ENUM ON/OFF Switch

[Ron]

Is there a way to briefly disable an ENUM record on e164.org without totally deleting it and then re-entering it? I frequently want to turn off an ENUM record for a short test, but I don't find a way to do so without completely deleting it. Shouldn't there be an 'Enable' check-box on an ENUM record that can be unchecked to temporarily disable it?

Ron

[evilbunny]

Wouldn't a override code be more useful, after all with enum you're at the mercy of the DNS systems and DNS caching etc...

[Ron]

Originally Posted by evilbunny

Wouldn't a override code be more useful, after all with enum you're at the mercy of the DNS systems and DNS caching etc...

Could you explain in a little more detail what you have in mind?

I currently have my Verizon PSTN number listed on e164.org with a record pointing to my VoXaLot number. As you would expect, if I try to call my Verizon number from VoXaLot, I get a busy. There are times (for testing, debuging, if VoXaLot were to be down for a lengthy period, etc.) that I'd like calls to go to Verizon instead of VoXaLot. Since Sip Broker (and presumably many other services) also do ENUM lookups, I was aiming for a centralized solution.

Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Ron

[evilbunny]

Originally Posted by Ron

I currently have my Verizon PSTN number listed on e164.org with a record pointing to my VoXaLot number. As you would expect, if I try to call my Verizon number from VoXaLot, I get a busy. There are times (for testing, debuging, if VoXaLot were to be down for a lengthy period, etc.) that I'd like calls to go to Verizon instead of VoXaLot. Since Sip Broker (and presumably many other services) also do ENUM lookups, I was aiming for a centralized solution.

I misunderstood that you meant for outbound, not inbound, what people should be doing remotely is setting up fail overs. If one route is dead calls should automatically fail over to PSTN etc...

Have a look at our enumlookup samples for asterisk:

http://www.e164.org/config.php?dp=NA

These examples were updated for 1.2 branch of asterisk, and could be cleaned up further, but they show how to fail over a call to PSTN...

[Ron]

Apparently we're still not on the same track.

I don't use Asterisk. Currently, my main VoIP access point is VoXaLot. I have all of my outgoing providers set up here for outbound dialing and most of my incoming providers forwarded to here for inbound answering. Failover is not of concern to me at the moment.

I added my Verizon PSTN number to ENUM at e164.org thinking that I helping other VoIP users who call me avoid the expense of a PSTN call. I really like that idea. However, there are frequent times that I'd like to set that ENUM entry to 'Inactive' so that I can intentionally have the call go through Verizon. At the moment, I have to delete the entry on e164.org, perform my tests, and then go back and re-enter all the info again on e164.org. While this works, it's awfully cumbersome compared to having the ability to simply uncheck an 'Active' checkbox on the e164.org record.

Ron

[evilbunny]

I thought voxalot failed over to other providers (if you list them) if enum lookups/connections failed...

As far as I can see, everything you're telling me has to do with failure to fail over to other routes, and doesn't really require turning enum records on and off...