both of them are included in a group called users12. Now, the phone is ri

Re: [sipx-users] Still Polycom and TLS issues

2011-09-13 Thread Michael Picher
A CA refers to a Certificate Authority and not the Certificate itself. Sorry don't know anything about Packet 8 other than they are a hosted tel play... Something many around here try to stay away from... On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Bill wrote: > When you guys say CA forgive me but are y