Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: >On Monday 05 June 2006 14:36, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > >>How hard is it to use a removable ethernet card for this type of usage? >>Also a USB ethernet if with Linux drivers should be usable for the 1U >>rackmount use case where all internal slots are in use. >> >> > >The (current) problem is that the registration program does not ask which >ethernet card you wish to bind to, nor does it look at the Asterisk config >and use the MAC address of the ethernet card whose IP address is referenced >in bindaddr (as an example). It grabs eth0 and runs. > >The use of a USB ethernet dongle is actually a really simple, clean and >utterly effective method of doing this, though! Bret's use of function call >remapping is even more slick, but kudos for definitely thinking outside the >box on this one, wow! > > >From what Bret explained previously about his product, it will include a license server. If I go with the non-community pooling plan I can have my license server manage my own pool for my own asterisk servers. That means I could have test servers use the codec as needed. It also means I can have hot failover servers without buying redundant licenses.
I wouldn't even consider using usb ethernet or nic cards to make the Digium licenses movable. I have been looking at some nice motherboards from intel, tyan and supermicro with 1 to 4 gigabit nics built in. Everything fits nicely in 1U of rack space. For voip only needs I won't be using any card slots at all. That usually means better air circulation inside the case. If I rember correctly, Bret's license server will allow each license to be used for any supported platform. Maybe in the future there will be a popular open source ATA in use and he will provide a g729 module for it. That means a company could use a common pool of purchased licenses for server and client needs. I like that approach. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
