[Asterisk-Users] IAX2 to IAX2...i'm obviously an idiot!!

[Josh Roberson]

asteriskstuff at ziplip.com wrote:

>Hi All
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>I'm trying to get two Asterisk servers to talk to each other using IAX(2).
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>I've read the WiKi and the docs and tried the examples.....
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You sure?

>I can't get it to work (I have 2 x 7960's registering on one server and 1 x 7960 registering on the other).
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>I've set them up as follows...
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>The two servers are set up as friends and have consecutive IP address's.
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>The setup is that the prefix 3 determines that the server dials the extension number on the other servers local context:-
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>extensions.conf
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>exten => _3XXXX,1,Dial(IAX2/OtherServer:Password at OtherServerIP:5036/${EXTEN:1}@local)
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5036 is not IAX2.  That's abundantly clear in the wiki and the 
examples.  4569 is the port you are looking for.

>When I do a dial say 32221 this is what comes up in the console:-
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>Executing GoTo("SIP/2231-xxxx", "intern-post|32221|1") in new stack
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>GoTo (intern-post,32221,1)
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>Executing Dial("SIP/2231-xxxx", "IAX2/OtherServer:Password at OtherServerIP:5036/2221 at local") in new stack
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>Called OtherServer:Password at OtherServerIP:5036/2221 at local
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>Warning: chan_iax2.c:1413 attempt_transmit: Max retries exceeded to host OtherServerIP on IAX2/OtherServerIP:5036/3 (type = 6, subclass = 1, ts=2, seqno=0)
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>Hungup 'IAX2/OtherServerIP:5036/3'
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>then the regular cleanup commands
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>In "IAX2 Show Peers" I get:-
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>OtherServer    OtherServerIP    (S)  255.255.255.255   4569    UnMonitored
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it even tells you this right here...

>I'm confused
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>why is the connection showing on port 4569 in show peers?  Is this a default?
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*nods*

>Is there a way to test the validity of the IAX2 connection from the console?
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>Thanks in advance.
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>P
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-twisted