[Asterisk-Users] How to generate "ringing tone" to a calling

[Joe Greco]

> Joe Greco wrote:
> >>Who to generate "ring tone" to a calling party when the call is passed
> >>to an extension.
> >>
> >>The asterisk answers correctly, plays welcome message and ring an
> >>extension, but the caller does not here the rings.
> > 
> > 
> > Did you tell Asterisk to indicate ringing?
> 
> Asterisk will ALWAYS indicate ringing if it can.
> 
> The "r" option to Dial, Playtones, and Ringing are all hacks/workarounds 
> for when Asterisk cannot indicate ringing to the calling party.  You 
> should diagnose and fix the real problem, rather than try hiding the issue.

I have to confess that I don't understand the "real problem", then.

What else are you supposed to do when you've already answered a channel
and you then want the caller to hear ringing?  It didn't seem to work
automatically, and I'm certainly not convinced that it should.

... JG
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