EB.'s questions

The long and short of it is:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-VMSwitch vSwitch

Name    SwitchType NetAdapterInterfaceDescription
----    ---------- ------------------------------
vSwitch External   Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> (Get-VMSwitch vSwitch).Extensions


Id                  : E7C3B2F0-F3C5-48DF-AF2B-10FED6D72E7A
Name                : Microsoft Windows Filtering Platform
Vendor              : Microsoft
Version             : 10.0.14393.0
ExtensionType       : Filter
ParentExtensionId   :
ParentExtensionName :
SwitchId            : 8082228e-905b-4967-bee9-e19deb3e2fc2
SwitchName          : vSwitch
Enabled             : False
Running             : True
CimSession          : CimSession: .
ComputerName        : EBBOX
IsDeleted           : False

Id                  : EA24CD6C-D17A-4348-9190-09F0D5BE83DD
Name                : Microsoft NDIS Capture
Vendor              : Microsoft
Version             : 10.0.14393.0
ExtensionType       : Monitoring
ParentExtensionId   :
ParentExtensionName :
SwitchId            : 8082228e-905b-4967-bee9-e19deb3e2fc2
SwitchName          : vSwitch
Enabled             : False
Running             : True
CimSession          : CimSession: .
ComputerName        : EBBOX
IsDeleted           : False

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Enable-VMSwitchExtension -Name "Microsoft NDIS Capture" -VMSwitchName vSwitch | select-object Enabled

Enabled
-------
   True


PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-VMSwitchExtension vSwitch -Name "Microsoft NDIS Capture" | Select-Object Enabled

Enabled
-------
  False

In other words, I can't enable this VMSwitchExtension, or it continually disables itself. This also happens in the Hyper-V management UI for the virtual switch (I set the checkbox, hit ok or apply, close the dialog, reopen the dialog, and the checkbox is unset).

I am relatively unfamiliar with both Hyper-V and Powershell, so any guidance would be appreciated.

I'm setting up an Asterisk 1.8 based PBX, and as part of the requirements, I need to make provisions for sending and receiving faxes. The 'big picture' goal is installing a fax printer at each Windows XP (or above) end user computer, and having the user print to it, be prompted for a fax number, and have it email that user back when the send is completed. I also want to be able to receive faxes (sending it to a generic email account).

sip.conf:

[general]
t38pt_udptl=yes

context=from_sip
allowoverlap=no
realm=zzzz.com

udpbindaddr=0.0.0.0
tcpenable=no
tcpbindaddr=0.0.0.0

srvlookup=yes
recordhistory=yes

faxdetect=yes

localnet=192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0
externhost=place.no-ip.com
externrefresh=180
nat=yes
directmedia=no
canreinvite=no
directrtpsetup=no

[callcentric_fax_out]
type=peer
host=callcentric.com
secret=secret
defaultuser=user_num
fromuser=user_num
fromdomain=callcentric.com
nat=yes
canreinvite=no

[callcentric]
type=peer
host=callcentric.com
secret=secret
defaultuser=user_num
fromuser=user_num
fromdomain=callcentric.com
nat=yes
canreinvite=no
callbackextension=s
context=from_cc
insecure=port,invite


;other sip devices below

extensions.conf:

[general]

[globals]

[from_sip]
exten => s,1,Playback(cannot-complete-temp-error)
exten => s,n,Hangup()

[from_cc]
exten => s,1,Answer()
exten => s,n,Ringing()
exten => s,n,Wait(3)
exten => s,n,Authenticate(31337)
exten => s,n,DISA(no-password,from_office)
exten => fax,1,Goto(fax-rx,s,1)

[fax-rx]
exten => s,1,Answer()
exten => s,n,Wait(1)
exten => s,n,Set(FAXFILE=/var/spool/asterisk/fax/${UNIQUEID}.tif)
exten => s,n,ReceiveFAX(${FAXFILE})
exten => h,1,System(/usr/bin/mailfax.sh ${FAXFILE} "${CALLERID(name)}" "${CALLERID(num)}" [email protected] [email protected] MailFax ${FAXSTATUS})

