[Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk {cisco's won't ring}

[Nik Martin]

Jeremy Kenney wrote:
> I am new to asterisk I just downloaded it I setup some extensions I
> can't seem to get them to ring I can get my ata 186 to register but
> having problems with getting the phones to ring when I dial an
> extention   
> 
> Extentions.conf
> 
> [dstech4]
> exten=>104,1,Answer
> exten=>104,3,Goto(dstech4,104)
> 
> [dstech3]
> exten=>103,1,Answer
> exten=>103,2,Goto(dstech3,104)
> 
 
This looks like you are putting asterisk in a loop in your dial plan.  If
you are using SIP, I'd expect to see something like:

[outgoing]

{Whatever outbound dialing rules you might need here}

Include=>default

[default]

Exten => 104,1,Dial(SIP/dstech4),20)
Exten => 104,2,Congestion

Exten => 103,1,Dial(SIP/dstech3),20)
Exten => 104,2,Congestion

sip.conf

[dstech3]
type=friend
username=dstech3
secret=mypassword
qualify=200                     ; Qualify peer is no more than 200ms away
;nat=yes                                ; This phone may be natted
host=dynamic
canreinvite=no
Context=outgoing <--- you need to put the phone in a context

These are simplified examples you'd want to enhance them with voicemail,
etc, but start here to at least get th ephones to ring and communicate.