[asterisk-users] G729 Confusion

[Steve Totaro]

Matt wrote:
> I've purchsed 5 g729 licenses from digium, but am a little confused
> about why things are acting the way they are.
>
> When I do show g729 I see:
> 0/0 encoders/decoders of 5 licensed channels are currently in use
>
> My sip.conf starts out:
> [general]
> disallow=all
> allow=ulaw
> allow=g726
>
> then my hosts look like this:
>
> [6016716]
> username=6016716
> accountcode=75415
> type=friend
> secret=obsurified
> qualify=yes
> port=5060
> nat=yes
> mailbox=6016716 at default
> host=dynamic
> dtmfmode=rfc2833
> context=from-internal
> canreinvite=no
> callerid="Test VoIP Accounts" <6016716>
>
> All works fine, however if I make a change so it reads:
> [6016716]
> disallow=all
> allow=g729
> username=6016716
> accountcode=75415
> type=friend
> secret=obsurified
> qualify=yes
> port=5060
> nat=yes
> mailbox=6016716 at default
> host=dynamic
> dtmfmode=rfc2833
> context=from-internal
> canreinvite=no
> callerid="Test VoIP Accounts" <6016716>
>
> and reload, strange things begin to happen.  A show g729 shows this:
> 5/0 encoders/decoders of 5 licensed channels are currently in use
> and suddenly I can not hear anything if I try to make a call.    From
> observation, it almost seems like other units on the network are using
> the g729 codecs, but doesn't my sip.conf prohibit g729 unless
> expressly allowed?!  Why would allowing g729 under one extension allow
> everyone else to suddenly start using g729?
>
>   

What version of Asterisk is this?

Show channels and sip debug might help you track down the offenders (you 
might want to log to a text file because the SIP stuff flies by too fast.

Thanks,
Steve