> Sorry about this gang, but I'm not really a programmer, just and end user > of Asterisk. When I rebuilt my server with 7.0-RELEASE and then updated > the ports, Asterisk would not install properly, crashing somewhere during > the H323 build. So last night I blew the drive away again and started from > scratch. This time I disabled the H323 support and Asterisk built without > a problem. My phone system is working again but this time without H323. > > My question now is isn't H323 an older protocol that was developed for > video? What problem can anyone forsee if I don't install the H323 > support? > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now._______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com--
H323 isn't only for video, it's also used for voice. Microsoft's Netmeeting uses it and when you properly setup asterisk with h323, you can dial a peer directly from Netmeeting. I personally don't use H323, but have seen places where that's all they had (ie a gatekeeper/mcu/netmeeting setup). BTW, I have 7.0-STABLE and can build Asterisk from the ports correctly in either i386/amd64 on several machines. Perhaps you are trying to compile the addons (that which I am also not able too)? Nicolas. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- Asterisk-BSD mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-bsd
