[Asterisk-Users] How to generate "ringing tone" to a calling party.

[Eric Wieling]

Joe Greco wrote:
>>Who to generate "ring tone" to a calling party when the call is passed
>>to an extension.
>>
>>The asterisk answers correctly, plays welcome message and ring an
>>extension, but the caller does not here the rings.
> 
> 
> Did you tell Asterisk to indicate ringing?

Asterisk will ALWAYS indicate ringing if it can.

The "r" option to Dial, Playtones, and Ringing are all hacks/workarounds 
for when Asterisk cannot indicate ringing to the calling party.  You 
should diagnose and fix the real problem, rather than try hiding the issue.