[Asterisk-Users] Office to Office via IAX2 problems

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Don't specify the remote side by name, specify it by IP address.  If 
asterisk experiences even 1 dns failure it will not try again until a 
reload/restart/whatever.

asterisk at txpe.net wrote:
> I'm going to try and lay out all the relevant information I have here in 
> this one post.  I can provide more info if necessary.
> 
> ISSUE 1:
> Office A routinely looses connection to Office B. When typing IAX2 Show 
> Peers, it will show as Unreachable. I issue IAX2 Reload and it will work 
> again for 1-3 days (haven't narrowed the time down yet). My theory is 
> that the DSL at Office2 is changing IP addresses regularly and this is 
> the cause of the problem??? This has been going on since I set up Office 
> B (2-3 weeks). I never had to touch Office B box. Office B seemed to 
> maintain connection, until now (see Issue 2).
> 
> ISSUE 2:
> Office B will not connect to Office A via IAX2 any more. The command 
> IAX2 Show Peers shows Office A as Unreachable. IAX2 Reload won't fix it. 
> I even rebooted the box (MS tricks never die). Up until yesterday, 
> Office B always remained connected to Office A (or at least since I set 
> up Office B - 2-3 weeks ago). Each office has port 4569 forwarded to its 
> * box. I even moved Office A box into DMZ, no help.   Note, Office A 
> extensions can call extensions at Office B.
> 
> Here is the log file after I issue IAX2 Reload from Office B box:
> May 18 16:29:38 DEBUG[3168] manager.c: Manager received command 'Command'
> May 18 16:29:38 DEBUG[3168] manager.c: Manager received command 'Command'
> May 18 16:29:48 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == Parsing 
> '/etc/asterisk/iax.conf': May 18 16:29:48 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == 
> Parsing '/etc/asterisk/iax.conf': Found
> May 18 16:29:48 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == Parsing 
> '/etc/asterisk/iax_additional.conf': May 18 16:29:48 VERBOSE[3170] 
> logger.c: == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/iax_additional.conf': Found
> May 18 16:29:48 NOTICE[3170] chan_iax2.c: Ignoring bindport on reload   
> '<--- DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS
> May 18 16:29:48 NOTICE[3170] chan_iax2.c: Ignoring bindaddr on reload   
> '<--- OR THIS
> May 18 16:29:48 DEBUG[3170] db.c: Unable to find key '450' in family 
> 'IAX/Registry'     ' 450 UNUSED EXTENSION
> May 18 16:29:48 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: -- doing lookup for 
> 'officea.kicks-ass.net'
> May 18 16:29:49 NOTICE[3170] chan_iax2.c: Still have a callno...
> May 18 16:29:49 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == Loaded firmware 'iaxy.bin'
> May 18 16:29:49 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == Parsing 
> '/etc/asterisk/iaxprov.conf': May 18 16:29:49 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: == 
> Parsing '/etc/asterisk/iaxprov.conf': Found
> May 18 16:29:49 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: -- Loaded provisioning template 
> 'default'
> May 18 16:29:49 VERBOSE[3170] logger.c: -- Loaded provisioning template 
> 'default'
> 
> I'm an admitted newbie, but this seems (to me) that this may be 
> networking/Linux issue and not Asterisk???
> 
> 
> SETUP:
> 
> OFFICE A:
> -Asterisk 1.2.5
> -Linksys WRT54GS router w/ SVEASOFT Alchemy-pre7a v3.37.6.8sv
> -TW Roadrunner cablemodem (business class)
> - * box sits behind router with port 4569 forwarded to * box. As noted, 
> I moved * box to DMZ at one time, no help. Internal static IP address of 
> 192.168.1.24
> 
> iax.conf:
> [general]
> bindport = 4569 ; Port to bind to (IAX is 4569)
> bindaddr = 0.0.0.0 ; Address to bind to (all addresses on machine)
> disallow=all
> allow=ulaw
> allow=alaw
> allow=gsm
> mailboxdetail=yes
> 
> #include iax_additional.conf
> #include iax_custom.conf
> 
> iax_additional.conf:
> [lpeaus]
> username=lpeaus-user
> type=peer
> secret=<secret>
> qualify=yes
> host=officeb.kicks-ass.net
> context=from-internal
> 
> [lpenb-user]
> type=user
> secret=<secret>
> host=officeb.kicks-ass.net
> context=from-internal
> 
> 
> 
> OFFICE B:
> -Asterisk 1.2.7.1
> -Linksys WRT54GL router
> -SBC, er AT&T, DSL
> -Set up same as Office A (network wise). Internal static network IP 
> address of 192.168.1.20
> 
> iax.conf:
> [general]
> bindport = 4569 ; Port to bind to (IAX is 4569)
> bindaddr = 0.0.0.0 ; Address to bind to (all addresses on machine)
> disallow=all
> allow=ulaw
> allow=alaw
> allow=gsm
> mailboxdetail=yes
> 
> #include iax_custom.conf
> #include iax_additional.conf
> 
> iax_additional.conf :
> [lpeaus-user]
> type=user
> secret=<secret>
> host=officea.kicks-ass.net
> context=from-internal
> 
> [lpenb]
> username=lpenb-user
> type=peer
> secret=<secret>
> qualify=yes
> host=officea.kicks-ass.net
> context=from-internal
> 
> 
> TIA,
> Doug
> 
> 
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