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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi there</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I hope someone can help - I am having a big problem getting calls cleared from several asterisk systems when RTP timeouts occur.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It appears that asterisk doesn't send a BYE when it decides to terminate a call because of a RTP Timeout - is this a configuration problem? if so what need changing? or is this a bug/feature? if so is there a work around?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The setup here is calls come from our Nextone softswitch and connect to remote Asterisk boxes and this all works fine unless the Asterisk box decides there is an RTP timeout - it clears the call down as far as the remote (asterisk) end is concerned but the Nextone never sees the BYE so holds the channel up until a Max-Duration timer clears it down. Wireshark traces on the asterisk box confirm no Bye is sent.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The link between switches is still up and usable as new calls are established and clear normally. Whilst I know I need to investigate why we are getting these RTP timeouts the fact that no attempt to clear the call (from the Asterisk end) is causing me all sort of problems.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I believe the far end version is 1.4</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Any help or advice welcome</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks - Paddy</FONT></SPAN>
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