[asterisk-users] Asterisk might be dropping RTP packets before reaching eth int?

[Steve Totaro]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Eric ManxPower Wieling
<eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>
>
> Steve Totaro wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Jonathan Miller <iamfromit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> From what I can determine while troubleshooting a voice-dropping
>>> issue, the Asterisk server in my organization has been dropping RTP
>>> packets between the asterisk server process and the network interface.
> [snip]
>>> I have ruled the switch out of the problem as it's not seeing the
>>> packets on the wire when the issue is occuring.
>>>
>>
>> It sounds hardware specific to me.  Is this a new install or a new problem?
>>
>> If it is a new problem, then what has changed?  Is the NIC in question
>> onboard?  What hardware are you using?  Brands, MoBo, NIC, etc...
>>
>> If I were you, I would remove or disable the NIC and stick a tried and
>> true old school 3Com NIC in the server and try that.
>
> This is my advice as well.  Disable the on-board NIC, remove any other
> NIC card, replace it with a well known good card.
>
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"NIC card" is redundant ;-)

Thanks,
Steve T