[asterisk-users] What can make G.729a codec hostid change?

[Kyle Kienapfel]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Barry Miller <asterisk-users at notanet.net>wrote:

> After upgrading my small test system from Debian Etch->Lenny via a
> complete reinstall, I find my g729 hostid has changed.  Same machine,
> same CPU, same NIC!  It doesn't seem reasonable that I have to burn
> my one "no-hassle" re-registration for a simple OS upgrade.
>
> The README only says that hostid is based on MAC addresses of all NICs,
> but that doesn't seem to be true.  Does anyone know anything else that
> might cause g729 to compute a different hostid?
>
> Console output follows:
>
> Connected to Asterisk SVN-branch-1.6.2-r284958M currently running on
> secundus (pid = 2430)
> secundus*CLI> g729 show version
> Digium G.729A Module Version 1.6.2.0_3.1.4 (optimized for k6_3_32)
> secundus*CLI> g729 show hostid
> Host-ID: 02:e1:6c:f6:81:a7:06:b6:4d:fc:94:49:83:c5:3e:71:a4:0f:1b:2c
> secundus*CLI> g729 show licenses
> 0/0 encoders/decoders of 0 licensed channels are currently in use
>
> Licenses Found:
> File: G729-2028xxxx.lic -- Key: G729-2028xxxx -- Host-ID:
> 98:3e:89:19:af:0c:11:32:49:cc:fc:9b:e4:92:63:bb:fc:0b:26:4d -- Channels: 0
> (incorrect host-id)
> File: G729-4075xxxx.lic -- Key: G729-4075xxxx -- Host-ID:
> 98:3e:89:19:af:0c:11:32:49:cc:fc:9b:e4:92:63:bb:fc:0b:26:4d -- Channels: 0
> (incorrect host-id)
>
> --
> Barry
>
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Just one nic? I don't know much about licensing but I do know that if you
swap ethN assignments on network cards the hostid changes.
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