Getting outbound calls to work with Asterisk on a soft line

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 4

Hi,

I am having trouble getting an outbound cal to work through Asterisk. I can receive inbound calls on my softphone line without problem, but when I try to make an outbound call, I get a "404 Not Found" error message back from the Vonage server. I see that I get an "OK" message back from the server after a REGISTER message, so I am not sure what the problem is. Any help is appreciated.

My sip.conf file is:
[general]
externip=###
nat=yes
register=1mynumber:password@atlas-east.vonage.net:5060

[vonage]
username=1mynumber
type=friend
secret=password
port=5060
nat=yes
host=atlas-east.vonage.net
canreinvite=no
fromuser=1mynumber
dtmfmode=rfc2833

my extension.conf is:
[from-local]
exten => _9.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN-1}@atlas-east.vonage.net)

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:54 pm Post subject:

SteelFly,

Although I hope to be proved wrong, the members in this forum historically haven't handled a lot of Asterisk configuration problems. I hope that changes, but I suggest that you not wait to post your question on an Asterisk focused support forum.

Good luck getting your dialing working! When you do, it might be a help to others if you could post a sample working config file with comments.

Also, this thread probably belongs under the SoftPhone forum.

Steve

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 4

Thanks for the reply scerruti. I think that my problem >may< be more Vonage related. It looks like Asterisk is trying to make the call by sending the INVITE, but getting the 404 message. So, I started here first. I am headed over to the Asterisk mailing list next. You are correct, this may be more softphone related. I will definitely post a commneted configuration once I get it working.

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:05 pm Post subject:

I did find this Google Cache of a working configuration, but it appears to be significantly different from yours.

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 4

I tried that and several versions of that. I was unable to get oubound or inbound calls to work with that. The configuration I have posted is the one that gets me the furthest with successfully placing and receiving calls.

Posts: 4 · New Forum Member Joined: Aug 19, 2005 Posts: 4

Solved this on the Asterisk list. For those interested, I have complete connectivity with Vonae using the following config files for a softphone laocted at extenstion 201 locally. My problem was I was sending calls directly out to Vonage instead of using the context defined in Asterisk.

sip.conf:
[general]
externip=X.X.X.X
port=5060
bindaddr=X.X.X.X
context=vonage-out
disallow=all
allow=ulaw
allow=alaw
nat=yes
register=####:PASSWORD@atlas-east.vonage.net:5060/201

[vonage]
username=####
type=peer
secret=PASSWORD
port=5060
nat=yes
host=atlas-east.vonage.net
fromdomain=vonage.net
canreinvite=no
fromuser=####
dtmfmode=rfc2833
context=vonage-out

[201]
type=friend
username=201
secret=PASSWORD
host=dynamic
dtmfmode=rfc2833
defaultip=X.X.X.X
mailbox=201
callerid=NAME
progressinband=no
context=from-sip

extension.conf:
[vonage-out]
exten => ########,1,Goto(from-sip,201,1)

[from-sip]
exten => _9.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN:1}@vonage)

Posts: 27 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Jul 07, 2005 Posts: 27

How did you get your password to use for asterisk? Did you have to purchase a Vonage softphone?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 1

SuprSpy79 wrote:

How did you get your password to use for asterisk? Did you have to purchase a Vonage softphone?

Yes, you need a Vonage Soft Phone and then you can get it under the soft phone properties at Vonage. Logon to your account, go to "Features", then you will have an option for "Vonage Soft Phone" (like Bandwidth Saver, etc... will show up when you have a soft phone), then click on "Manage Soft Lines", then "Configure" and it will show you the password.

Hope that helps. I have managed to get outbound calls to work, but still working on the inbound side of things! Smile

I'm new to Asterisk and Linux and spent a day trying to get BroadVoice up and running. I simply couldn't get it going so I added a softphone to my Vonage and got it up and running pretty quickly - at least for outbound. Inbound is a different story but I'm sure it is something I am doing wrong. I'm a newbie and was very happy to just get the outbound going! Smile

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 33

Some notes... you are advised to use insecure=very or you will not get incoming calls. Likewise, your extensions should be configured appropriately to canreinvite=no and nat=yes if your extensions have to traverse NAT to get to the Asterisk box.

Here's the bare minimum you'll need to get Vonage and Asterisk working:

sip.conf:

Code:

; Remember to replace 12125551212 with your number!

register => 12125551212:yourpasswordhere@sphone.vopr.vonage.net/12125551212

[sphone.vopr.vonage.net]
username=12125551212
type=friend
secret=yourpasswordhere
host=sphone.vopr.vonage.net
fromuser=12125551212
fromdomain=sphone.vopr.vonage.net
dtmfmode=rfc2833
auth=md5
context=pstn-out
canreinvite=no

[vonage-in]
username=12125551212
type=friend
secret=yourpasswordhere
host=sphone.vopr.vonage.net
insecure=very
fromuser=12125551212
fromdomain=sphone.vopr.vonage.net
context=pstn-in
canreinvite=no
auth=md5

extensions.conf:

Code:

[pstn-in]
; Vonage 212-555-1212 DID
; Replace YOUREXTENSION with your Internal PBX extension
; For instance, Dial(SIP/8100,25,rt) will cause extension 8100 to
; ring when the number is called. Dial(SIP/8100&SIP/8101,25,rt)
; will cause extensions 8100 and 8101 to ring simultaneously etc.
; Ringing() is optional, but suggested if you want the extension to
; appear to ring even if the extension is offline such as if you're
; using a softphone client that might not be connected to the
; Internet all the time
exten => s,1,Dial(SIP/YOUREXTENSION,25,rt)
exten => s,2,Ringing()
exten => s,3,Wait(60)

[pstn-out]
; Dial out if it matches the 1+areacode+number pattern for USA
; You can get fancy here if you want special rules for outbound calls
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@sphone.vopr.vonage.net,25,rt)