[RESOLVED] Bypassing Asterisk@Home .conf files

Asterisk Asterisk Support
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Hi all,

I have started with AAH because I don’t know linux well yet and the packaged, fire 'n forget installation has made it easier to get started for me.

I also ran up to Barnes & Noble and grabbed a copy of the O’Reily book yesterday. I’ve read through it a few times. (Asterisk: The future of telephony. Great book, btw. Explains the concepts of asterisk and it’s operation very well.). I would like to start following some of the examples in the book and playing with coding dial plans by hand.

The problem that I am running into is successfully commenting out (or altogether excluding) the AMP/FeePBX include’s, etc. What I ended up with after backing up the originals was the following sip.conf:

[code][general]
externip=222.222.222.222
localnet=192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
nat=yes
port = 5060 ; Port to bind to (SIP is 5060)
bindaddr = 0.0.0.0 ; Address to bind to (all addresses on machine)
disallow=all
allow=ulaw
allow=alaw
context=test
callerid = Unknown

;**************************************
;Registration statement
;**************************************

register=MyUserName:MyPassword@sip.axvoice.com

; same record from sip_additional.conf file.
; just used here so to test without having to have
; the includes below, which have all AMP/FreePBX data.

[1000]
username=1000
type=friend
secret=abc123
record_out=Adhoc
record_in=Adhoc
qualify=no
port=5060
nat=no
mailbox=1000@device
host=192.168.1.105
dtmfmode=rfc2833
context=test
canreinvite=no
callerid=Harry Keogh <1000>

[axVoice]
username=MyUserName
type=friend
secret=MyPassword
insecure=very
host=216.143.130.36
fromuser=MyUserName
fromdomain=216.143.130.36
dtmfmode=rfc2833
disallow=all
defaultip=216.143.130.36
context=from-pstn
canreinvite=no
authname=MyUserName
allow=true

;******************
;comment out includes
;******************
;#include sip_nat.conf
;#include sip_custom.conf
;#include sip_additional.conf[/code]

I also have the following extensions.conf file after backing up the original:

[test]
exten s,1,Answer()
exten s,2,Playback(hello-world)
exten s,3,Hangup()

The first problem that I have is that asterisk will no longer register with my provider (check in Maintenance > Asterisk Info). I thought that sip_additional.conf was used only by AMP so I could just by-pass the include’s and put the registration statement in the same sip.conf file.

The second problem, I don’t know what it is yet. I’m just preping everyone for my next post :wink:

Is there anything glaringly obvious that I’m missing in the .conf files shown here?

Thanks,

Lee

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Asterisk@home can do so many things out of the box it’s fun to use. Going back in to modify or strip down the config files isn’t a great idea. You might want to play with a working A@H box for a while, get comfortable with it, then, pop in a new hard drive and build your own asterisk from scratch.

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I agree, it looks very capable and fun to use, although I haven’t got it 100% successfully configured yet (there is a problem with not hearing remote voice).

My purpose is to learn asterisk low level scripting, configuration and dial plan creation so that I can write an asterisk interface to an existing software application.

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

Lee