Problems with DLINK 1402 and Asterisk

[nathanpalmer]

I just setup an Asterisk@Home server at my house. Everything seems to work great with Asterisk itself. I can connect through softphones and it works just fine.

I configured my unlocked D-Link 1402S/L to work with it and it seems to work for the first half hour or so and then doesn't work again until I reboot the router (sometimes I have to reboot several times).

Has anyone had any problems like this with this voip router? I'm not sure what else I would need to do to get it work.

Nathan

[mberlant]

What is your re-Register timeout set to in the D-Link? It cannot be longer than maxexpirey= in sip.conf.

[nathanpalmer]

Originally Posted by mberlant

What is your re-Register timeout set to in the D-Link? It cannot be longer than maxexpirey= in sip.conf.

I've tried several different values from 1800, to 3600, to other very large numbers. Although I don't see maxexpirey= in my sip.conf. Maybe that's an issue?

Nathan

[TomChez]

Yes, this is an issue for me also. I have 2 dlink 1402s from sipphone that I now keep in a box since they won't re-register with asterisk. They worked fine with sipphone though - and they have excellent sound quality compared with other sip devices I've used.

Here's a thread that discusses the 1402 to Asterisk registration problem on the sipphone.com forum. Found using the search terms "Asterisk Register"

http://forum.sipphone.com/viewtopic....erisk+register

The work around stated in the above post is to set the registration very high : "1209600 seconds" and reboot every two weeks.

Please post here if you find a better solution as I would like to utilitize my 1402s with asterisk. NOTE: Sipphone uses SER (Sip Express Router) and there is no problem with registrations there.

Tom

[mberlant]

Nathan,

Are you able to set the Reregistration timer to something small, like 60 seconds? That will ensure that you Reregister more frequently than Asterisk expects, which will keep you alive.

[nathanpalmer]

Originally Posted by mberlant

Are you able to set the Reregistration timer to something small, like 60 seconds? That will ensure that you Reregister more frequently than Asterisk expects, which will keep you alive.

Hmm.. I haven't tried to make it that small. I will try that next. I tried the maximum timeout but Asterisk for some reason wouldn't accept incoming calls with that setting (it doesn't make sense to me.) Setting it to 2 weeks like that forum said seems to register just fine, but I really hate to have to remember to reboot my router every 2 weeks.

I'm going to try 60 seconds to see what that does. I will post my results.

Nathan

[nathanpalmer]

Well, I tried to set it to 60. It set just fine, but while I was watching the status it got set to 60 seconds then got reset to 900 seconds. At any rate, 900 is less than what the web configuration would let me do so I'll see what this does.

[mberlant]

If you can watch the parameter change by itself it is most likely getting this new setting from within the acknowledgement packet coming back from Asterisk.

[nathanpalmer]

Originally Posted by mberlant

If you can watch the parameter change by itself it is most likely getting this new setting from within the acknowledgement packet coming back from Asterisk.

So you are saying that there is some setting in asterisk that is sending the 900 back? Do you know where it's at?

I set my register value to 1209600 and everything has seemed to be running fine for the last few days. I just really hate the fact that I would have to reboot the router every 2 weeks.

Nathan

[TomChez]

Nathan,

This issue has been resolved with the latest 1402s firmware - a generic version of the Lingo S36 firmware. (unlocked) I tested it and it works great with Asterisk - AAH 2.0. You can download it from sipphone:

http://support.sipphone.com/download...M-06272005.tfp

You'll also need a TFTP server to upgrade the firmware. (solarwinds free tftp server works for me)

To access the VOIP web menu requires a cut and paste of these commands into your browser after browsing to 192.168.15.1:

javascript:top.doLink('/html/dlgCfgSIPServerConfig.html', 0x1425,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

javascript:top.doLink('/html/dlgCfgStunConfig.html', 0x1428,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

javascript:top.doLink('/html/dlgCfgSIPConfig.html', 0x1424,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

javascript:top.doLink('/html/dlgCfgSIPP2Ptable.html', 0x1427,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

javascript:top.doLink('/html/dlgMgtAdminManagement.html', 0x2200,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0)

The userid and password are both admin.

Tom