[asterisk-users] should trixbox system hang when ISP dropsconnection?

[Danny Nicholas]

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From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Robert P. J.
Day
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 9:55 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [asterisk-users] should trixbox system hang when ISP
dropsconnection?


  NEWBIE alert:  i'm a linux person, not an asterisk person so i'm
certainly capable of handling any linux-flavoured solution you can
suggest.  here's a note i got from a local company i know (some proper
names removed):

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Now and again our ISP goes down and when it does give us a hicup, the
Asterisk system shuts down (not very forgiving). When it shuts down
our phone system as well goes down. This will need some visitation as
to a resolution however would it be possible for now to have a
heartbeat happening on the ISP so that should it go down, a email is
generated to myself advising that this has occurred. This will then
notify me to reboot the tribox.

Let me know if this is doable.

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  so, is there an easy fix for this?  if the ISP goes down, does that
necessarily mean that trixbox has to go down as well?  or should i be
asking this question on a trixbox-specific list?  thanks.

rday

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Robert P. J. Day                               Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

Trixbox (Asterisk) should not "go down" when the ISP does.  Of course the
actual process wouldn't "go down", just the connectivity (assuming SIP
connections/trunks).  The BOBW solution I would suggest is that you run your
Trixbox/Asterisk using a local DCHP provider/server so you aren't as
vulnerable to how efficient your ISP is at staying up.