You will likely have latency issues - causing choppiness. Start with a traceroute to validate latency.
Michelle Dupuis Technical Support Specialist Generation Software - Linux and Asterisk solutions and support Visit us at www.generationd.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Asterisk Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 10:26 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] IAX best practices Thanks Steve! What are usually the best approaches in troubleshooting the audio quality issues and QoS related stuff when putting two Asterisk boxes together via IAX? Have you ever tried connecting Asterisk boxes in the same VPN (but still in different countries)? Regards, Alex -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:22 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] IAX best practices Asterisk wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am planning to connect two Asterisk boxes that are currently running > in two different countries, using IAX. > > I was wondering if anyone could provide me with some links or suggestion > regarding best practices in connecting two Asterisk in such way. I guess > many of you have already tried this, and already have some know-how > (what I should be careful about, what to avoid, etc...)? > > Regards, > Alex > Bandwidth and latency. IAX2 is remarakably good at traversing NAT and even double NATs. It should just work. The issues that I ran into are low bandwidth and latency. Not much you can do about latency besides getting a better route and putting QoS on your equipment and hoping that your provider either observes your tagging or is not very latent to begin with. The other is bandwidth which I found SPEEX works wonders (but adds to latency). In my experience, bandwidth issues result in choppy audio and latency results in delays which cause people to talk on top of each other and can be extremely annoying. Try pinging a router or device at the remote side to get an idea of how latent your connection will be. Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ --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 _______________________________________________ --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 _______________________________________________ --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
