On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 05:54, Paulo Mannheimer wrote: > Thanks Steven. > > I'll have to find a way to use bandwidth only when the call to the PSTN > is completed on the other side.
Why does that matter? are you on a metered connection for bytes? > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven > Critchfield > > On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 14:01, Paulo Mannheimer wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > In a forthcommming project, I'll have one * server tentatively calling > > > 10 PSTN numbers through IAX2 and an * gateway. > > > > Can someone tell me if bandwidth is being used for each of these > > calls/channels even while my gateway tries to call and connect the > > destination numbers? > > Not sure I understand the question, but I'll try and answer it anyways. > > IAX and IAX2 is just like any other VoIP protocol and it only uses > bandwidth for active calls. If there isn't any active calls the > bandwidth used is very low and only what is necessary to confirm each > side is there and up. > > When one gateway machine takes the call and decides it needs to go to > the other side, the other side will answer the call immediately and yes > there is bandwidth then being used. Ideally either you are now playing > prompts from the newly connected to asterisk machine, or you are > connecting to a phone and the call is completed. > > Hope this helps a bit. -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
