VoIP User Echo Test Server

OK, we bit the bullet and TJ has installed an asterisk server on one of our machines, primarily for the moment running an echo test system for users to test their SIP installations. We may do some other things with this box later.

Number to dial, from your SIP phone is:-

0844 986 3246

.... or to put it another way:-

0844 986 ECHO



From a VoIP User SIP phone, this doesn't actually hit the PSTN, but goes direct to the asterisk server in the UK. It also makes for an interesting latency test.

It can also be tested by dialling from the PSTN, which will show you latency from our PSTN gateway to the asterisk box.

It's capped at maximum use of 1 minute per dial.

The hosted server it's on has no bandwidth limit, so use it as you like, but it's on a 2m/bit pipe so may "max out" if you all hit it at once.

It should also prove to be useful for testing peering, as it can be dialled from any of our peers using the appropriate prefix.

A list of our peers and prefixes can be found in the MySIP control panel.

Dean

Reply from lidiomozi on Sep 14, 2005 - 10:46 PM

I read your post Dean and... could you please provide the config lines you added to sip.conf, extensions.conf or whatever, to setup an echo test number on your Asterisk?

That's I would enable my Asterisk home server to do the same (just for fun and also for little testing)

Thanks in advance.

Ciao.

Lidio

Reply from ianplain on Sep 14, 2005 - 11:19 PM

Hi Lidio
Hope you dont mind Dean I thought I would save you a bit of work.

I thnk the echo was part of the sample files once. If not here we go
In the extensions.conf add

Code:

exten => 510,1,Playback(demo-echotest); Let them know what's going on exten => 510,2,Echo; Do the echo test exten => 510,3,Playback(demo-echodone); Let them know it's over exten => 510,4,Hangup; Start over

in the above example dialing 510 enters the echo test

Ian

Reply from lidiomozi on Sep 15, 2005 - 06:48 PM

Thanks a lot Jan (my sample file went deleted during configs).

Lidio

Reply from todd on Sep 16, 2005 - 10:59 AM

I consistently can't get through to this echo test, either from a Voipuser registered SIP phone or from a real phone (last night and this morning). Has the Voipuser asterisk system gone awol, or ??? Are other people having the same problems?

Stephen

Reply from dean on Sep 16, 2005 - 11:25 AM

Hi Stephen,

Strange - looks like our Asterisk server box had been restarted.

Should be OK now.

Thanks,

Dean

Reply from todd on Sep 16, 2005 - 11:52 AM

All OK now. Helpful to have a direct Voipuser echo test.
Thanks, Dean.

Stephen

Reply from TonyD on Sep 25, 2005 - 03:39 PM

The echo test number is not working. At least I can't get it to work.

Reply from ckupris on Sep 28, 2005 - 09:23 AM

Echo tester not working for me either

Reply from dean on Sep 28, 2005 - 10:25 AM

Try again now?

Reply from ross on Nov 03, 2005 - 02:41 PM

Appears to be constantly busy at the moment...

Thanks for the service - it certainly makes testing much easier!

Ross.

Reply from dave on Nov 06, 2005 - 09:24 PM

The echo test number still apears to be out of service, tried it from my voipuser phone and my mobile.

Keep up the good work, this site is my main reference for anything voip.

Regards

Dave

Reply from dean on Nov 06, 2005 - 10:28 PM

Thanks guys, we'll take a look at that.

We recently moved our SIP server backed to it's usual location and IP address, it maybe that we forgot to tell the asterisk server where we moved it to....

Dean

Reply from OSSRichard on Mar 13, 2006 - 04:07 PM

Hello,

Is the service still available?

Thanks.

Reply from dean on Mar 13, 2006 - 04:09 PM

Hi Richard and welcome to VoIP User.

Yes.

Why do you ask? Is it not working when you dial it?

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