[hylafax-out]
exten => _1XXXXXXXXXX,1,Gosub(call_via_callcentric_fax_out,${EXTEN},1)
exten => _XXXXXXX,1,Gosub(call_via_callcentric_fax_out,${EXTEN},1)

[call_via_callcentric]
exten => _1XXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentric,30,KTr)
exten => _XXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/1${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentrice,30,KTr)
exten => _XXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/1516${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentric,30,KTr)

[call_via_callcentric_fax_out]
exten => _1XXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentric_fax_out,30,KTr)
exten => _XXXXXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/1${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentrice_fax_out,30,KTr)
exten => _XXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/1516${FILTER(0-9,${EXTEN})}@callcentric_fax_out,30,KTr)

[from_office]
exten => 500,1,Playback(demo-abouttotry); Let them know what's going on
exten => 500,n,Dial(IAX2/[email protected]/s@default,TK)     ; Call the Asterisk demo
exten => 500,n,Playback(demo-nogo)      ; Couldn't connect to the demo site

With this dialplan and SIP setup, I can receive faxes perfectly. I now wanted to use Hylafax and IAXModem to send faxes, which is configured correctly. The incoming context used is [hylafax-out]. Originally, I simply brached to my normal calling context with exten => _1XXXXXXXXXX,1,Gosub(call_via_callcentric,${EXTEN},1). Monitoring the Asterisk server with asterisk -rvvvvvv indeed showed that hylafax was able to place a call via callcentric, but it is at this point that disaster struck. Due to faxdetect=yes in sip.conf, Asterisk detected the fax tone of the receiving machine and jumped to exten => fax,1,Goto(fax-rx,s,1). That is, it was recognized that the channel setup to connect to hylafax's channel was part of the [from_cc] context.

To get around this, I duplicated my Callcentric information in sip.conf (callcentric_fax_out) but did not give it a callbackextension. I modified my hylafax-out context to use this new sip peer (which was just a clone of the old, minus the context). This worked perfectly - I could send faxes over this new peer connection, and though asterisk would detect the fax CNG noise, it had nowhere to redirect the call and thus did not interfere. However, it is with this setup that I noticed an issue.

During the call (sending a fax) over the callcentric_fax_out peer, It seems that incoming calls are rejected on the callcentric peer. Looking at sip debug, I get this:

<--- SIP read from UDP:204.11.192.35:5060 --->
CANCEL sip:[email protected]:5060 SIP/2.0
v: SIP/2.0/UDP 204.11.192.35:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-9bf9ce47c01ef721aff04119c7f831ba
f: "WIRELESS" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=3501265591-800738
t: <sip:[email protected]>
i: [email protected]
CSeq: 1 CANCEL
Max-Forwards: 15
l: 0

<------------->
--- (8 headers 0 lines) ---

<--- Transmitting (NAT) to 204.11.192.35:5060 --->
SIP/2.0 481 Call leg/transaction does not exist
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 204.11.192.35:5060;branch=z9hG4bK-9bf9ce47c01ef721aff04119c7f831ba;received=204.11.192.35;rport=5060
From: "WIRELESS" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=3501265591-800738
To: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=as6091b90b
Call-ID: [email protected]
CSeq: 1 CANCEL
Server: Asterisk PBX 1.8.0
Allow: INVITE, ACK, CANCEL, OPTIONS, BYE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO, PUBLISH
Supported: replaces, timer
Content-Length: 0

My assumption is that Asterisk gets confused as these peers share an IP.

If anyone has any advice for how I should proceed, it would be much appreciated. Again, my end goal is merely a working Windows Printer to fax gateway, with inbound fax detection working. If you can provide a simpler solution, I am all ears.