[asterisk-users] PRI: sometimes Asterisk drop calls

[Steve Davies]

On 9/12/06, Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com> wrote:
> Steve Davies wrote:
> > For the curious, can anyone tell me how this flag fixes the issue? - I
> > have seen the error before, but always assumed it was related to hung
> > channels.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> > On 9/12/06, Giorgio Incantalupo <gincantalupo at fgasoftware.com> wrote:
> >> Problema solved!
> >>
> >> Just put resetinterval=never inside zapata.conf
> >>
> >>
> >> Giorgio Incantalupo
>
> If memory serves correctly, I believe the parameter was added a couple
> of years ago as a means / workaround for hung channels. At the time,
> there was not any overwhelming evidence as why a channel would
> occasionally hang. Some of the possibilities included unusual
> interaction from the opposite end of the T1/E1, anomalies in the
> dialplan, etc.
>
> Now that a substantial amount of work / changes have been made relative
> to PRI's and other internal asterisk code, there appears to be less of a
> need to reset.
>
> A reasonable approach might be to apply the parameter and pay close
> attention to channels that might be in some strange state. If none are
> observed, then leave it.

Thanks for that. I have a customer who is using Asterisk 1.0.x, and I
am tempted to backport this fix from the 1.2.x code where it was
introduced.

Cheers,
Steve