[Asterisk-Users] Re: Solution to my Grandstream lockups

[Barton Hodges]

1.0.5.11.  Compared to the past, I'd be pretty happy with lockups
every 10 days or so.  I could live with a single software-initiated
reboot of the device every night when it's not in use if that extended
the period.

asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com wrote:
> Which version of the firmware are you using.  I'm experiencing the
> lockups but itusually takes about 10-20 days before the
> devices lockup.
>   Ihave the registerexpiry set to 60 seconds but am not using the
> defaultip setting. 
> 
> Maron
> 
> Barton Hodges wrote:
>> Like many others on this list, I had been experiencing periodic
>> lockups with my Grandstream products (Handytone 286 ATA & BudgeTone
>> 101).  The lockups consisted of seemingly dead devices, no dialtone
>> or response, until I power cycled via software or hardware.  The
>> workaround had been to reboot the device every 30 minutes with a
cron
>> job.  I contacted Grandstream and although they didn't have a
>> specific answer, they alluded to the fact that lack of registration
>> might be the cause. 
>> 
>> I performed the following:
>> 
>> Increased the "Register Expiration" in the device to 60 minutes
>> Increased "maxexpirey" and "defaultexpirey" to 3800 seconds
>> Configured the device with a static IP address
>> Added defaultip=172.16.1.123 and host=dynamic to sip.conf
>> 
>> It has now been running for 48 hours without a single lockup.  Here
>> are some of the settings that I am using:
>> 
>> In Grandstream:
>> 
>> Register Expiration: 60
>> SIP Registration: Yes
>> keep-alive interval: 20
>> SUBSCRIBE for MWI: No
>> 
>> In Sip.conf:
>> 
>> maxexpirey=3800
>> defaultexpirey=3800
>> 
>> [123]
>> callerid="From Me" <123>
>> username=123
>> mailbox=123
>> secret=password
>> defaultip=172.16.1.123
>> host=dynamic
>> context=mycontext
>> qualify=no
>> type=friend
>> dtmfmode=inband
>> canreinvite=no
>> incominglimit=1
>> insecure=yes
>> callgroup=1
>> pickupgroup=1
>> nat=0
>> disallow=all
>> allow=ulaw
>> deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
>> permit=172.16.1.0/255.255.255.0
>> 
>> Barton
>> 
>> 
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