[asterisk-users] Still have a callno...

[Gordon Henderson]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Tilghman Lesher wrote:

> On Thursday 14 August 2008 12:19:46 Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> I see this message from time to time in the console output, but I've no
>> idea what it means. I see it in the source code of chan_iax2.c but I don't
>> know enough about the code to work out what it means...
>>
>> Googling the lists shows a post from 2003 from someone asking what it
>> means too... (with no replies)..
>>
>> So, does anyone know what it actually means, and what triggers it? Is it a
>> bug, feature, configuration error, something wrong with the Interweb
>> connection or ...
>>
>> And while it pops up from time to time on it's own, it always is printed
>> (Several times) when I issue an iax2 reload on the console... Even when
>> there are no calls in progress (and it's repeatable)
>>
>> Any clues, hints, insights, or even just a "ignore it, it's not important"
>> would be handy to hear :)
>
> It means that the previous call session is still active for a POKE/PONG/ACK
> protocol exchange, so the new call has to destroy that session first, before
> creating a new one.  The message itself is mostly harmless, although it does
> usually mean that something is not answering correctly.  Usually, it means the
> ACK for the PONG was not properly received, either because it was dropped
> somewhere along the line or because a remote host is not behaving properly.
> If you get this message, you should check to see that your network connection
> is stable, but otherwise you can safely ignore it.

"mostly harmless"...

I'll go with that.

Ta,

Gordon