[Asterisk-Users] switch => priority in the dialplan.. (probably an issue for Mark)

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Hi,

It seems that the "switch" parameter has a priority in the dialplan that is higher than the wildcard extensions.. This I am finding to be a problem..

My setup..

UA1--[AST1]--{IAX}--[AST2]--UA2
       |              |
     PSTN1          PSTN2

I use switch on AST1 to connect to AST2... As you can see I have PSTN connections on both and also the IAX connection is not permanent..

I have wildcard extensions that define which PSTN line to use when dialing out..

For example I have the following on AST1 in extensions.conf..

[extensions]
switch => IAX2/user:password at AST2/extensions
and my local extensions are in this context..

[dialout-uk]
exten => _90044[1-9].,1,Dial(IAX2/user:password at AST2/${EXTEN}@dialout-uk)

[dialout-int]
exten => _90027.,1,Dial(Zap/1/${EXTEN})
and some other country definitions..

What is happeneing is that when I break the IAX connection(this way I can see the errors) and I dial 90027315555555 from UA1, AST1 tries to look for extension 9 on AST2 via "switch" and times out then tries extention 90 on AST2 then 900 then 9002 then 90027 etc... you get the idea.. Only once it has tried every number will it move to the _90027. definition and use the PSTN line attached to AST1 as it is supposed to.. This whole sequence takes a while to run through and by then you would have hung up the phone and tried again..

I have tried moving things around in the extensions.conf file but it seems that "switch" has a higher priority than local wildcard extension definitions..

Surely ALL local definitions (static or wildcard) should take priority over "switch"ing to the remote Asterisk box?? so "switch should be the last thing to try when all else has failed... or am I missing somthing??

Later..
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