[Asterisk-Users] Maximum retries exceeded on call

[Andrew Furey]

> I see this message in my asterisk log sometimes.  Can someone explain to me
> what this means and how to correct the problem?
> 
> May 17 13:38:33 WARNING[13503]: chan_sip.c:694 retrans_pkt: Maximum retries
> exceeded on call 795fcf0c6
> b267dda at 10.0.0.6 for seqno 18950 (Non-critical Response)
> May 17 13:39:12 WARNING[13503]: chan_sip.c:694 retrans_pkt: Maximum retries
> exceeded on call 0ec0538d9
> ae6ac0c at 10.0.0.6 for seqno 40146 (Non-critical Response)
> May 17 13:39:19 WARNING[13503]: chan_sip.c:694 retrans_pkt: Maximum retries
> exceeded on call 0ec0538d9
> ae6ac0c at 10.0.0.6 for seqno 40147 (Non-critical Response)

We tend to get this when asterisk tries to call a SIP extension which
has lost its connection for some reason (network troubles, power
outage, whatever). See if there are any calls being attempted at that
time...

Andrew

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