[asterisk-biz] Quote for feature: Check to see if a peer is up

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 05/23/2012 01:14 AM, Dovid Bender wrote:

> We want an option for sip.conf that would be similar to qualify. We need
> to know if the peer is responding to OPTIONS packets or not. This way if
> it is down we know right away to continue in the dial plan. The issue
> with qualify is that if the response time is 250 MS and when Asterisk
> sends an invite it does not get a response in 250 MS then it sends the
> invite again which then “irritates” some gateways.

Setting 't1min=500' will override this behavior of the 'qualify' 
mechanism, and then it will do exactly what you want.

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