[Asterisk-Users] Re: IAX Registration being lost

[Rich Adamson]

> > I've posted this question twice without a single reply.  Does that mean no
> > one knows the answer, or no one cares to answer?
> > 
> > I've been having an issue with an IAX2 trunk setup in Asterisk.  Setup the
> > trunk fine and it registers and works fine.  I'm able to make outgoing calls
> > from any extension and I'm happy :).
> > 
> > Then my Internet disconnects and it won't register anymore.  Simply says
> > "Request Sent" forever.  
> > 
> > I can reinstate the trunk by removing it, rebooting the server (maybe a
> > reload would also work) and then setting it up again.  It then registers
> > fine again.
> > 
> > I'm imagining it has something to do with the fact that my home has a
> > dynamic IP address and it's changing when the connection drops out.  Of
> > course it may also be nothing to do with it.
> > 
> > I'd appreciate any help anyone can give.
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> while I can't help with the aboc problem in the scenario of dynamic IPs.
> I have whatI think a similar question when using static IP addresses.
> 
> I have now disabled the registration to my iaxtel number from the
> production asterisk I am using at work, as it was regularly loosing the
> registration and thus trying to reregister.
> 
> The * box is running the stock (aka old!) Asterisk that comes on the SUSE
> 9.2 cds (Asterisk CVS-HEAD-08/13/04-12:00:00-BRI-stuffed-0.1.0-RC4a). My
> first hypothesis was that the iax2 instability could be a problem in an
> old release.
> 
> But I was quite surprised to see the same behaviour on a different test
> machine (older PowerMac, running Yellow Dog Linux/Asterisk 1.0.6,
> compiled from sources).
> 
> After starting asterisk the registration to iaxtel is ok, at first. But
> if I check at the CLI with iax2 show registry at random after a few
> minutes, most of the time asterisk is trying to re-register.
> 
> I am planning to test the same process on the next machine (the mytical
> mini-ITX/Suse 9.2 for which I pestered the list asking for compilation
> and zaptel startup help in the past week).
> 
> BTW: I have the PowerMac at home on a fast link (10 mbit/s) with slowly
> changning dynamic IPs; the pbx at work is on a slower ADSL link (128/
> 640kbit/s) but with static IP address.
> 
> So, I add the question: who is having no registration problems on a
> iaxtel link?

Iaxtel has not been working correctly for some time (months?), and no
one seems to be maintaining it.

Try using ethereal, and you'll see that * tries to register but doesn't
get a response for at least ten to fifteen seconds, and then the response
seems to be a NACK.