IAX2 - where is the extra slash coming from?

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Hello,

I have configured my IAX2 extension as 191. It is working as expected. However, one thing that I don’t understand is why is asterisk internally using “/191” instead of “191” as my extension.

Here is the only line in extensions.conf that uses “191”

extensions.conf:exten => 191, 1, Macro(stdexten,IAX2/191) ; Pradeep

Because of this, I had to configure voicemail.conf as follows:
/191 => xxxx,Pradeep,pradeep@mywork.com

Also, the voicemail data gets stored in the following location:
– x=0, open writing: /var/spool/asterisk/voicemail/default//191/tmp/HYsQHu

Notice the extra slash.

Not that it is a big problem as things are working, I am sure I have made a mistake somewhere in my configuration. Just wondering how I can fix it.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Pradeep

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why did you think you needed the ‘/’ in front of the 191 in the extension? asterisk uses slash as a delimiter , so IAX2/191 means extension 191 using IAX2 protocol. did this not work and you needed to put the slash in or did you just think you needed it?

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If I define my voicemail.conf as:

191 => xxxx,Pradeep,pradeep@mywork.com

then asterisk complains that "no entery “/191” found in voicemail.conf.

Changing “191” to “/191” in voicemail.conf makes the problem go away.

Pradeep

4

well, what does voicemail.conf look like? this is all suspicious, this should “just work” without you having to play games like this!

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Here is the voicemail.conf file. I have removed commented lines.

[general]
format=wav49|gsm|wav
serveremail=asterisk
attach=yes
skipms=3000
maxsilence=10
silencethreshold=128
maxlogins=3
emaildateformat=%A, %B %d, %Y at %r
sendvoicemail=yes

[zonemessages]
eastern=America/New_York|‘vm-received’ Q ‘digits/at’ IMp
central=America/Chicago|‘vm-received’ Q ‘digits/at’ IMp
central24=America/Chicago|‘vm-received’ q ‘digits/at’ H N 'hours’
military=Zulu|‘vm-received’ q ‘digits/at’ H N ‘hours’ ‘phonetic/z_p’

[default]
101 => xxxx,Pradeep,pradeep@mywork.com ; Cisco 7940 SIP
/191 => xxxx,Pradeep,pradeep@mywork.com ; IAX2

Thank you for your help.

Pradeep

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well, i don’t get it. you must have messed up something somehow, since the other extension works and this hack should not be necessary…