Dropped calls

Freepbx version 13.0.190.19 Asterisk version 13.7.1

We have struggled with this problem for a long time. Can never seem to nail it down. We are using SIP trunks. Several times a day an outgoing call will not go through or will only last 5 - 10 seconds then get dropped. We have a Sonicwall between us and the ISP. The Sonicwall is not ours. For several years there was a Asterisk based system that worked fine in the same environment. I believe the asterisk version was 1.8. Today the customer called the SIP trunk provider and had several calls fail. The provider sent this to me:

BYE sip:[email protected]:5060 SIP/2.0

Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 66.188.38.12:5060;branch=z9hG4bK5ae80c83;rport

Max-Forwards: 70

From: sip:[email protected];tag=as722f21ee

To: sip:*[email protected];tag=sip+1+a7e00011+92a173d4

Call-ID: [email protected]:5060

CSeq: 103 BYE

User-Agent: FPBX-13.0.190.19(13.7.1)

X-Asterisk-HangupCause: No user responding

X-Asterisk-HangupCauseCode: 18

Content-Length: 0


I am going to start a tcpdump on the system to see if I can trap bad calls.

Didn’t mean to be so BOLD in the op. I now have the SIP packets from the Sonicwall being captured for me.

here is a packet from an outgoing call:
SIP/2.0 200 OK
From: “Unknown” sip:[email protected];tag=as21792aa0
To: sip:104.245.86.155;tag=sip+1+95c40034+acd5397a
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 66.188.38.125:5060;received=66.188.38.125;rport=5060;branch=z9hG4bK7b1e0749
Server: SIP/2.0
Max-Forwards: 70
Contact: sip:[email protected]:5060
Call-ID: [email protected]:5060
CSeq: 102 OPTIONS
User-Agent: FPBX-13.0.190.19(13.7.1)
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:33:21 GMT
Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO, PUBLISH, MESSAGE
Supported: replaces
Content-Length: 0

I am not sure about the Unknown in the From and Contact fields. This packet is from the Sonicwall. The 66.188.38.125 is the WAN of the network for install.

Check out this guide I wrote here:

My guess is you are missing some of the settings - more than 75% of my base is behind Sonicwalls with no problems with dropped calls.

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Thanks Greg I will forward that link to the IT guys