On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 09:36 -0800, Geoff Karl wrote: > Do we need license both ends a channel (client and server), or does > just having a license on your asterisk server allow you to use the > client as well?
The way g.729 licensing works is that you need 1 license per endpoint that either encodes, decodes or both. If asterisk is in the middle doing something with the data (such that it is encoding and/or decoding) then it would need potentially 2 for that call, becuase while it is bridging it is encoding/decoding. If asterisk is just pushing bits and not actually encoding/decoding then you dont need any. These license numbers are per call effectively. Each endpoint is counted as a seperate channel so if you have 5 calls terminating on your asterisk box via g.729 or transcoding to some other codec then you need 5 licenses. The end points (sip phone for example) would also need a license (if you bought a phone with that codec it most likely does have it as part of its purchase price) will also need a license, 1 for each channel. I heard that some ATAs come only with 1 yet support multiple channels as such they let you have 1 g.729 and 1 something else at the same time but never 2 g.729 at the same time. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378 http://www.sacaug.org/ Sacramento Asterisk Users Group
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